Positive Psychology

Dr Tim Lomas, PhD, is a Psychology Research Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and part of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Tim’s main research focus is exploring cross-cultural perspectives on wellbeing, especially concepts and practices deemed ‘non-Western.’ Since 2013, Tim has published over 100 papers and 12 books relating to wellbeing, involving topics/approaches including linguistics, non-human intelligence, semiotics, art, emotional dialectics, balance/harmony, systems theory, social theory, politics, gender, and Buddhism. His latest book, entitled Happiness, was published in 2023 by MIT Press as part of their Essential Knowledge series. Dr. Kate Hefferon is a Chartered Research Psychologist, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of the Msc in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of East London. She is the author of several peer-reviewed papers, books and book chapters and has presented at conferences nationally and internationally on positive psychology. Her research interests include posttraumatic growth, resilience, physical activity and embodiment.

• VOLUME ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVESShared Virtue: The Convergence of Valued Human Strengths across Culture and History - Katherine Dahlsgaard, Christopher Peterson and Martin SeligmanThe Humanistic Psychology–Positive Psychology Divide: Contrasts in Philosophical Foundations - Alan WatermanThe Humanistic Psychology and Positive Psychology Connection: Implications for Psychotherapy - Stella Resnick, Arthur Warmoth and Ilene SerlinSubjective Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress - Ed Diener, Eunkook Suh, Richard Lucas and Heidi SmithLearned Helplessness in Humans: Critique and Reformulation - Lyn Abramson, Martin Seligman and John TeasdaleInfluence of Extraversion and Neuroticism on Subjective Well-Being: Happy and Unhappy People - Paul Costa and Robert McCraePositive Psychology: Past, Present, and (Possible) Future - P. Alex Linley, Stephen Joseph, Susan Harrington and Alex WoodTracing the Size, Reach, Impact, and Breadth of Positive Psychology - Reuben Rusk and Lea WatersOrientations to Happiness and Life Satisfaction: The Full Life versus the Empty Life - Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park and Martin SeligmanThe Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success? - Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed DienerVOLUME TWO: CONSTRUCTS AND THEORIESThe Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in Life - Corey KeyesOrigins and Functions of Positive and Negative Affect: A Control-Process View - Charles Carver and Michael ScheierThe Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology: The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions - Barbara FredricksonEmotional Intelligence - Peter Salovey and John MayerSelf-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being - Richard Ryan and Edward DeciGoal Striving, Need Satisfaction, and Longitudinal Well-Being: The Self-Concordance Model - Kennon Sheldon and Andrew ElliotAre There Universal Aspects in the Structure and Content of Human Values? - Shalom SchwartzPossible Selves - Hazel Markus and Paula NuriusPosttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence - Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence CalhounOptimal Experience in Work and Leisure - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Judith LeFevreStrengths of Character and Well-Being - Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson and Martin SeligmanWhen Choice Is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing? - Sheena Iyengar and Mark LepperIncome and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory - Richard EasterlinPursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change - Sonja Lyubomirsky, Kennon Sheldon and David SchkadeVOLUME THREE: MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENTHappiness Is Everything, or Is It? Explorations on the Meaning of Psychological Well-Being - Carol RyffDevelopment and Validation of Brief Measures of Positive and Negative Affect: The PANAS Scales - David Watson, Lee Anna Clark and Auke TellegenThe Satisfaction with Life Scale - Ed Diener et al.The Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Assessing the Presence of and Search for Meaning in Life - Michael Steger, Patricia Frazier, Shigehiro Oishi and Matthew KalerDistinguishing Optimism from Neuroticism (and Trait Anxiety, Self-Mastery, and Self-Esteem): A Reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test - Michael Scheier, Charles Carver and Michael BridgesAssessing Coping Strategies: A Theoretically Based Approach - Charles Carver, Michael Scheier and Jagdish Kumari WeintraubEmotional Style and Susceptibility to the Common Cold - Sheldon Cohen, William Doyle, Ronald Turner, Cuneyt Alper and David SkonerAlterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation - Richard Davidson et al.Positive Emotions in Early Life and Longevity: Findings from the Nun Study - Deborah Danner, David Snowdon and Wallace FriesenHappiness Is a Stochastic Phenomenon - David Lykken and Auke TellegenThe Social Context of Well–Being - John Helliwell and Robert PutnamDynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study Social Network - James Fowler et al.Risk, Resilience, and Recovery: Perspectives from the Kauai Longitudinal Study - Emmy WernerSuccessful Aging - George Vaillant and Kenneth MukamalA Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method - Daniel Kahneman et al.Post-Traumatic Growth and Life Threatening Physical Illness: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature - Kate Hefferon, Madeleine Grealy and Nanette MutrieVOLUME FOUR: INTERVENTIONS AND ACTIVITIESDevelopment of a Program to Increase Personal Happiness - Michael FordyceLong-Term Effects of a Control-Relevant Intervention with the Institutionalized Aged - Judith Rodin and Ellen LangerAn Outpatient Program in Behavioral Medicine for Chronic Pain Patients Based on the Practice of Mindfulness Meditation: Theoretical Considerations and Preliminary Results - Jon Kabat-ZinnCounting Blessings versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life - Robert Emmons and Michael McCulloughHow to Increase and Sustain Positive Emotion: The Effects of Expressing Gratitude and Visualizing Best Possible Selves - Kennon Sheldon and Sonja LyubomirskyThe Health Benefits of Writing about Intensely Positive Experiences - Chad Burton and Laura KingEffects of Exercise Training on Older Patients with Major Depression - James Blumenthal et al.Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life - David Cooperrider and Suresh SrivastvaWhat Do You Do When Things Go Right? The Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Benefits of Sharing Positive Events - Shelly Gable et al.Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depressive Symptoms with Positive Psychology Interventions: A Practice-Friendly Meta-Analysis - Nancy SinandSonja LyubomirskyBecoming Happier Takes Both a Will and a Proper Way: An Experimental Longitudinal Intervention to Boost Well-Being - Sonja Lyubomirsky et al.VOLUME FIVE: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN APPLIED SETTINGSA Meta-Analytic Review of the Penn Resiliency Program’s Effect on Depressive Symptoms - Steven Brunwasser, Jane Gillham and Eric KimIntelligence Praise Can Undermine Motivation and Performance - Claudia Mueller and Carol DweckToward a Psychology of Positive Youth Development - Reed LarsonOf Memes and Marriage: Toward a Positive Relationship Science - Frank Fincham and Steven BeachIntegrating Positive Psychology into Counseling: Why and (When Appropriate) How - Alex Harris, Carl Thoresen and Shane LopezDevelopment and Characteristics of a Well-Being Enhancing Psychotherapeutic Strategy: Well-Being Therapy - Giovanni Fava and Chiara RuiniPositive Psychology in Clinical Practice - Angela Lee Duckworth, Tracy Steen and Martin SeligmanThe Impact of Life Coaching on Goal Attainment, Metacognition and Mental Health - Anthony GrantFoundations of Positive Organizational Scholarship - Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton and Robert QuinnThe Need for and Meaning of Positive Organizational Behavior - Fred LuthansComprehensive Soldier Fitness: Building Resilience in a Challenging Institutional Context - Rhonda Cornum, Michael Matthews and Martin SeligmanPositive Health - Martin SeligmanVOLUME SIX: CRITIQUES, CONTROVERSIES, AND CURRENT ISSUESPositive Psychology: History in the Remaking? - Dana Becker and Jeanne MarecekThe Negative Side of Positive Psychology - Barbara HeldDoes the Positive Psychology Movement Have Legs? - Richard LazarusPositive Psychology in Cancer Care: Bad Science, Exaggerated Claims, and Unproven Medicine - James Coyne and Howard TennenThe Complex Dynamics of Wishful Thinking: The Critical Positivity Ratio - Nicholas Brown, Alan Sokal and Harris Friedman“Positive Psychology”: Some Plusses and Some Open Issues - Emory Cowen and Ryan KilmerDefensive Pessimism: Harnessing Anxiety as Motivation - Julie Norem and Nancy CantorPositive Psychology 2.0: Towards a Balanced Interactive Model of the Good Life - Paul WongOn Being Positive: Concerns and Counterpoints - Stephen FinemanReconsidering Happiness: The Cost of Distinguishing between Hedonics and Eudaimonia - Todd Kashdan, Robert Biswar-Diener and Laura KingBeyond the Hedonic Treadmill: Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being - Ed Diener, Richard Lucas and Christie Napa ScollonCritical Positive Masculinity - Tim LomasToward a Multicultural Positive Psychology: Indigenous Forgiveness and Hmong Culture - Steven Sandage, Peter Hill and Henry VangBeyond Positive Psychology? Toward a Contextual View of Psychological Processes and Well-Being - James McNulty and Frank FinchamThe Role of Power in Wellness, Oppression, and Liberation: The Promise of Psychopolitical Validity - Isaac PrilleltenskyThe LIFE Model: A Conceptual Map for Applied Positive Psychology - Tim Lomas, Kate Hefferon and Itai Ivtzan