viiiCONTENTS

9 Physical Activity: Positive Psychology in Motion

146

Nanette Mutrie and Guy Faulkner

10 Balancing Time Perspective in Pursuit ofOptimal Functioning

165

Ilona Boniwell and Philip G. Zimbardo

PART V TEACHING AND LEARNING: METHODS AND PROCESSES

11 Teaching Students to Make Wise Judgments: The “Teachingfor Wisdom”

Program 181

Alina Reznitskaya and Robert J. Sternberg

12 Introducing Positive Psychology to the IntroductoryPsychology Student

197

Amy C. Fineburg

13 Teaching Positive Psychology

210

Nick Baylis

14 Rescuing Our Heroes: Positive Perspectives on UpwardComparisons in

Relationships, Education, and Work

218

Michael A. Cohn

PART VI POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK 

 

15 Leading Well: Transformational Leadership and Well-Being

241

Niro Sivanathan, Kara A. Arnold, Nick Turner, and Julian Barling

16 Strengths-Based Development in Practice

256

 Timothy D. Hodges and Donald O. Clifton

17 Positive and Creative Organization

269

Jane Henry

18 Toward a Positive Psychology of Executive Coaching

287

Carol Kauffman and Anne Scoular

PART VII HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY,

ANDPSYCHOTHERAPY: A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

19 Positive Psychology and Health Psychology: A Fruitful Liaison

305

Shelley E. Taylor and David K. Sherman

20Toward a Positive Clinical Psychology: Deconstructingthe Illness Ideology

and Constructing an Ideology of HumanStrengths and Potential320

James E. Maddux, C.R. Snyder, and Shane J. Lopez

21The Client: Psychotherapy’s Missing Link for Promotinga Positive

Psychology335

Mark A. Hubble and Scott D. Miller

22Positive Therapy: A Positive Psychological Theory ofTherapeutic

Practice354

Stephen Joseph and P. Alex Linley

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VIIIPOSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONSULTING ROOM23Clinical Applications

of Well-Being Therapy371

 

Chiara Ruini and Giovanni A. Fava

 

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ix24Strategies for Accentuating Hope388

Shane J. Lopez, C.R. Snyder, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe,Lisa M. Edwards, Jennifer

 Teramoto Pedrotti, Kelly Janowski, Jerri L. Turner, and Cindy Pressgrove

25A Clinical Approach to Posttraumatic Growth405

Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun

26Positive Psychology and Psychotherapy: An Existential Approach420

Roger Bretherton and Roderick J. Ørner

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IXSTRENGTHS OF CHARACTER IN PRACTICE27Classification and Measurement

of Character Strengths:Implications for Practice433

Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park

28Emotional Intelligence in Practice447

Peter Salovey, David Caruso, and John D. Mayer

29Gratitude in Practice and the Practice of Gratitude464

Giacomo Bono, Robert A. Emmons, and Michael E. McCullough

30Facilitating Curiosity: A Social and Self-RegulatoryPerspective for

Scientifically Based Interventions482

 Todd B. Kashdan and Frank D. Fincham

31Approaches to a Good Life: The Emotional-MotivationalSide to Wisdom504

Ute Kunzmann

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XPOSITIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN32Fostering the Future:

Resilience Theory and the Practiceof Positive Psychology521

 

 Tuppett M. Yates and Ann S. Masten

33Organized Youth Activities as Contexts forPositive Development540

Reed Larson, Robin Jarrett, David Hansen, Nickki Pearce,Patrick Sullivan,

Kathrin Walker, Natasha Watkins, andDustin Wood

34Positive Aging561

George E. Vaillant

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XIBUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH INTEGRATIONAND

REGENERATION35Bringing Subjectivity into Focus: Optimal Experiences,

LifeThemes, and Person-Centered Rehabilitation581

Antonella Delle Fave and Fausto Massimini

36Good Lives and the Rehabilitation of Offenders: A PositiveApproach to Sex

Offender Treatment598

 Tony Ward and Ruth Mann

37Facilitating Forgiveness: Developing Group and

CommunityInterventions617

Frank D. Fincham and Todd B. Kashdan

 

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PART XII PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES: GOOD GOVERNANCEAND THE GOOD

LIFE

38 Human Connections and the Good Life: Balancing Individualityand

Community in Public Policy

641

David G. Myers

39 Happiness as a Public Policy Aim: The GreatestHappiness Principle

658

Ruut Veenhoven

 

40 Findings on Subjective Well-Being: Applications to PublicPolicy, Clinical

Interventions, and Education

679

William Pavot and Ed Diener

41 A Population Approach to Positive Psychology: The Potentialfor Population

Interventions to Promote Well-Being andPrevent Disorder

693

Felicia A. Huppert

PART XIII SIGNPOSTS FOR THE PRACTICE OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

42 Toward a Theoretical Foundation for Positive Psychologyin Practice

713

P. Alex Linley and Stephen Joseph

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