List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
Part I Established Areas of Intervention 1
1 Gratitude Interventions: A Review and Future Agenda 3
Tara Lomas, Jeffrey J. Froh, Robert A. Emmons, Anjali Mishra, and Giacomo Bono
2 Positive Psychological Interventions for Promoting Forgiveness: History, Present Status, and Future Prospects 20
Everett L. Worthington Jr., Nathaniel G. Wade, and William T. Hoyt
3 Nurturing the Capacity to Savor: Interventions to Enhance the Enjoyment of Positive Experiences 42
Jennifer L. Smith, Patrick R. Harrison, Jaime L. Kurtz, and Fred B. Bryant
4 Strengths Interventions: Current Progress and Future Directions 66
Michelle C. Louis and Shane J. Lopez
5 Promoting Meaning and Purpose in Life 90
Joo Yeon Shin and Michael F. Steger
6 Empathy-Related Interventions 111
Mark H. Davis and Ena Begovic
Part II New and Emerging Areas of Intervention 135
7 Creativity as a Target and Tool for Positive Interventions 137
Marie J. C. Forgeard and Katherine V. Eichner
8 Do Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?: Patience Interventions to Improve Well-Being 155
Sarah A. Schnitker and Justin T. Westbrook
9 Courage Interventions: Future Directions and Cautions 168
Cynthia L. S. Pury, Charles B. Starkey, Chad R. Breeden, Christie L. Kelley, Hannah J. Murphy, and Arden Y. Lowndes
10 Humor Intervention Programs 179
Willibald Ruch and Paul E. McGhee
11 Enacting Flow and Student Engagement in the College Classroom 194
David J. Shernoff and Brett Anderson
12 Positive Education and Teaching for Wisdom 213
Michel Ferrari and Christine E. Guthrie
Part III Areas of Application 233
13 Positive Family Therapy Interventions 235
Collie W. Conoley, Jane Close Conoley, and Marla E. Pontrelli
14 Applications of Positive Psychology to Individual Therapy 255
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
15 Evidence-Based Coaching as a Positive Psychological Intervention 273
Suzy Green and Gordon B. Spence
16 Online Positive Psychological Interventions: State of the Art and Future Directions 286
Linda Bolier and Katherina Martin Abello
17 Resilience Interventions for Youth 310
Craig Springer, Justin Misurell, Amy Kranzler, Lindsay Liotta, and Jane Gillham
18 Positive Social Identity Interventions: Finding a Conduit for Well-Being in Stigmatized Group Memberships 327
Thomas C. Ball and Michelle R. Nario-Redmond
19 Adapting a Positive Psychological Intervention for People with Schizophrenia 344
Piper S. Meyer
20 Adapting Positive Psychology for Smoking Cessation 358
Anne M. Day, Elise M. Clerkin, Nichea S. Spillane, and Christopher W. Kahler
Part IV Special Considerations 371
21 Making Happiness Last: Using the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention Model to Extend the Success of Positive Interventions 373
Katherine Jacobs Bao and Sonja Lyubomirsky
22 Person–Activity Fit in Positive Psychological Interventions 385
Stephen M. Schueller
23 Taking Culture into Account with Positive Psychological Interventions 403
Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti
24 Dovetailing Ethical Practice and Positive Psychology to Promote Integrity, Industriousness, Innovation, and Impact 416
Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick
25 Beyond Life Satisfaction: A Scientific Approach to Well-Being Gives Us Much More to Measure 433
Jose L. Duarte
26 Positive Psychological Interventions and Self-Perceptions: A Cautionary Tale 450
Kasley M. Killam and Young-Hoon Kim
27 Act Well to Be Well: The Promise of Changing Personality States to Promote Well-Being 462
Laura E. R. Blackie, Ann Marie Roepke, Marie J. C. Forgeard, Eranda Jayawickreme, and William Fleeson
Index 475
