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Page 1: Positive Psychology Readings Overviews Psychology Readings Overviews Seligman, Martin E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, ... Positive psychology in a nutshell (2 nd Edition). PWBC. Haidt,

Positive Psychology Readings

Overviews

Seligman, Martin E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly “Mike.” (2000). Positive psychology: An

introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.

Gable, Shelley L., & Haidt, Jonathan. (2005). What (and why) is positive psychology. Review

of General Psychology, 9, 103-110.

Additional readings for academics

Keyes, Corey L. M., & Haidt, Jonathan. (Eds.). (2002). Flourishing: Positive psychology and the

life well-lived. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Lopez. S., & Snyder, C. R. (Eds.) (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology. New

York: Oxford University Press.

Snyder, Charles “Rick,” & Lopez, Shane J. (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. London:

Oxford University Press.

Snyder, Charles “Rick,” & Lopez, Shane J. (2007). Positive psychology, the scientific and

practical explorations of human strengths. Sage.

Additional readings for non-academics

Ben-Shahar, Tal. (2007). Happier. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Boniwell, Ilona. (2006). Positive psychology in a nutshell (2nd

Edition). PWBC.

Haidt, Jonathan. (2006). The happiness hypothesis: Finding modern truth in ancient wisdom.

Basic Books.

Linley, Alex, Willars, Janet, & Biswas-Diener, Robert. (2010). The strengths book: Be

confident, be successful, and enjoy better relationships by realizing the best of you. CAPP

Press.

Lyubomirsky, Sonja. (2008). The HOW of happiness. London: Sphere.

Peterson, Christopher. (2006). A primer in positive psychology. New York: Oxford University

Press.

Seligman, Martin. E. P. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to

realize your potential for lasting fulfilment. Free Press.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-

being. New York: Free Press.

The definition and assessment of well-being

Diener, Ed, Suh, Eunkook M., Lucas, Richard E., & Smith, Heidi L. (1999). Subjective well-

being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.

Ryan, Richard M., & Deci, Ed L. (2001). On happiness and human potentials: A review

of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Annual Review of

Psychology, 2, 141-166.

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Huta, Veronika. (in press). Eudaimonia. In Ilona Boniwell & Susan David (Eds.), Oxford

Handbook of Happiness. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.

Diener, E., Lucas, R.E., & Oishi, S. (2002). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and

life satisfaction. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology

(pp. 63-73). New York: Oxford University Press.

Lopez, S.J. & Snyder, C.R. (2003). Positive psychology assessment: Handbook of models and

measures. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Additional readings

Aristotle. (2001). Nichomachean Ethics. In R. McKeon (Ed.), The basic works of Aristotle (pp.

928-1112). New York: The Modern Library.

Diener, E., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). The independence of positive and negative affect.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47,1105-1117.

Fowers, Blaine J. (2005). Virtue and psychology: Pursuing excellence in ordinary practices.

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Huta, V., & Ryan, R. M. (2010). Pursuing pleasure or virtue: The differential and overlapping

well-being benefits of hedonic and eudaimonic motives. Journal of Happiness Studies,

11, 735-762.

Jones, A., & Crandall, R. (1966). Validation of a short index of self-actualization. Personality

and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 63-73.

Jung, C. G. (1933). Modern Man in Search of a Soul. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, & World.

Kahneman, D. (1999). Objective happiness. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, and N. Schwartz (Eds.),

Well-being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology (pp. 3-25). New York: Russell

Sage.

Kahneman, D., Krueger, A. B., Schkade, D., Schwarz, N., & Stone, A. A. (2004). A survey

method for characterizing daily life experiences: The day reconstruction method. Science,

306, 1776-1780.

Keyes, C. L. M., Shmotkin, D., & Ryff, C. D. (2002). Optimizing well-being: The empirical

encounter of two traditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 1007-

1022.

King. L. A., & Napa, C. K. (1998). What makes a good life. Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology, 75, 156-165.

Maslow, A. H. (1970). Motivation and Personality, Second Edition. New York, NY: Harper &

Row.

McGregor, I., & Little, B. R. (1998). Personal projects, happiness, and meaning: On doing well

and being yourself. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 494-512.

McMahan, Ethan A., & Estes, David. (in press). Hedonic versus eudaimonic conceptions of

well-being: Evidence of differential associations with self-reported well-being.

Nave, C. S., Sherman, R. A., & Funder, D. C. (2008). Beyond self-report in the study of hedonic

and eudaimonic well-being: Correlations with acquaintance reports, clinician judgments

and directly. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 643-659.

Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Orientations to happiness and life

satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 25-41.

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Posner, Jonathan, Russeel, James A., & Peterson, Bradley S. (2005). The circumplex model of

affect: An integrative approach to affective neuroscience, cognitive development, and

psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 715–734.

Ryan, R. M., Huta, V., & Deci, E. L. (2008). Living well: A self-determination theory

perspective on eudaimonia. Journal of Happiness Studies, 9, 139-170.

Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of

psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1069-1081.

Ryff C. D, & Keyes, C. L. M. (1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 719–27.

Schwartz, B. & Sharpe, K. E. (2006). Practical wisdom: Aristotle meets positive psychology.

Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 377-395.

Schwarz, N. & Strack, F. (1999). Reports of subjective well-being: Judgment processes and their

methodological implications. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-

being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (p. 61-84). New York: Russell Sage

Foundation.

Steger, M. F., Kashdan, T. B, & Oishi, S. (2008). Being good by doing good: Daily eudaimonic

activity and well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 22-42.

Vittersø, J., Søholt, Y., Hetland, A., Thoresen, I. A., & Røysamb, E. (in press). Was Hercules

happy? Some answers from a functional model of human well-being. Social Indicators

Research.

Waterman, Alan S; Schwartz, Seth J; Zamboanga, Byron L; Ravert, Russell D; Williams,

Michelle K; Agocha, V. Bede; Kim, Su Yeong; Donnellan, M. Brent. (2010).

The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties,

demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity. The Journal of Positive

Psychology. 5, 41-61.

Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Napa Scollon, C., Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The

role of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological

Science 14, 520-524.

Some areas of well-being research in greater detail

Meaning

Flow

Elevation

Self-determination theory

Vitality

Morgan, J., & Farsides, T. (2009). Measuring meaning in life. Journal of Happiness Studies,

10, 197-214.

Moneta, Giovanni B., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). The effect of perceived challenges and

skills on the quality of subjective experience. Journal of Personality, 64, 275-310.

Huta, Veronika, & Ryan, Richard M. (2010). Pursuing pleasure or virtue: The differential and

overlapping well-being benefits of hedonic and eudaimonic motives. Journal of

Happiness Studies, 11, 735-762.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic

motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55, 68-78.

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Additional readings

Algoe, S. B. & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The “other-praising” emotions

of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 105-127.

Antonovsky A. (1987). Unraveling the Mystery of Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Antonovsky A. (1993). The structure and properties of the Sense of Coherence scale. Social

Science and Medicine, 36, 725-733.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper

Collins.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self: A psychology for the third millennium. New

York: Harper Collins.

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the

self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.

Feldman, D. B. & Snyder, C. R. (2005). Hope and the meaningful life: Theoretical and empirical

associations between goal-directed thinking and life meaning. Journal of Social &

Clinical Psychology, 24, 401-421.

Frankl, V. E. (1963). Man’s search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy. New York:

Washington Square Press.

Haidt, J. (2000). The positive emotion of elevation. Prevention and Treatment, 3.

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(Eds.) Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived, Washington DC :

American Psychological Association. (pp. 275-289).

Heine, S. J., Proulx, T., & Vohs, K. D. (2006). Meaning maintenance model: On the coherence

of human motivations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 88-110.

Keltner, D. & Haidt, J. (2003). Approaching awe: A moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion.

Cognition and Emotion, 17, 297-314.

Nakamura, J. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2009). Flow theory and research. In S. Lopez and C. R.

Snyder (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 195-206).

Reker, G. T. (2000). Theoretical perspectives, dimensions and measurement of existential

meaning. In G. T. Reker & K. Chamberlain (Eds.), Exploring existential meaning:

Optimising human development across the life span. USA: Sage.

Reker, G. T., & Fry, P. S. (2003). Factor structure and invariance of personal meaning measures

in cohorts of younger and older adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 977–

993.

Ryan R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: Does

psychology need choice, self-determination, and will? Journal of Personality, 74, 1557-

1585.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2008). From ego depletion to vitality: Theory and findings

concerning the facilitation of energy available to the self. Social and Personality

Psychology Compass, 2, 702-717.

Ryan, R. M., & Frederick, C. (1997). On energy, personality, and health: Subjective vitality as a

dynamic reflection of well-being. Journal of Personality, 65, 529- 565.

Steger, M. F., Frazier, P., Oishi, S., & Kaler, M. (2006). The Meaning in Life

Questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life. Journal

of Counseling Psychology, 53, 80-93.

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Thayer, Robert E. (1978). Toward a psychological theory of multidimensional activation

(arousal). Motivation and Emotion, 2, 1-34.

Thrash, T. M. & Elliot, A. J. (2003). Inspiration as a psychological construct. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 871-889.

Wong, Paul T. (1989). Personal meaning and successful aging. Canadian Psychology/

Psychologie canadienne, 30, 516-525.

The benefits of well-being, biological correlates of PP topics

Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect:

Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.

Additional readings

Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999). A neuropsychological theory of positive

affect and its influence on cognition. Psychological Review, 106(3), 529-550.

For those interested in the proposed neurological underpinnings of positive emotions

Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., Hollander, E., Ludwig, N. N., Kolevzon, A., & Ochsner, K. N.

(in press). Oxytocin selectively improves empathic accuracy. Psychological Science.

Burns, A. B., Brown, J. S., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Plant, E. A., Curtis, J. T., Fredrickson, B. L., &

Joiner, T. E. Upward spirals of positive emotion and coping: Replication, extension, and

initial exploration of neurochemical substrates. Personality and Individual Differences,

44, 360-370.

Cohn, M.A. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2009). Positive emotions. In S.Lopez and C.R. Snyder (Eds.),

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 13-24).

Danner, D. D., Snowdon, D. A., & Friesen, W. V. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and

longevity: Findings from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,

80, 804-813. The famous nun study that links positive emotions to longevity

Davidson et al. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness

meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564-570.

Fredrickson, B.L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-

and build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.

Fredrickson, B. L. & Losada, M. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human

flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686.

Fredrickson, B. L., Mancuso, R. A., Branigan, C., Tugade, M. (2000). The undoing effect of

positive emotions. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 237-258.

Friedman, E. M., Hayney, M., Love, G. D., Singer, B. H., & Ryff, C. D. (2007). Plasma

interleukin-6 and soluble IL-6 receptors are associated with psychological well-being in

aging women. Health Psychology, 26, 305-313.

Harker, L. A., & Keltner, D. (2001). Expressions of positive emotion in women's college

yearbook pictures and their relationship to personality and life outcomes across

adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 112-124.

The famous yearbook picture study that links genuine smiles to later marital satisfaction

Holzelab, B. K., Carmodyc, J., Vangela, M., Congletona, C., Yerramsettia, S. M., Gardab, T., &

Lazara, S. W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray

matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-43.

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Kahneman, D., Fredrickson, B.L., Schreiber, C.A., & Redelmeier, D.A. (1993). When more pain

is preferred to less: Adding a better end. Psychological Science, 4, 401-405.

Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Rawlings, N. B., Ricard, M., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Long-term

meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during practice. Proceedings of

the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 16369-16373.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (2007). The optimal level of well-being: Can we be too

happy? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 346-

Ryff, C. D., Love, Gayle, D., Urry, H. L., Muller, D., Rosenkranz, M. A., Friedman, E. M.,

Davidson, R. J., & Singer, B. (2006). Psychological Well-Being and ill-being: Do they

have distinct or mirrored biological correlates? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 75,

85-95.

Salovey, Peter, Rothman, Alexander J., Detweiler, Jerusha B., & Steward, Wayne T. (2000).

Emotional states and physical health. American Psychologist, 55, 110-121.

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involves the affective but not sensory components of pain. Science, 303, 1157-1162.

Tsenkova, V., Love, G.D., Singer, B.H., & Ryff, C. D. (2007). Socioeconomic status and

psychological well-being predict cross-time change in glycosylated hemoglobin in older

women without diabetes. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 777-784.

Urry, H. L., Nitschke, J. B., Dolski, I., Jackson, D. C., Dalton, K. M., Mueller, C. J., Rosenkranz,

M, A., Ryff, C. D., Singer, B. H., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Making a life worth living:

Neural correlates of well-being. Psychological Science, 15, 367-372.

Wood, A. M., & Joseph, S. (2010). The absence of positive psychological (eudemonic) well-

being as a risk factor for depression: A ten year cohort study. Journal of Affective

Disorders, 122, 213-217.

Predictors of well-being

Diener, Ed, Suh, Eunkook M., Lucas, Richard E., & Smith, Heidi L. (1999). Subjective well-

being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.

Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture

of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.

Additional readings

Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2006). The subjective well-being of the homeless, and

lessons for happiness. Social Indicators Research, 76, 185- 205.

Biswas-Diener, R., Vitterso, J., & Diener, E. (2010). The Danish effect: Beginning to explore

high well-being in Denmark. Social Indicators Research, 97, 229-246.

Blanchflower, D. G., & Oswald, A. J. (2008). Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle? Social

Science & Medicine, 66, 1733-1749.

Brickman, P., Coates, T., & Janoff-Bulman, R. (1978). Lottery winners and accident victims: Is

happiness relative? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 917-927.

Buss, D.M. (2000). The evolution of happiness. American Psychologist, 55, 15-23.

Carstensen, L.L., Isaacowitz, D. & Charles, S.T. (1999). Taking time seriously: A theory of

socioemotional selectivity. American Psychologist, 54, 165-181.

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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1999). If we are so rich, why aren't we happy? American Psychologist, 54,

821-827.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). The costs and benefits of consuming. Journal of Consumer

Research, 27, 267-272.

Diener E, & Lucas, R. E. (2000). Explaining differences in societal levels of happiness: relative

standards, need fulfillment, culture, and evaluation theory. Journal of Happiness Studies,

1, 41–78.

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C.N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the

adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61, 305-314.

Diener, E., Ng, W., Harter, J., & Arora, R. (2010). Wealth and happiness across the world:

Material prosperity predicts life evaluation, whereas psychosocial prosperity predicts

positive feeling. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 52-61.

Diener, E., & Tov, W. (2009). Well-being on planet earth. Psychological Topics, 18, 213-219.

Doherty, A. M., & Kelly, B. K. (2010). Social and psychological correlates of happiness in 17

European countries. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 27, 130-134.

Easterlin, R. A., McVey, L. A., Switek, M., Sawangfa, O., & Zweig, J. S. (in press). The

happiness- income paradox revisited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Graham, C, Chattopadhyay, S. & Picon, M. (2010). Adapting to adversity: happiness and the

2009 economic crisis in the United States. Social Research, 77, 715-748.

Headey, B., Muffels, R., & Wagner, G. G. (2010). Long-running German panel survey shows

that personal and economic choices, not just genes, matter for happiness. PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107,

17922-17926.

Howell, R. T., & Hill, G. (2009). The mediators of experiential purchases: Determining the

impact of psychological needs satisfaction and social comparison. Journal of Positive

Psychology, 4, 511-522.

Iyengar, S. S., Wells, R. E., & Schwartz, B. (2006). Doing better but feeling worse: Looking for

the “best” job undermines satisfaction. Psychological Science, 17, 143-150.

Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (in press). High income improves evaluation of life but not

emotional well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal

of Environmental Psychology, 15, 169-182.

Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1993). A dark side of the American dream: Correlates of financial

success as a central life aspiration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65,

410-422.

Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1996). Further examining the American dream: Differential

correlates of intrinsic and extrinsic goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22,

280-287.

Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science,

330, 932.

Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E (2006). Unemployment alters the set-

point for life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 15, 8-13.

Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and

motivational processes in well-being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249.

Mogilner, C. (2010). The pursuit of happiness: Time, money, and social connection.

Psychological Science, 21, 1348-1354.

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Morrison, M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (in press). Subjective well-Being and national satisfaction

findings from a worldwide survey. Psychological Science.

Myers, David G. (2000). The funds, friends, and faith of happy people. American Psychologist,

55, 56-67.

Okulicz-Kozaryn, A. (2010). Religiosity and life satisfaction across nations. Mental Health,

Religion & Culture, 13, 155-169.

Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money giveth, money

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Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change

your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-86. Winner of

the "Best Paper of the Year Award," JOHS, 2006.

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of health promotion. American Psychologist, 47, 6-22.

Stone, A. A., Schwartz, J. E., Broderick, J. E., & Deaton, A. (2010). A snapshot of the age

distribution of psychological well-being in the United States. PNAS Proceedings of the

National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 6.

Van Boven, L. & Gilovich, T. (2003). To do or to have? That is the question. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1193-1202.

Wilson, T. D. & Gilbert, D. T. (2005). Affective forecasting: Knowing what to want. Current

Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 131-134.

Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The role

of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological

Science, 14, 520-524.

Well-being in different groups

Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being:

Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 403-425.

Additional readings

Bagozzi, Richard P., Wong, N., & Yi, Y. (1999). The role of culture and gender in the

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Berkowitz, M. W. & Bier, M. C. (2004). Research-based character education. Annals of the

American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 72-85.

Carstensen, L. L. & Mikels, J. A. (2005). At the intersection of emotion and cognition: Aging

and the positivity effect. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 117-121.

Diener, E., & Diener, C. (1996). Most people are happy. Psychological Science, 7, 181-185.

Diener, E., Helliwell, J. F., & Kahneman, D. (Eds.) (2010). International differences in well-

being. New York: Oxford University Press.

Diener E, & Suh E. M. (Eds.) (2000). Culture and Subjective Well-Being. Cambridge, MA: MIT

Press.

Eades, Jennifer M. F. (2008). Celebrating strengths: Building strengths-based schools. CAPP

Press.

Ekman, Paul. (1993). Facial expression and emotion. American Psychologist, 48, 384-392.

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Ekman, P., Friesen, W. V., O'Sullivan, M., Chan, A., Diacoyanni-Tarlatzis, I., Heider, K.,

Krause, R., LeCompte, W. A., Pitcairn, T., Ricci-Bitti, P. E., Scherer, K., Tomita, M., &

Tzavaras, A. (1987). Universals and cultural differences in the judgments of facial

expressions of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 712-717.

George, Linda K. (2009). Still happy after all these years: Research frontiers on subjective well-

being in later life. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 65B, 331-339.

Huta, V. (in press) Linking peoples' pursuit of eudaimonia and hedonia with characteristics of

their parents: Parenting styles, verbally endorsed values, and role modeling. Journal of

Happiness Studies.

Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., & Kurokawa, M. (2000). Culture, emotion, and well-being: Good

feelings in Japan and the United States. Cognition and emotion, 14, 93-124.

Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., Matsumoto, H., Norasakkunkit, V. (1997). Individual and

collective processes in the construction of the self: Self-enhancement in the United States

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Lopez, S.J., Prosser, E.C., Edwards, L.M., Magyar-Moe, J.L., Neufeld, J.E. & Rasmussen, H.N.

(2002). Putting positive psychology in a multicultural context. In C. R. Snyder & S. J.

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University Press.

Masten, A. S., & Wright, M. O’D. (2009). Resilience over the lifespan: Developmental

perspectives on resistance, recovery, and transformation. In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra, &

J. S. Hall (Eds.), Handbook of adult resilience (pp. 213-237). New York: Guilford Press.

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Oishi, S. & Schimmack, U. (2010). Culture and well-being: A new inquiry into the

psychological wealth of nations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 463-471.

Oishi, Shigehiro, Diener, Ed, Choi, D., Kim-Prieto, C., & Choi, I. (2007). The dynamics of daily

events and well-being across cultures: When less is more. Journal of Personality and

Social Psychology, 93, 685-698.

Roth, G., Assor, A., Niemiec, C. P., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2009). The emotional and

academic consequences of parental conditional regard: Comparing conditional positive

regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices.

Developmental Psychology, 45, 1119–1142.

Schimmack, U., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2002). Cultural influences on the relation between

pleasant emotions and unpleasant emotions: Asian dialectic philosophies or

individualism-collectivism? Cognition & Emotion, 16, 705-719.

Seligman, M. E. P., Randal, M. E., Gillham, J., Reivich, K., & Linkins, M. (2009). Positive

education: Positive psychology and classroom interventions. Oxford Review of

Education, 35, 293-311.

Winner, Ellen. (2000). The origins and ends of giftedness. American Psychologist, 55, 159-169.

Character strengths

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Peterson, C. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Introduction to a "manual of the sanities." In C.

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Oxford University Press.

Additional readings

Akinola, M., & Mendes, W. B. (2008). The dark side of creativity: Biological vulnerability and

negative emotions lead to greater artistic creativity. Personality and Social Psychology

Bulletin, 34, 1677-1686.

Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate

mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55, 122-136.

Baskin, T. W., & Enright, R. D. (2004). Intervention studies on forgiveness: A meta-analysis.

Journal of Counseling and Development, 82, 79-90.

Brdar, I., & Kashdan, T. B. (2010). Character strengths and well-being in Croatia: An empirical

investigation of structure and correlates. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 151-154.

Carson, S. H., Peterson, J. B., & Higgins, D. M. (2003). Decreased latent inhibition is associated

with increased creative achievement in high-functioning individuals. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 499-506.

Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F., & Segerstrom, S.C. (2010). Optimism. Clinical Psychology Review,

30, 879-889.

Chang, E. C. (2001). Optimism and pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice.

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

De Dreu, C., K, W, Baas, M., & Nijstad, B. A. (2008). Hedonic tone and activation level in the

mood-creativity link: Toward a dual pathway to creativity model. Journal of Personality

and Social Psychology, 94, 739 – 756.

Emmons, R. A. (2007). Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier.

Houghton-Mifflin.

Emmons, R. A. (2008). Gratitude, subjective well-being, and the brain. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen

(Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 469-489). New York: Guilford Press.

Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An

experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389.

Haidt, J. (2006). Divinity with or without God. In J. Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding

Modern truth in Ancient Wisdom (pp. 181-211). New York: Basic Books.

Haidt, J., & Kesebir, S. (2010). Morality. In S. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook

of Social Psychology (5th Ed.) (pp. 797-832). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Hennessey, B. A., & Amabile, T. M. (2010). Creativity. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 569–

598.

Isen, A. M., Daubman, K. A., & Nowicki, G. P. (1987). Positive affect facilitates creative

problem solving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 1122-1131.

Kaufmann, G. (2003). Expanding the mood–creativity equation. Creativity Research Journal, 15,

131-135.

McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual

and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127.

McCullough, M.E., Kilpatrick, S., Emmons, R.A., & Larson, D. (2001). Is gratitude a moral

affect? Psychological Bulletin, 127, 249-266.

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McCullough, M. E., Pargament, K. I., & Thoresen, C. E. (Eds.). (2000). Forgiveness: Theory,

research, and practice. New York: Guilford Press.

Nadler, R. T., Rabi, R., & Minda, J. P. (2010). Better mood and better performance: Learning

rule-described categories is enhanced by positive mood. Psychological Science, 21, 1770-

1776.

Otake, K., Shimai, S., & Tanaka-Matsumi, J. (2006). Happy people become happier through

kindness: A counting kindnesses intervention. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 361-375.

Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2006). Moral competence and character strengths among adolescents:

The development and validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for

Youth. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 891-909.

Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2006). Character strengths and happiness among young children:

Content analysis of parental description. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 323-341.

Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2010). Does it matter where we live?: The urban psychology of

character strengths. American Psychologist, 65, 535-547.

Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Strengths of character and wellbeing.

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 603-619.

Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Greater strengths of character and recovery

from illness. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 17-26.

Peterson, C. (2000). The future of optimism. American Psychologist, 55, 44–55.

Peterson, C. & Park, N. (2009). Classifying and measuring strengths of character. In S.Lopez and

C.R. Snyder (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 25-34). New

York: Oxford University Press.

Peterson, C., Park, N., Pole, N., D’Andrea, W., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2008). Strengths of

character and posttraumatic growth. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 214-217.

Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Character strengths in fifty-four nations and

the fifty US states. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 118-129.

Peterson, C., Ruch, W., Beerman, U., Park, N., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2007). Strengths of

character, orientations to happiness, and life satisfaction. Journal of Positive Psychology,

2, 149-156.

Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and

classification. New York: Oxford University Press.

Polak. E. L., & McCullough, M. E. (2006). Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? Journal of

Happiness Studies, 7, 343-360.

Rath, T. (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press. Or any of the earlier books, such

as Clifton, D.O. & Anderson, E.C. (2001-02) StrengthsQuest, Washington: The Gallup

Organization.

Segerstrom, S. C. (2005). Optimism and immunity: Do positive thoughts always lead to positive

effects? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 195-200.

Seligman, M.E.P., Steen, T.A., Park, N. & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress:

Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410-421.

Seligman, M.E.P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J. (1995). The Optimistic Child. New

York: Houghton Mifflin.

Silvia, P. J., & Kashdan, T. B. (2009). Interesting things and curious people: Exploration and

engagement as transient states and enduring strengths. Social Psychology and Personality

Compass, 3, 785-797.

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Simonton, Dean Keith. (2000). Creativity: Cognitive, personal, developmental, and social

aspects. American Psychologist, 55, 151-158.

Sternberg, R.J. (2006). The nature of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 18, 87-98.

van Dierendonck, D., & Mohan, K. (2006). Some thoughts on spirituality and eudaimonic well-

being. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 9, 227-238.

Alternative lists of psychological strengths can be found at:

www.thinked.com.au/strengthslist.htm

A web page with references on forgiveness in therapy, counselling, medicine, and other clinical

contexts is at http://bit.ly/KenPopeForgiveness

Relationships and positive institutions

Bernstein, S. D. (2003). Positive Organizational Scholarship: Meet the movement: An interview

with Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, and Robert Quinn. Journal of Management Inquiry,

12, 266-271.

Forgeard, M. J. C., Jayawickreme, E., Kern, M. L., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Doing the right

thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy. International Journal of Wellbeing, 1, 79-

106.

Additional readings

Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Harvard University Press.

Baumeister, R.F., & Leary, M.R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal

attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529.

Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social

connection. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co.

Cameron, K., Dutton, J., & Quinn, R. E. (Eds.) (2003). Positive Organizational Scholarship. San

Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Cooperrider, D. L., Sorenson, P., Whitney, D., & Yeager, T. (Eds.). (2001). Appreciative

inquiry: An emerging direction for organization development. Champaign, IL: Stipes.

Diener, Ed. (2000). Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national

index. American Psychologist, 55, 34-43.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13, 81-84.

shows the importance of social relations for happiness

Dolan, P. & White, M.P. (2007). How can measures of subjective well-being be used to inform

public policy? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 71-85.

Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2010). Cooperative behavior cascades in human social

networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 5334-5338.

Gable, S.L., Reis, H.T., Impett, E.A., & Asher, E.R. (2004). What do you do when things go

right? The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 228-245.

Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., Hayes, T. L. (2002). Business-unit-level relationship between

employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: A meta-analysis.

Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 268-79.

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Hodges, T.D. & Clifton, D.O. (2004). Strengths-based development in practice. In P.A. Linley &

S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology: Research and practice (pp. 256-268). New York:

Wiley.

Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A

meta-analytic review. PloS Medicine, 7, e1000316.

House, J. S., Landis, K. R., & Umberson, D. (1988). Social relationships and health. Science,

241, 540-545.

Luthans, F. (2002) The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior. Journal of

Organizational Behavior, 23, 695-706.

Luthans, F. & Youssef, C. (2004). Human, social, and now positive psychological capital

management: Investing in people for competitive advantage. Organizational Dynamics,

33, 143-160.

Nakamura, Jeanne, Shernoff, D. J., & Hooker, C. H. (2009). Good mentoring: Fostering

excellent practice in higher education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Reis, H. T., & Gable, S. L. (2003). Toward a positive psychology of relationships. In C. L. M.

Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp.

129-159). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association

Wright, T.A. (2003). Positive organizational behavior: An idea whose time has truly come.

Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 437-442.

Wrzesniewski, A., McCauley, C., Rozin, P., & Schwartz, B (1997). Jobs, careers, and callings:

People’s relations to their work. Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 21-33.

See also the online syllabi of POS expert Jane Dutton at

http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/PDF/Syllabus- Dutton_MO501.pdf and

http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/POS-teaching-and-learning/pos+hf_syllabus.doc

Resilience, posttraumatic growth, positive interventions, and savouring

Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., & Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical foundations and

evidence for its salutary effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 211-237.

Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., Williams, J. M. G., Ridgeway, V., Soulsby, J., & Lau, M. (2000).

Prevention of relapse/recurrence in major depression by mindfulness-based cognitive

therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 615–623.

Hayes, Steven. C., Luoma, J., Bond, F., Masuda, A., & Lillis, J. (2006). Acceptance and

Commitment Therapy: Model, processes, and outcomes. Behaviour Research and

Therapy, 44, 1-25.

Sin, N. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive

symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis.

Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 65, 467-487.

Tedeschi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2005). Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and

empirical evidence. Psychological Inquiry, 15, 1-18.

Additional readings

Mindfulness and Meditation

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Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Tonry, L. (2006). Using self-report

assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27-45.

Bishop et al., (2004). Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Clinical Psychology:

Science and Practice, 11, 230-241.

Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness

and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,

84, 822-848.

Cohn, M. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology

interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behavior change.

The Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 355-366.

this paper is on loving kindness meditation

Davidson, R., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. F.,

Urbanowski, F., Harrington, A., Bonus, K., & Sheridan, J. F. (2003). Alterations in brain

and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65,

564-570.

Garland, E. L., Fredrickson, B., Kring, A. M., Johnson, D. P., Meyer, P. S., & Penn, D. L.

(2010). Upward spirals of positive emotions counter downward spirals of negativity:

Insights from the broaden-and-build theory and affective neuroscience on the treatment

of emotion dysfunctions and deficits in psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review,

30, 849-864.

argue for mindfulness meditation & loving-kindness meditation in clinical practice

Grossman, P., Kappos, L., Gensicke, H., D'Souza, M., Mohr, D. C., Penner, I. K., & Steiner, C.

(2010). MS quality of life, depression, and fatigue improve after mindfulness training: A

randomized trial. Neurology, 75, 1141-1149.

Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S. M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S.

W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density.

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-42.

Johnson, D. P., Penn, D. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Meyer, P. S., Kring, A. M., & Brantley, M.

(2009). Loving-kindness meditation to enhance recovery from negative symptoms of

schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 499-509.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Wherever you go there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life.

New York: Hyperion.

Miller, J. J., Fletcher, K., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (1995). Three-year follow-up and clinical

implications of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention in the

treatment of anxiety disorders. General Hospital Psychiatry, 17, 192-200.

Mitmansgruber, H., Beck, T. N., & Schüßler, G. (2008). "Mindful helpers": Experiential

avoidance, meta-emotions, and emotion regulation in paramedics. Journal of Research in

Personality, 42, 1358-1363. shows that mindfulness is sometimes detrimental

Tang Y. Y., Lu, Q., Geng, X., Stein, E. A., Yang, Y., & Posner, M.I. (2010). Short-term

meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate. PNAS, 107, 15649-

15652.

this paper is on breathing-based meditation

Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., & Williams, J. M. G. (1995). How does cognitive therapy prevent

relapse and why should attentional control (mindfulness) training help? Behaviour

Research and Therapy, 33, 225–39.

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Van Dam, N. T., Sheppard S. C., Forsyth J. P., & Earleywine, M. (2011). Self-compassion is a

better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed

anxiety and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 123-30.

Segal, Z., Williams, M., & Teasdale, J. (2002). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for

depression: A new approach to preventing relapse. New York: Guilford Press.

Segal, Z., Bieling, P., Young, T., MacQueen, G., Cooke, R. Martin, L., Bloch, R., & Levitan, R.

D. (2010). Antidepressant monotherapy vs. sequential pharmacotherapy and mindfulness-

based cognitive therapy, or placebo, for relapse prophylaxis in recurrent depression.

Archives of General Psychiatry, 67, 1256-1264.

Shapiro, S.L. (2009). Meditation and positive psychology. In S. Lopez and C. R. Snyder (Eds.),

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 601-610).

Some other resources:

http://www.dharmaseed.org/retreats/1134/

http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22

http://www.contemplativemind.org/resources/audio.html the ones by Zajonc

Meaning-centered Therapy

Wong, P. T. P. (in press) From Logotherapy to meaning-centered counseling and therapy. In P.

T. P. Wong (Ed.), The human quest for meaning: A handbook of psychological research

and clinical applications (personality & clinical psychology), Second edition. New York:

Routledge.

I have a copy of the chapter if you should be interested

Wong, Paul T. P. (2010). Meaning therapy: An integrative and positive existential

psychotherapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 40, 85-93.

Michael Fordyce’s happiness intervention

Fordyce, M. W. (1977). Development of a program to increase personal happiness. Journal of

Counseling Psychology. 24, 511-521.

Fordyce, M. W. (1983). A program to increase happiness: Further studies. Journal of Counseling

Psychology, 30, 483-498.

You can learn about his work on his website http://www.gethappy.net/

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Ciarrochi, J., & Bailey, A. (2008). A CBT practitioner’s guide to ACT: How to bridge the gap

between Cognitive behavioural therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Oakland

CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Harris, R. (2009). ACT made Simple: An easy-to-read primer on Acceptance Commitment

Therapy. Oakland CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and commitment therapy: An

experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford.

Zettle, R. D. (in press). Acceptance and commitment theory of depression. In P. L. Fisher & A.

Wells (Eds.), Treating depression: Principles and practice of CBT, MCT, and third wave

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therapies. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley.

The main ACT website: www.contextualpsychology.org

Wraparound services

Osher, D., Kendziora, K. T., VanDenBerg, J., & Dennis, K. (1999). Growing

resilience: Creating opportunities for resilience to thrive. Reaching Today's Youth, 3, 38-

45.

VanDenBerg, J. E., & Grealish, E. M. (1996). Individualized services and supports through the

wraparound process: Philosophy and procedures. Journal of Child and Family Studies,

5, 7-22.

Here are also some website to learn more about it:

http://cecp.air.org/wraparound/famstren.html

http://www.vroonvdb.com/whoweare.html.

http://cecp.air.org/resources/journals/RTY/resilience.asp

Sustainable increases in happiness

Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture

of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.

Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Is it possible to become happier? (And if so,

how?). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1, 129–145.

The relevance of Fredrickson’s work

Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2,

300-319.

Fredrickson, B. L., Tugade, M. M., Waugh, C. E., & Larkin, G. R. (2003). What good are

positive emotions in crises?: A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the

terrorist attacks on the United States in September 11, 2001. Journal of Personality and

Social Psychology, 84, 365-376.

Tugade, M. M., Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce

back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology,

86, 320-333.

Padesky’s resilience-building intervention

Epstein, Seymour. (1998). Constructive thinking: The key to emotional intelligence. Westport,

CT: Praeger Publishing.

Mooney, Kathleen A., & Padesky, Christine. A. (2000). Applying client creativity to recurrent

problems: Constructing possibilities and tolerating doubt. Journal of Cognitive

Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 14, 149-161.

Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching

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Abedi, M. R. and Vostanis, P. (2010). Evaluation of Quality of Life Therapy for parents of

children with obsessive-compulsive disorders in Iran. European Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, 19, 605-613.

Frisch, M. B. (2007). Quality of life therapy: Applying a life satisfaction approach to positive

psychology and cognitive therapy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Frisch, M. B. (1992). Use of the Quality of Life Inventory in problem assessment and treatment

planning for cognitive therapy of depression. In A. Freeman & F.M. Dattilio (Eds.),

Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy (pp. 27-52). New York: Plenum.

Frisch, M. B., Cornell, J., Villanueva, M., & Retzlaff, P. J. (1992). Clinical validation of the

Quality of Life Inventory: A measure of life satisfaction for use in treatment planning and

outcome assessment. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical

Psychology, 4, 92-101.

Rodrigue, J. R., Baz, M. A., Widows, M. R., & Ehlers, S. L. (2005). A Randomized Evaluation

of Quality of Life Therapy with Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation. American

Journal of Transplantation, 5, 2425-2432.

Rodrigue, J. R., Mandelbrot, D. A., & Pavlakis, M. (2010). A psychological intervention to

improve quality of life and reduce psychological distress in adults awaiting kidney

transplantation. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Rodrigue, J. R., Widows, M. R., & Baz, M. A. (2006). Caregivers of patients awaiting lung

transplantation: Do they benefit when the patient is receiving psychological services?

Progress in Transplantation, 16, 336-342.

See also http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Michael_B_Frisch/www/

http://www.mentorcoach.com/courses/frisch.htm

Alex Wood on integrating promotion of the positive with removal of the negative

Joseph, S., & Wood, A. (2010). Assessment of positive functioning in clinical psychology:

Theoretical and practical issues. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 830-838.

Wood, Alex M., & Tarrier, N. (2010). Positive Clinical Psychology: A new vision and strategy

for integrated research and practice, Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 819-829.

Alex Wood’s website provides a nice summary of his work and links to all his papers:

http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/alex.wood/alex_wood.html

Seligman: Prevention; Positive Psychotherapy (PPT)

Duckworth, A.L., Steen, T.A., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical

practice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 629-651.

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