List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
Part I Established Areas of Intervention 1
1 Gratitude Interventions: A Review and Future Agenda 3
Tara Lomas, Jeffrey J. Froh, Robert A. Emmons, Anjali Mishra, and
Giacomo Bono
2 Positive Psychological Interventions for Promoting
Forgiveness: History, Present Status, and Future Prospects 20
Everett L. Worthington Jr., Nathaniel G. Wade, and William T.
Hoyt
3 Nurturing the Capacity to Savor: Interventions to Enhance the
Enjoyment of Positive Experiences 42
Jennifer L. Smith, Patrick R. Harrison, Jaime L. Kurtz, and Fred B.
Bryant
4 Strengths Interventions: Current Progress and Future
Directions 66
Michelle C. Louis and Shane J. Lopez
5 Promoting Meaning and Purpose in Life 90
Joo Yeon Shin and Michael F. Steger
6 Empathy-Related Interventions 111
Mark H. Davis and Ena Begovic
Part II New and Emerging Areas of Intervention 135
7 Creativity as a Target and Tool for Positive Interventions
137
Marie J. C. Forgeard and Katherine V. Eichner
8 Do Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?: Patience Interventions
to Improve Well-Being 155
Sarah A. Schnitker and Justin T. Westbrook
9 Courage Interventions: Future Directions and Cautions 168
Cynthia L. S. Pury, Charles B. Starkey, Chad R. Breeden, Christie
L. Kelley, Hannah J. Murphy, and Arden Y. Lowndes
10 Humor Intervention Programs 179
Willibald Ruch and Paul E. McGhee
11 Enacting Flow and Student Engagement in the College Classroom
194
David J. Shernoff and Brett Anderson
12 Positive Education and Teaching for Wisdom 213
Michel Ferrari and Christine E. Guthrie
Part III Areas of Application 233
13 Positive Family Therapy Interventions 235
Collie W. Conoley, Jane Close Conoley, and Marla E. Pontrelli
14 Applications of Positive Psychology to Individual Therapy
255
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
15 Evidence-Based Coaching as a Positive Psychological
Intervention 273
Suzy Green and Gordon B. Spence
16 Online Positive Psychological Interventions: State of the Art
and Future Directions 286
Linda Bolier and Katherina Martin Abello
17 Resilience Interventions for Youth 310
Craig Springer, Justin Misurell, Amy Kranzler, Lindsay Liotta, and
Jane Gillham
18 Positive Social Identity Interventions: Finding a Conduit for
Well-Being in Stigmatized Group Memberships 327
Thomas C. Ball and Michelle R. Nario-Redmond
19 Adapting a Positive Psychological Intervention for People
with Schizophrenia 344
Piper S. Meyer
20 Adapting Positive Psychology for Smoking Cessation 358
Anne M. Day, Elise M. Clerkin, Nichea S. Spillane, and Christopher
W. Kahler
Part IV Special Considerations 371
21 Making Happiness Last: Using the Hedonic Adaptation
Prevention Model to Extend the Success of Positive Interventions
373
Katherine Jacobs Bao and Sonja Lyubomirsky
22 Person–Activity Fit in Positive Psychological Interventions
385
Stephen M. Schueller
23 Taking Culture into Account with Positive Psychological
Interventions 403
Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti
24 Dovetailing Ethical Practice and Positive Psychology to
Promote Integrity, Industriousness, Innovation, and Impact 416
Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick
25 Beyond Life Satisfaction: A Scientific Approach to Well-Being
Gives Us Much More to Measure 433
Jose L. Duarte
26 Positive Psychological Interventions and Self-Perceptions: A
Cautionary Tale 450
Kasley M. Killam and Young-Hoon Kim
27 Act Well to Be Well: The Promise of Changing Personality
States to Promote Well-Being 462
Laura E. R. Blackie, Ann Marie Roepke, Marie J. C. Forgeard, Eranda
Jayawickreme, and William Fleeson
Index 475
Acacia Parks is Assistant Professor of Psychology atHiram College, USA. She received her Ph.D. from the University ofPennsylvania. Her research focuses on the efficacy of positiveinterventions, and the psychological and behavioral characteristicsof individuals who use them. She is an associate editor of theJournal of Positive Psychology, as well as co-editor of Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology (APAPress). Dr. Parks is an active teacher of both positive psychologyand critical writing. Stephen Schueller is a Research Assistant Professor ofPreventive Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School ofMedicine and a faculty member of the Center for BehavioralIntervention Technologies (CBITs). He received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Pennsylvania and completed his clinical internshipand postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, SanFrancisco. His research focuses on developing, implementing, andevaluating Internet and mobile interventions for the treatment andprevention of depression and promotion of well-being. He is anassociate editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology. Dr.Schueller is a licensed clinical psychologist and integratespositive psychology into his conceptual and applied work.
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