Toward a Positive Psychology of Relationships (eBook, ePUB)

New Directions in Theory and Research
Redaktion: Warren, Meg A.; Donaldson, Stewart I.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers, this book investigates positive psychology and relationships theory and research across a range of settings and life stages-intimate, work, educational, senior/retirement, and in the context of diversity. Nearly universally, relationships are a key source of what we all seek in life: happiness, fulfillment, and well-being. The experts who contributed to this novel volume apply the framework of positive psychology to the findings of relationships research across a variety of practical contexts. What actions create and sustain respectful, caring, joyous, stimulating, and loving relationships? How do people rich in friendship, intimacy, and interpersonal skills think and behave? How do they unconsciously cultivate positive relationships? This book brings together authoritative reviews, cutting-edge research, and thoughtful scholarship that serve to answer these questions and document the benefit of positive relationships in a variety of settings and across the human life span. Following a comprehensive introduction, the book addresses positive intimate relationships, positive relationships at work, positive relationships during different stages of life (in youth, in adolescence, and among older adults), and positive relationships intersecting with diversity. The chapters underscore the simple concept that relationships are central to what makes life worth living and are fundamental to well-being across all life domains as they play out at home, in school, at work, in retirement homes, and in the community at large.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216156581
• Artikelnr.: 68167868

Autorenporträt

Meg A. Warren, MA, MBA, is past president of the Work and Organizations Division of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), associate director and cofounder of the Western Positive Psychology Association (WPPA), and editor-in-chief of Positive Work and Organizations: Research and Practice. Stewart I. Donaldson, PhD, is professor of psychology, dean of the School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation (SSSPE) and the School of Community & Global Health (SCGH), and director of the Claremont Evaluation Center (CEC) at Claremont Graduate University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1
Other People Matter: The Power of Positive Relationships
Stewart I. Donaldson and Scott I. Donaldson
Chapter 2
Applying Positive Psychology to Advance Relationship Science
Meg A. Warren, Scott I. Donaldson, and Joo Young Lee
Chapter 3
Positive Psychology, Relational Self-Esteem, and Increasing Well-Being
Christopher J. Mruk
Chapter 4
The Positive Psychology of Romantic Love
Bianca P. Acevedo
Chapter 5
Toward a Positive Psychology of Online Romantic Relationships: A New
Frontier?
Richard A. Dowlat and Stewart I. Donaldson
Chapter 6
Positive Relationships at Work in Early Childhood Education
Anne Douglass
Chapter 7
Developmental Tools That Build Social and Emotional Competence in School: A
Focus on Effortful Control and Ego-Resiliency
Zoe E. Taylor and Tracy L. Spinrad
Chapter 8
Building Positive Relationships with Adolescents in Educational Contexts:
Principles and Practices for Educators in School and Community-Based
Settings
Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Jessica Fei, and Deepa Vasudevan
Chapter 9
Social Flow: Optimal Experience with Others at Work and Play
Hannah E. Lucas
Chapter 10
Measuring the Impact of Quality of Relationships through the Positive
Emotional Attractor
Richard E. Boyatzis
Chapter 11
Facilitating Meaningful Communication among Older Adults
Vera Roos
Chapter 12
Positive Psychology, Close Relationship Processes, and Cultural Diversity
Stanley O. Gaines, Jr., and Nelli Ferenczi
Chapter 13
"Being Human Together": Positive Relationships in the Context of Diversity,
Culture, and Collective Well-Being
Shelly P. Harrell
About the Editors and Contributors
Index