Contents -- Contributors -- PART I. INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- 1 Positive Psychology, Positive Prevention, and Positive Therapy -- PART II. IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS -- 2 Stopping the "Madness": Positive Psychology and the Deconstruction of the Illness Ideology and the DSM -- 3 Widening the Diagnostic Focus: A Case for Including Human Strengths and Environmental Resources -- 4 Toward a Science of Mental Health: Positive Directions in Diagnosis and Interventions -- PART III. EMOTION-FOCUSED APPROACHES -- 5 Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and Life Satisfaction -- 6 Resilience in Development -- 7 The Concept of Flow -- 8 Positive Affectivity: The Disposition to Experience Pleasurable Emotional States -- 9 Positive Emotions -- 10 The Social Construction of Self-Esteem -- 11 The Adaptive Potential of Coping Through Emotional Approach -- 12 The Positive Psychology of Emotional Intelligence -- 13 Emotional Creativity: Toward "Spiritualizing the Passions" -- PART IV. COGNITIVE-FOCUSED APPROACHES -- 14 Creativity -- 15 The Role of Personal Control in Adaptive Functioning -- 16 Well-Being: Mindfulness Versus Positive Evaluation -- 17 Optimism -- 18 Optimistic Explanatory Style -- 19 Hope Theory: A Member of the Positive Psychology Family -- 20 Self-Efficacy: The Power of Believing You Can -- 21 Problem-Solving Appraisal and Psychological Adjustment -- 22 Setting Goals for Life and Happiness -- 23 The Passion to Know: A Developmental Perspective -- 24 Wisdom: Its Structure and Function in Regulating Successful Life Span Development -- PART V. SELF-BASED APPROACHES -- 25 Reality Negotiation -- 26 The Truth About Illusions: Authenticity and Positivity in Social Relationships -- 27 Authenticity -- 28 Uniqueness Seeking -- 29 Humility -- PART VI. INTERPERSONAL APPROACHES.

30 Relationship Connection: The Role of Minding in the Enhancement of Closeness -- 31 Compassion -- 32 The Psychology of Forgiveness -- 33 Gratitude and the Science of Positive Psychology -- 34 Love -- 35 Empathy and Altruism -- 36 How We Become Moral: The Sources of Moral Motivation -- PART VII. BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES -- 37 Toughness -- 38 A Role for Neuropsychology in Understanding the Facilitating Influence of Positive Affect on Social Behavior and Cognitive Processes -- 39 From Social Structure to Biology: Integrative Science in Pursuit of Human Health and Well-Being -- 40 Toward a Biology of Social Support -- PART VIII. SPECIFIC COPING APPROACHES -- 41 Sharing One's Story: On the Benefits of Writing or Talking About Emotional Experience -- 42 Benefit-Finding and Benefit-Reminding -- 43 Positive Responses to Loss: Perceiving Benefits and Growth -- 44 The Pursuit of Meaningfulness in Life -- 45 Humor -- 46 Meditation and Positive Psychology -- 47 Spirituality: Discovering and Conserving the Sacred -- PART IX. SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS -- 48 Positive Psychology for Children: Development, Prevention, and Promotion -- 49 Aging Well: Outlook for the 21st Century -- 50 Positive Growth Following Acquired Physical Disability -- 51 Putting Positive Psychology in a Multicultural Context -- 52 Positive Psychology at Work -- PART X. THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD -- 53 Positive Ethics -- 54 Constructivism and Positive Psychology -- 55 The Future of Positive Psychology: A Declaration of Independence -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.