The Science of Optimism and Hope
Subtitle: Research Essays in Honor of Martin E.P. Seligman (Laws of Life Symposia Series, V. 2)
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
Published: November 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia; London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781890151263
Subjects: Psychology; Emotions; Christianity - Theology - General; Optimism; History & Surveys - General; Christian Theology - General; Developmental - General; Congresses; Hope
Table of contents: title: Part I : History.; title: Introduction / Jane E. Gillham; title: From helplessness to hope : the seminal career of Martin Seligman / Steven F. Maier, Christopher Peterson, and Barry Schwartz; title: Part II : Optimism and well-being in individuals.; title: Section A : The neurobiology of optimism.; title: The neurobiology of stressor controllability / Steven F. Maier and Linda R. Watkins; title: The neurochemistry of stress resilience and coping : a quest for nature's own antidote to illness / Robert C. Drugan; title: Section B : Psychological resilience.; title: Optimistic cognitive styles and invulnerability to depression / Lyn Y. Abramson ... [et al.]; title: Commentary on the Temple-Wisconsin cognitive vulnerability to depression project : causality in non-experimental mental health research / Thomas E. Joiner, Jr.; title: Growth and resilience among bereaved people / Susan Nolen-Hoeksema; title: The hope mandala : coping with the loss of a loved one / C. R. Snyder; title: Section C : Physical health.; title: Optimistic explanatory style and health / Christopher Peterson; title: What I do know won't hurt me : optimism, attention to negative information, coping, and health / Lisa G. Aspinwall and Susanne M. Brunhart; title: On the mechanisms by which optimism promotes positive mental and physical health : a commentary on Aspinwall and Brunhart / Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, and Alexandra M. Chiara; title: Section D : Promoting optimism and hope.; title: Promoting hope in children and adolescents / Andrew J. Shatte, Jane E. Gillham, and Karen Reivich; title: Discussion of the Penn optimism program : recognizing its strengths and considerations for enhancing the program / Kevin D. Stark and Janay Boswell; title: Section E : Discussion of Part II.; title: Commentary : new directions for study / Stanley Rachman; title: How negative psychology is integral to positive psychology / Robert J. DeRubeis; title: Part III : Optimism in families and cultures.; title: Section A : Optimism in the family.; title: Optimism and the family / Frank D. Fincham; title: Optimism : definitions and origins / Judy Garber; title: On chaos, fractals, and stress : response to Fincham's "Optimism and the family" / Everett L. Worthington, Jr.; title: Section B : Optimism and faith.; title: Hope and happiness / David G. Myers; title: Intergenerational transmission of religion / Lisa Miller; title: The role of faith in shaping optimism / Yechiel Eckstein; title: Section C : Optimism and culture.; title: Optimism, culture, and history : the roles of explanatory style, integrative complexity, and pessimistic rumination / Jason M. Satterfield; title: Comments : optimism and the laws of life, history, and culture / Christopher Peterson and Michael P. Bishop; title: The contribution of flow to positive psychology / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; title: Section D : Discussion of Part III.; title: Pitfalls on the road to a positive psychology of hope / Barry Schwartz; title: Part IV : Seligman address.; title: Positive psychology / Martin E. P. Seligman; title: Contributors