The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions (Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks)

Collating for the first time a range of techniques in positive psychology, this handbook introduces topics such as courage, empathy and humor, and spans areas as diverse as gratitude, forgiveness and strengths. It also explores special considerations such as ethics and motivation, and offers informed conjecture on future directions in research and practice. Comprehensive content summarizes theory and research on many areas of positive psychology intervention for the first time and provides essential updates on established interventions Features contributions from an array of leading researchers, including Bob Emmons, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Shane Lopez Covers established interventions – for instance, coaching and family therapy – as well as newly developed interventions – such as schizophrenia or stopping smoking Content: List of contributors -- Preface -- Established areas of intervention -- Gratitude interventions : a review and future agenda / Tara Lomas, Jeffrey J. Froh, Robert A. Emmons, Anjali Mishra, and Giacomo Bono -- Positive psychological interventions for promoting forgiveness : history, present status, and future prospects / Everett L. Worthington Jr., Nathaniel G. Wade, and William T. Hoyt -- Nurturing the capacity to savor : interventions to enhance the enjoyment of positive experiences / Jennifer L. Smith, Patrick R. Harrison, Jaime L. Kurtz, and Fred B. Bryant -- Promoting meaning and purpose in life / Joo Yeon Shin and Michael F. Steger -- Empathy-related interventions / Mark H. Davis and Ena Begovic -- New and emerging areas of intervention -- Creativity as a target and tool for positive intervention / Marie J.C. Forgeard and Katherine V. Eichner -- Do good things come to those who wait? patience interventions to improve well-being / Sarah A. Schnitker and Justin T. Westbrook -- Courage interventions : future directions and cautions / Cynthia Pury, Charles Starkey, Chad Breeden, Christie Kelley, Hannah Murphy, and Arden Lowndes -- Humor intervention programs / Willibald Ruch and Paul E. McGhee -- Enacting flow and student engagement in the college classroom / David J. Shernoff and Brett Anderson -- Positive education and teaching for wisdom / Michel Ferrari and Christine E. Guthrie -- Areas of application -- Positive family therapy interventions / Collie W. Conoley, Jane Close Conoley, and Marla E. Pontrelli -- Applications of positive psychology to individual therapy / Jeana L. Magyar-Moe -- Evidence-based coaching as a positive psychology intervention / Suzy Green and Gordon B. Spence -- Online positive psychological interventions : state of the art and future directions / Linda Bolier and Katherina Martin Abello -- Resilience interventions for youth / Amy Kranzler, Lindsay Liotta, and Jane Gillham -- Positive social identity interventions : finding a conduit for well-being in stigmatized group memberships / Thomas C. Ball and Michelle R. Nario-Redmond -- Adapting a positive psychology intervention for people with chizophrenia / Piper S. Meyer -- Adapting positive psychology for smoking cessation / Anne M. Day, Elise M. Clerkin, Nichea S. Spillane, and Christopher W. Kahler -- Special considerations -- Making happiness last : using the hedonic adaptation model to extend the success of positive interventions / Katherine Jacobs Bao and Sonja Lyubomirsky -- Person-activity fit in positive psychology interventions / Stephen M. Schueller -- Taking culture into account with positive psychological interventions / Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti -- Dovetailing ethical practice and postitive psychology to promote integrity, industriousness, innovation, and impact / Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick -- Beyond life satisfaction: a scientific approach to well-being gives us much more to measure / Jos L. Duarte -- Positive psychology interventions and self-perceptions : a cautionary tale? / Kasley M. Killam and Young-Hoon Kim -- Act well to be well : the promise of changing personality states to promote well-being / Laura E.R. Blackie, Ann Marie Roepke, Marie J.C. Forgeard, Eranda Jayawickreme, and William Fleeson -- Index. The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology. The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Gathers together for the first time all the approaches and methods that define scholarly practice in theoretical and philosophical psychology