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Handbook of positive psychology
C. R. Snyder,Shane J. Lopez +1 more
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The Handbook of Positive Psychology as mentioned in this paper provides a forum for a more positive view of the human condition and provides an analysis of what the foremost experts believe to be the fundamental strengths of humankind.Abstract:
Psychology has long been enamored of the dark side of human existence, rarely exploring a more positive view of the mind. What has psychology contributed, for example, to our understanding of the various human virtues? Regrettably, not much. The last decade, however, has witnessed a growing movement to abandon the exclusive focus on the negative. Psychologists from several subdisciplines are now asking an intriguing question: "What strengths does a person employ to deal effectively with life?" The Handbook of Positive Psychology provides a forum for a more positive view of the human condition. In its pages, readers are treated to an analysis of what the foremost experts believe to be the fundamental strengths of humankind. Both seasoned professionals and students just entering the field are eager to grasp the power and vitality of the human spirit as it faces a multitude of life challenges. The Handbook is the first systematic attempt to bring together leading scholars to give voice to the emerging field of positive psychology.read more
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Differential Age Trajectories of Positive and Negative Affect: Further Evidence From the Berlin Aging Study
TL;DR: The present evidence provides an explanation for the differential stability of positive versus negative affect in old age: negative affect may remain stable because it is associated with self-evaluations, which seem to change less with age.
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Trudging Toward Dodoville: Conceptual Approaches and Case Studies in Executive Coaching.
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Influencing Learning States to Enhance Trainee Motivation and Improve Training Transfer
TL;DR: In this article, a pretraining intervention to enhance transfer of training was examined. But the authors focused on the learning-state analog of locus of control, which was the target for intervention designed to impact motivation to learn which in turn would affect knowledge acquisition and the amount of posttraining practice.
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Injured athletes' rehabilitation beliefs and subjective well-being: the contribution of hope and social support.
Frank J. H. Lu,Ya-Wen Hsu +1 more
TL;DR: Examining how hope and social support uniquely and jointly predict postinjury rehabilitation beliefs, rehabilitation behavior, and subjective well-being in injured athletes found Enhancing hope perceptions and strengthening injured athletes' social support during rehabilitation are beneficial to rehabilitation behavior and subjectiveWell-being.
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The Impact of Income Inequality on Individual Happiness: Evidence from China
Peng Wang,Jay Pan,Zhehui Luo +2 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper empirically investigated the relationship between income inequality and individual happiness and found evidence confirming the tunnel effect hypothesis and found that individual happiness increases with inequality when county-level inequality measured by the Gini coefficient is less than 0.405.
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