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Tracy A. Steen
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 9
Citations - 6457
Tracy A. Steen is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Positive psychology & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 5886 citations. Previous affiliations of Tracy A. Steen include University of Michigan.
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Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions.
TL;DR: In a 6-group, random-assignment, placebo-controlled Internet study, the authors found that 3 of the interventions lastingly increased happiness and decreased depressive symptoms.
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Positive Psychology in Clinical Practice
TL;DR: It is argued that positive interventions are justifiable in their own right and may usefully supplement direct attempts to prevent and treat psychopathology and may covertly be a central component of good psychotherapy as it is done now.
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A balanced psychology and a full life
TL;DR: Results from a new randomized, placebo-controlled study demonstrate that people are happier and less depressed three months after completing exercises targeting positive emotion, which is the ultimate goal of positive psychology.
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Character Strengths Among Youth
TL;DR: In this paper, focus group discussions about the character strengths included in the Values in Action Classification were conducted with four hundred and fiftynine students from 20 different high school classrooms in Michigan and found that students were interested in the subject of good character and able to discuss with candor and sophistication instances of each strength.