The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

Editor(s): Shane J. Lopez

Published Online: 2 MAR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405161251

Online ISBN: 9781444306002

DOI: 10.1002/9781444306002

Series Editor(s): Shane J. Lopez

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Positive psychology, the pursuit of understanding optimal human functioning, is reshaping the scholarly and public views of how we see the science of psychology. The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area of scholarship and practice.

  • 288 specially commissioned entries written by 150 leading international researchers, educators, and practitioners in positive psychology
  • covers topics of interest across all social sciences as well as business and industry
  • the most current, extensive, and accessible treatment of the subject available
  • topical primer clarifies basic constructs and processes associated with positive psychology
  • will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners, businesspeople, and policy makers

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Front Matter (pages i–xxi)

    2. A (pages 1–93)

      Stephanie E. Petersen, Amy C. Fineburg, Kennon M. Sheldon, Jeff G. Rettew, Sherry L. Beaumont, Frederick G. Lopez, Susan H. Backhouse, Kristin Koetting O'Byrne, Laurie E. Wasko, Cynthia L. S. Pury, Todd D. Little, Theodore Walls, Lars-Erik Malmberg, Michelle N. Shiota, Elaine Perea, Richard I. Evans, David A. Lishner, E. L. Stocks, Carol Williams-Nickelson, David W. Nickelson, Karrie A. Shogren, Nancy A. Fry, Acacia C. Parks-Sheiner, Michelle Mason, Valerie Tiberius, Hal S. Shorey, Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park, Tayyab Rashid, Guy Roth, Edward L. Deci and Louise Sundararajan

    3. B (pages 94–114)

      Steven F. Bacon, Michael D. Gomez, Suzanne C. Lechner, Rollin McCraty, Robert A. Rees, Michael A. Cohn, Barbara L. Fredrickson and Marvin Levine

    4. C (pages 115–274)

      Amy Wrzesniewski, Kathryn Dekas, Brent Rosso, Shelly L. Gable, Lisa Y. Flores, Lizette Ojeda, James O. Prochaska, Janice M. Prochaska, Grant J. Rich, Nansook Park, Ronald E. Riggio, Karin Sommer, Willibald Ruch, Paul T. P. Wong, Sherlyn Jimenez, Theresa A. Thorkildsen, Kurt M. Hanus, Shane J. Lopez, Candice A. Ackerman, Rhea L. Owens, Timothy D. Hodges, James E. Maddux, Amy Strachman, Anthony M. Grant, Susan Folkman, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, Julie A. Garcia, Diana T. Sanchez, Eunkook M. Suh, Minsun Sung, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, Laurie A. Schreiner, Eric R. Benson, Stephen S. Illardi, Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Michelle N. Shiota, Barbara Kerr, Jack J. Bauer, Michael S. Perciful, Sherry L. Beaumont, Jennifer S. Cheavens, Laura E. Dreer, Heather C. Abercrombie, James W. Lichtenberg, Pamela L. Knox, Cynthia L. S. Pury, Cooper Woodard, Jeanne Nakamura, Debbiesiu Lee, Blaine J. Fowers, Lisa M. Edwards, Keyona M. Jarrett, Glenn Adams, Phia Salter, Todd B. Kashdan and Paul J. Silvia

    5. D (pages 275–290)

      Eileen Hulme, Jeanne Nakamura, Patricia A. Lowe, Jennifer M. Raad, Kirsten J. Wells, Robert Biswas-Diener and Candice A. Ackerman

    6. E (pages 291–371)

      Kristin N. Rasmussen, Sarah J. Sullivan, Annette L. Stanton, Michael A. Cohn, James R. Averill, Eric W. Lindsey, Marc A. Brackett, Alia Crum, Peter Salovey, Anna L. Kratz, Mary C. Davis, Alex J. Zautra, Howard Tennen, E. L. Stocks, David A. Lishner, James W. Lichtenberg, Pamela L. Knox, Jim Harter, Thais Piassa Rogatko, Jan C. Kapsner, Patricia Jardim de Palma, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Miguel Pereira Lopes, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, James P. Curley, Eric B. Keverne, Jean S. Phinney, Sage Rose, Cecil Robinson, Valerie Tiberius, Michelle Mason, Ilona Boniwell, Timothy Ketelaar, Paul T. P. Wong, Anthony D. Ong and Thomas Fuller-Rowell

    7. F (pages 372–420)

      Lisa M. Edwards, Brittany N. Barber, John W. Eagle, Shannon E. Dowd-Eagle, Ann P. Turnbull, Jean Ann Summers, Matt Englar-Carlson, Angelina R. Sutin, Paul T. Costa, Barret Michalec, Corey L. M. Keyes, Sonal Nalkur, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jerry L. Kernes, Richard T. Kinnier, Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, Alfried Längle, Michele M. Tugade, Charlotte M. McCloskey, Melanie Canterberry, Omri Gillath and Matthew W. Gallagher

    8. G (pages 421–453)

      Timothy D. Hodges, Gale D. Muller, Jim Harter, Karrie A. Shogren, Raksha Arora, Anne S. Beauchamp, Brian P. Cole, Robert Emmons and Jack J. Bauer

    9. H (pages 454–508)

      Thais Piassa Rogatko, Jeffrey J. Froh, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen, Heather Rasmussen, Rollin McCraty, Robert A. Rees, Joar Vittersø, Joseph O'Brien, Steven White, Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Theresa A. Thorkildsen, Kurt M. Hanus, Lisa M. Edwards, Frederick J. Wertz, Sara K. Bridges, June P. Tangney and Rod A. Martin

    10. I (pages 509–536)

      Sarah D. Pressman, Anna L. Marsland, Steven J. Sandage, Merrishia Singh Naicker, Nicholas Sorensen, Daphna Oyserman, Miguel Pereira Lopes, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Scott W. Sumerall, Joseph J. Ryan, Jack J. Bauer, John H. Harvey and Barbara Kerr

    11. J (pages 537–549)

      James O. Pawelski, Kirsten J. Wells, Brent Dean Robbins, Paul T. P. Wong, Arménio Rego, Miguel Pereira Lopes and Miguel Pina e Cunha

    12. K (pages 550–557)

      Ed Diener, Belinda Campos and Sara Algoe

    13. L (pages 559–593)

      Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, Rod A. Martin, Tiffany M. Greene-Shortridge, Thomas W. Britt, Amy C. Fineburg, Carol Kauffman, Jordan Silberman, Rich Gilman, Scott Huebner, Matt Buckman, Cecil Robinson, Sage Rose, Anthony D. Ong, Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell and Ryan T. Howell

    14. M (pages 594–637)

      Frank D. Fincham, Sara K. Bridges, Frederick J. Wertz, Ana C. DiRago, George E. Vaillant, Michael F. Steger, Shauna L. Shapiro, Lisa Lewis, Roger Verdon, Corey L. M. Keyes, Barret Michalec, Stephanie E. Petersen, Ellen Langer, John C. Gibbs, Charles C. Helwig, Melinda J. Key-Roberts and Martin Bolt

    15. N (pages 638–647)

      Dan P. McAdams, Janice E. Jones, Mark D. Holder and Donald Moss

    16. O (pages 648–669)

      Jo-Ida C. Hansen, Y. Joel Wong, Blaine J. Fowers, Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Marcy Young Illies, Joseph M. James and C. Sue Carter

    17. P (pages 670–816)

      Silvia Osswald, Dieter Frey, Tobias Greitemeyer, Ilana Shapiro, Rezarta Bilali, Johanna Vollhardt, Jane E. Gillham, Karen J. Reivich, Cynthia L. S. Pury, Christine Robitschek, Cynthia Spering, P. Alex Linley, John Maltby, Mark D. Holder, Andrea Klassen, W. Bruce Walsh, Nansook Park, Heather N. Rasmussen, Sarah D. Pressman, Sandra W. Russ, Beth L. Pearson, Sarah Cain Spannagel, Danielle Johnson, Kristin Naragon, David Watson, Jeffrey J. Froh, Samuel Knapp, Michael C. Gottileb, Mitchell M. Handelsman, Elin B. Strand, John W. Reich, Alex J. Zautra, Shelley E. Taylor, Peter H. Huang, Jeremy A. Blumenthal, Carolyn M. Youssef, Fred Luthans, Jane E. Dutton, Scott Sonenshein, Peter Schulman, Tayyab Rashid, Naif Al-Mutawa, Stephen Joseph, Richard F. Catalano, John W. Toumbourou, Michael F. Hock, Irma F. Brasseur, Donald D. Deshler, Maggie Syme, Rebecca Syme, E. Tory Higgins, Sara Cho Kim, Ralf Schwarzer, Nina Knoll, P. Paul Heppner, Dong-Gwi Lee, Yuhong He, Ann S. Masten, Janette E. Herbers, Cherisse L. Seaton, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura, Kathi L. Heffner, Nicholas E. Pisca and David B. Feldman

    18. Q (pages 817–826)

      Tiffany M. Greene-Shortridge, Heather N. Odle-Dusseau and Michael B. Frisch

    19. R (pages 827–853)

      Timothy R. Elliott, Gitendra Uswatte, Tamara Coder Mikinski, Brian J. Zinnbauer, J. J. Cutuli, Ann S. Masten, Susan S. Hendrick, Clyde Hendrick, John C. Wade, Susan S. Hendrick and Corey L. M. Keyes

    20. S (pages 854–983)

      Uta M. Walter, Kimberley R. Monden, Fred B. Bryant, Carrie L. Ericksen, Adam H. Dehoek, Patricia A. Lowe, Jennifer M. Raad, Kristin D. Neff, Lindsay M. Lamb, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Todd D. Little, James E. Maddux, John P. Hewitt, David V. Day, Deidra J. Schleicher, Neal M. Kingston, Peter Schulman, Robyn McKay, Anthony Papa, Shane J. Lopez, Candice A. Ackerman, Robert W. Lent, Gail Hackett, Ya-Ting Tina Yang, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, Insoo Kim Berg, Edward R. Canda, Kenneth I. Pargament, Megan E. Brent, Adrienne Leslie-Toogood, Jennifer Austenfeld, Leoandra Rogers, Joshua Aronson, Connie Rath, Jim Asplund, P. Alex Linley, Dominic Carter, Nicky Page, Dennis Saleebey, Gail M. Williamson, Juliette Christie and Sherlyn Jimenez

    21. T (pages 984–997)

      Sally S. Dickerson, Amy C. Fineburg, Robert Emmons, Jeff G. Rettew, Matthew W. Gallagher and Ronald E. Riggio

    22. U (pages 998–1001)

      James O. Pawelski and Maya C. Gupta

    23. V (pages 1002–1028)

      Sonia Roccas, Lilach Sagiv, Arie Shirom, Ofira Shraga, Blaine J. Fowers, Netta Weinstein, Richard M. Ryan and Christopher A. Ebberwein

    24. W (pages 1029–1045)

      Janice E. Jones, Matthew W. Gallagher, Giovanni A. Fava, Chiara Ruini, Robert J. Sternberg, Paul Rozin and Jane Dutton

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      Name Index (pages 1046–1057)

    26. You have free access to this content
      Subject Index (pages 1058–1125)

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