SELF - Driving Positive Psychology and Wellbeing

ISBN-13: 9781641130028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 328 str.

Guay, Frédéric

Opis

Provides a unique insight into self and its fundamental role for well-being. This volume is intended to develop both theoretical and methodological ideas and to present empirical evidence of various phenomenon important for well-being. The scope of the volume is very broad, and provides a framework for the development of each chapter as authors see most appropriate.

Spis treści

• Preface.
• The Role of Perceived Competence in the Lives of Children With ADHD, Emotional and Behavioral Disorder, Learning Disability, and Developmental Disability: A Positive Psychology Perspective, Andrew J. Martin, Iva Strnadová, Susan C. O’Neill, and Therese M. Cumming.
• Striving to Validate Competence Versus Striving to Attain Normative Superiority: Two Distinct Motivational Processes With Different Implications for the Self, Yoonkyung Chung and Mimi Bong.
• The Development of Interest and Self?Related Processing, Suzanne E. Hidi, K. Ann Renninger, and Georg Northoff.
• Academic Self?Concept in the Sciences: Domain?Specific Differentiation, Gender Differences, and Dimensional Comparison Effects, Malte Jansen.
• Does Culture Matter for Grit? Mapping Cross?Cultural Directions in Grit Research Programs, Jesus Alfonso D. Datu and Dennis M. McInerney.
• The Distinctive Roles of Perceptions of Health Risks and Benefits, Self?Efficacy, and Motivation in the Awareness, Initiation, and Maintenance of Healthy Behaviors, Luc G. Pelletier, Camille Guertin, and Meredith Rocchi.
• The Role of Parents in Supporting Adjustment to School: A Motivational Perspective, Catherine F. Ratelle and Stéphane Duchesne.
• Pervasive Influences on Wellness and Thriving: Cultural, Political, and Economic Contexts and the Support of Basic Psychological Needs, Richard M. Ryan, Stefano I. Di Domenico, William S. Ryan, and Edward L. Deci.
• Leveraging Self Psychology to Strengthen Positive Psychology: Conceptual Analysis of Three Paths to Well?Being, Danu Anthony Stinson and William B. Swann Jr.
• A Relative Cognitive Strength and Interest Model: A New Perspective for Understanding Individual and Gender Differences in STEM Fields, Ming?Te Wang and Jessica L. Degol.
• Development of Children’s Ability Beliefs and Values and School?Based Interventions to Improve Them, Allan Wigfield, Jessica Gladstone, and Lara Turci.
• About the Editors.
• About the Contributors.