Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools

by Gilman, Rich; Huebner, E. Scott; Furlong, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780203884089
• ISBN10: 0203884086
• Copyright: 2009-02-20
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

National surveys consistently reveal that an inordinate number of students report high levels of boredom, anger, and stress in school, which often leads to their disengagement from critical learning and social development. If the ultimate goal of schools is to educate young people to become responsible and critically thinking citizens who can succeed in life, understanding factors that stimulate them to become active agents in their own leaning is critical. A new field labeled "positive psychology" is one lens that can be used to investigate factors that facilitate a student s sense of agency and active school engagement.

Table of Contents

Conceptual Foundations

A Conceptual Model for Research in Positive Psychology in Children and Youth

The Nature and Importance of Positive Mental Health in America's Adolescents

Internal Assets and Positive Student Development

Life Satisfaction

Measuring and Promoting Hope in Schoolchildren

Optimism and the School Context

Strengths of Characters in Schools

Gratitude in School: Benefits to Students and Schools

Positive Self-Concepts

Emotion Regulation: Implications for Positive Youth Development

Empathy, Prosocial Behavior, and Positive Development in Schools

Flow in Schools: Cultivating Engaged Learners and Optimal Learning Environments

Contextual Resources and Positive Student Development

Toward a Positive Psychology of Academic Motivation: The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Oriented Towards Mastery: Promoting Positive Motivational Goals for Students

Creativity in the Schools: A Rapidly Developing Area of Positive Psychology

School Satisfaction and Children's Positive School Adjustment

Student Engagement and Positive School Adaptation

The ClassMaps Survey: A Framework for Promoting Positive Classroom Environments

Peer Relationships and Positive Adjustment at School

Parent-Child Relationships

Parents as Essential Partners for Fostering Students' Learning Outcomes

Secrets of Their Success: Activity Participation and Positive Youth Development

School-Based Applications for Positive Student Development

Positive Psychology and School-Based Interventions

The Positive in Positive Models of Discipline

Positive Psychology and the Prevention of School-Based Victimization

Promoting Positive Adaptation During the Early Childhood Years

Listening to Students: Moving from Resilience Research to Youth Development Practice and School Connectedness

Positive Psychology and Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Positive Psychology and School/Community-based Youth Participatory Photography Programs

Child and Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors: Prevalence and Comprehensive Prevention and Intervention Strategies

Wholistic Wellness and Exercise among Adolescents

Nutrition: The Foundation of Health, Happiness, and Academic Success

A Positive Psychology Approach to Developing Talent and Preventing Talent Loss in the Arts and Sciences

Positive Psychology, Culture, and Schools: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

Positive Psychology for Educators

The Law's Place in Fostering Positive Youth Development in Schools

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