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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Arnold B Bakker (Editor), Arnold B. Bakker (Editor), Fabian Gander (Editor), Willibald Ruch (Editor), Louis Tay (Editor), Louis Tay et al (Editor)
• Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780889376199
• ISBN: 978-0-88937-619-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 27 mm x 258 mm
• Weight: 1016 g
• Series: Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice; Psychological Assessment - Science and Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Allgemeine Psychologie, Psychologie: Theorien und Denkschulen, positive psychology, Psychotherapie und Klinische Psychologie, psychometric testing, psychological assessement methods