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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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Hope and optimism: latent structures and influences on grade expectancy and academic performance.
TL;DR: The results show that hope uniquely influenced students' grade expectancies, whereas optimism did not, andgrade expectancies influenced academic performance.
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Quality of life and travel motivations: integrating the two concepts in the Grevillea Model
TL;DR: The Grevillea Model as discussed by the authors integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations, which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general.
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Development and initial validation of an implicit measure of humility relative to arrogance
Wade C. Rowatt,Christie Powers,Valerie Targhetta,Jessamy Comer,Stephanie Kennedy,Jordan P. LaBouff +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of an implicit measure of humility and support the idea that dispositional humility is a positive quality with possible benefits, and they find that implicit self-reported humility correlated positively with selfreported self-esteem, gratitude, forgiveness, spirituality, and general health.
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Preliminary development and validation of a measure of relationship authenticity.
TL;DR: The Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIS) as mentioned in this paper was developed to measure the degree of authenticity of a romantic relationship with an initial pool of 37 items addressing various elements of the proposed definition of relationship authenticity.
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Social cognitive predictors of academic adjustment and life satisfaction in Portuguese college students: A longitudinal analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a social cognitive model of well-being was adapted to the context of academic adjustment and tested using a longitudinal design, where participants were 252 students at a university in northern Portugal and completed measures of academic selfefficacy, environmental support, goal progress, and adjustment, along with global measures of positive affect and life satisfaction.
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