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The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (Oxford Library of Psychology) 2nd Edition
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These 65 chapters summarize all of the relevant literature in the field. The content's breadth and depth provide an unparalleled cross-disciplinary look at positive psychology from diverse fields and all branches of psychology, including social, clinical, personality, counseling, school, and developmental psychology.
Topics include not only happiness but also hope, strengths, positive emotions, life longings, creativity, emotional creativity, courage, and more, plus guidelines for applying what has worked for people across time and cultures.
- ISBN-100195187245
- ISBN-13978-0195187243
- Edition2nd
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateApril 21, 2009
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions10 x 1.6 x 7 inches
- Print length752 pages
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"This is an excellent book on a unique approach to psychology. The international authorship helps readers see positive pyschology from many different vantage points. The book ends on a helpful note, talking about the importance of the work of therapists in helping clients and families find meaning and happiness-- a point everyone can agree on."--Doody's Health Sciences Review, a 4-star review!
About the Author
Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Research in Education, University of Kansas.
C.R. Snyder, Ph.D., was Wright Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas.
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (April 21, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 752 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0195187245
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195187243
- Item Weight : 3.21 pounds
- Dimensions : 10 x 1.6 x 7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,941,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #627 in Clinical Psychology (Books)
- #873 in Psychiatry (Books)
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If you have to buy this book for this agnostic/atheistic-foundation class in college or wherever, I highly recommend you to consider petitioning for another book or just avoiding this class.
The sections on "Cognitive Approaches" and "Interpersonal Approaches" were by far the most intriguing. The topics of creativity, mindfulness, time, optimism, hope theory, self-efficacy, problem solving appraisal, curiosity, and courage among others are covered extensively each in their own essays. These sections are especially reminiscent of Aristotelian and Nietzschean virtue theories and take up the task appropriate of positive psychology of giving more scientific analyses of long held cross cultural consensus on virtues and various prosocial behaviors. If positive psychology is to grow as a newly demarcated field of study and not be a mere recapitulation or Aristotelian atavism it must couple this scrutinizing scientific eye with the guiding passion of the ancients. Overall, this text is worth the read and although some essays may not have appealed to me, other essays may advance other readers' personal research. It is a dense read and not for the timid reader.
Unfortunately the obvious striving for academic detail and rigor comes at the expense of readability and interest, with the result that it feels like reading a collection of narrow academic journal articles rather than readable overviews.
The first edition managed to marry both rigor and readability better
