Handbook of Positive Psychology Assessment

This volume gives a state-of-the-art overview of assessment in the field of positive psychology, including a comprehensive survey of current theories, approaches, issues, and assessment instruments. In four sections, leading experts look at different conceptualizations of well-being and discuss specific traits, states, and behaviors. New directions in positive psychology are also explored, including measuring primal world beliefs, imagination, self-transcendent experiences, and nostalgia.Each chapter provides an introductory background to the positive psychology topic reviews the most relevant assessment instruments, and discusses the specific assessment-related challenges. Recommendations for selecting assessment tools are included for specific settings, such as school, relationships, health and clinical settings, leisure, and interventions. This book is a must for positive psychology researchers, instructors, students, and practitioners wanting to select the right positive psychology instrument for the right situation.

Zusammenfassung

This volume gives a state-of-the-art overview of assessment in the field of positive psychology, including a comprehensive survey of current theories, approaches, issues, and assessment instruments. In four sections, leading experts look at different conceptualizations of well-being and discuss specific traits, states, and behaviors. New directions in positive psychology are also explored, including measuring primal world beliefs, imagination, self-transcendent experiences, and nostalgia.
Each chapter provides an introductory background to the positive psychology topic reviews the most relevant assessment instruments, and discusses the specific assessment-related challenges. Recommendations for selecting assessment tools are included for specific settings, such as school, relationships, health and clinical settings, leisure, and interventions. This book is a must for positive psychology researchers, instructors, students, and practitioners wanting to select the right positive psychology instrument for the right situation.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Arnold B Bakker (Herausgeber), Arnold B. Bakker (Herausgeber), Fabian Gander (Herausgeber), Willibald Ruch (Herausgeber), Louis Tay (Herausgeber), Louis Tay et al (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780889376199
• ISBN: 978-0-88937-619-9
• Seiten: 464
• Abmessung: 177 mm x 27 mm x 258 mm
• Gewicht: 1016 g
• Serien: Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice; Psychological Assessment - Science and Practice
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Psychologie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Allgemeine Psychologie, Psychologie: Theorien und Denkschulen, positive psychology, Psychotherapie und Klinische Psychologie, psychometric testing, psychological assessement methods