Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology

by Ong, Anthony D.; Van Dulmen, Manfred H. M.

• ISBN13: 9780195172188
• ISBN10: 0195172183
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• More Book Details

Summary

In the short time since the publication of the Handbook of Positive Psychology esearch results on the psychology of human strengths have proliferated. However, no major volume has documented the methods and theory used to achieve these results. Oxford Handbook of Methods in PositivePsychology fills this need, providing a broad overview of diverse contemporary methods in positive psychology. With contributions from both leading scholars and promising young investigators, the handbook serves to illuminate and, at times, challenge traditional approaches. Incorporating multiple levels of analysis, from biology to culture, the contributors present state-of-the art techniques, includingthose for estimating variability and change at the level of the individual, identifying reliability of measurements within and across individuals, and separating individual differences in growth from aspects of phenomena that exhibit shorter-term variability over time. The volume covers such topicsas wisdom, health, hope, resilience, religion, relationships, emotions, well-being, character strengths, and laughter. It enhances our understanding of the balance between human deficits and strengths and demonstrates their connections to other problems. Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology will be the essential reference for methods in positive psychology.

Author Biography

Anthony D. Ong is Assistant Professor of Human Development at Cornell University. He received his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 2002. His research and scholarly interests center on the nature and development of resilience and positive adaption across the life course. His research has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
Manfred H.M. vanDulmen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Kent State University. He received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2001. His research focuses on the relationship processes underlying the development of adaptive and maladaptive social behavior during adolescence and young adulthood. He has a special interest in methodological and measurement issues in developmental psychology.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
C. R. Snyder
Shane J. Lopez
Contributors	xv
Introduction	xvii
Major Content Areas Addressed by Chapters	xxi
Part I. Intraindividual Variability
P-Technique Factor Analysis
P-Technique Factor Analysis as a Tool for Exploring Psychological Health	3	(9)
Constance J. Jones
Stepping Into the Light: Modeling the Intraindividual Dimensions of Hedonic and Eudaemonic Well-Being	12	(17)
Anthony D. Ong
John L. Horn
David A. Walsh
Part II. Intraindividual Change
Dynamic Factor Analysis
The Structure of Daily Positive Affect for Persons With Parkinson's Disease: A Dynamic Factor Analysis	29	(12)
Kim Shifren
Karen Hooker
Application of Dynamic Factor Analysis to Affective Processes in Dyads	41	(20)
Emilio Ferrer
Part III. Interindividual Differences: Measurement Issues
Structural Equation Modeling
Multivariate Statistical Strategies for Construct Validation in Positive Psychology	61	(22)
Fred B. Bryant
Scott P. King
Colette M. Smart
Understanding Hope: A Review of Measurement and Construct Validity Research	83	(13)
Lisa M. Edwards
Kevin L. Rand
Shane J. Lopez
C. R. Snyder
Methodological Issues in the Assessment of the Affective Component of Subjective Well-Being	96	(15)
Ulrich Schimmack
Using Structural Equation Models to Validate Measures of Positive Emotions	111	(15)
Richard E. Lucas
The Application of Structural Equation Modeling and Item Response Theory to Cross-Cultural Positive Psychology Research	126	(13)
Shigehiro Oishi
Using the Combined Etic-Emic Approach to Develop a Measurement of Interpersonal Subjective Well-Being in Chinese Populations	139	(14)
Samuel M. Y. Ho
Mike W. L. Cheung
Measurement Invariance
Assessing Factorial Invariance in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies	153	(23)
Daniel E. Bontempo
Scott M. Hofer
Dolce Far Niente: The Positive Psychology of Personality Stability and Invariance	176	(13)
Robert R. McCrae
Antonio Terracciano
Brigitte Khoury
Measuring Emotional Intelligence: Promises, Pitfalls, Solutions?	189	(16)
Gerald Matthews
Moshe Zeidner
Richard D. Roberts
Experimental Methods
Experimental Approaches to Individual Differences and Change: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Extraversion	205	(15)
John M. Zelenski
Understanding Individual and Age Differences in Well-Being: An Experimental Attention-Based Approach	220	(13)
Derek M. Isaacowitz
Psychophysiological Approaches to the Study of Laughter: Toward an Integration With Positive Psychology	233	(17)
Paul G. Devereux
Kathi L. Heffner
Some Measurement Issues in the Study of Affect	250	(16)
Alice M. Isen
Amir Erez
Behavior Genetics
Natural Experiments: What Behavioral Genetic Approaches Can Tell Us About Human Potential	266	(16)
C. S. Bergeman
Anthony D. Ong
Cultural Aspects of Quantitative Genetic Investigations	282	(10)
Keith E. Whitfield
Dwayne T. Brandon
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Methodological Issues in Positive Psychology and the Assessment of Character Strengths	292	(14)
Nansook Park
Christopher Peterson
Wisdom as a Classical Human Strength: Psychological Conceptualizations and Empirical Inquiry	306	(17)
Ute Kunzmann
Antje Stange
Hardiness as a Dispositional Resource: Methods of Conceptualizing the Construct	323	(16)
K. A. Wallace
C. S. Bergeman
Part IV. Interindividual Differences in Intraindividual Variability
Spectral Analysis and Item Response Models
Within-Person Covariation Analysis: Applications to the Study of Affect	339	(10)
Randy J. Larsen
Using Item Response Models to Analyze Change: Advantages and Limitations	349	(13)
Judith Gluck
Christiane Spiel
Exploring Cyclic Change in Emotion Using Item Response Models and Frequency Domain Analysis	362	(18)
Sy-Miin Chow
Kevin J. Grimm
Frank Fujita
Nilam Ram
Dynamic Systems Analysis
Dynamical Modeling for Studying Self-Regulatory Processes: An Example From the Study of Religious Development Over the Life Span	380	(15)
Michael E. McCullough
Steven M. Boker
Understanding the Adjustment to Widowhood: Using Dynamical Systems to Assess and Predict Trajectories of Well-Being	395	(14)
Toni L. Bisconti
C. S. Bergeman
Application of Dynamic Systems Analysis to Dyadic Interactions	409	(14)
Diane H. Felmlee
Nonlinear Dynamics of Positive Psychology: Parameters, Models, and Searching for a Systems Summum Bonum	423	(16)
David Schuldberg
Part V. Interindividual Differences in Intraindividual Change
Multilevel Models of Change: Fundamental Concepts and Relationships to Mixed Models and Latent Growth-Curve Models	439	(14)
Scott E. Maxwell
Stacey S. Tiberio
Latent Growth Analysis
Application of Latent Growth Analyses to Health Outcomes of Adolescent Girls	453	(14)
Paolo Ghisletta
Penelope K. Trickett
The Use of Growth-Curve Modeling in Estimating Stability and Change in Well-Being Over Time	467	(10)
Daniel K. Mroczek
Paul W. Griffin
Understanding Journeys: Growth-Curve Analysis as a Tool for Studying Individual Differences in Change Over Time	477	(10)
Julie K. Norem
Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Assessing the Ebb and Flow of Daily Life With an Accent on the Positive	487	(14)
Alex J. Zautra
Glenn G. Affleck
Mary C. Davis
Howard Tennen
Robert Fasman
Using Experience Sampling and Multilevel Modeling to Study Person-Situation Interactionist Approaches to Positive Psychology	501	(14)
William Fleeson
Differentiation of the Distributions of Inspiration and Positive Affect Across Days of the Week: An Application of Logistic Multilevel Modeling	515	(15)
Todd M. Thrash
Multilevel Modeling of Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis of Basic Psychological Needs	530	(12)
Kirk Warren Brown
Richard M. Ryan
Individual and Situational Factors Related to the Experience of Flow in Adolescence: A Multilevel Approach	542	(17)
Jennifer A. Schmidt
David J. Shernoff
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Multilevel Modeling of Social Interactions and Mood in Lonely and Socially Connected Individuals: The MacArthur Social Neuroscience Studies	559	(17)
Louise C. Hawkley
Kristopher J. Preacher
John T. Cacioppo
Positive Processes in Close Relationships Across Time, Partners, and Context: A Multilevel Approach	576	(15)
Shelly L. Gable
Jennifer G. La Guardia
Latent-Class Models
Latent-Class Models for Analyzing Variability and Change	591	(17)
Michael Eid
Detecting Population Heterogeneity in Stability and Change in Subjective Well-Being by Mixture Distribution Models	608	(25)
Michael Eid
Rolf Langeheine
Index	633