Foundation of Positive Psychology - A Compilation of Key Studies, Theory, and Practice

The Foundation of Positive Psychology: A compilation of key studies, theory and practice is a milestone text which serves as a comprehensive handbook for positive psychology. It offers a compilation of over 200 seminal papers that provide a balanced overview of the nature, origins and evolution of the discipline.

List of contents

Preface. Chapter 1: The fundamentals of positive psychology. Chapter 2: The primer to wellbeing. Chapter 3: The overview of positive psychology applications. Chapter 4: The approaches to maximising the impact of positive psychology application. Chapter 5: The introduction to multidisciplinary positive psychology

About the author

Jolanta Burke, PhD, is a chartered psychologist (British Psychological Society) and a senior lecturer at RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health. Dr Burke is an Editor-in-chief for the Journal of Positive School Psychology and has served on the editorial board of the Frontiers in Positive Psychology, Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, European Journal of Psychology of Education, and Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology. In Ireland, the Irish Times acknowledged her as one of 30 people who make Ireland a better place.

Product details

• Authors: Jolanta Burke, Burke Jolanta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032870380
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287038-0
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Medical counselling, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Health psychology, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services