Contributor
Seligman, Martin E. P.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, c2000.
Descriptionx, 445 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Based on the Optimism and Hope Symposium, held Feb. 10, 1998 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Note:PART I: HISTORY: Introduction / Jane E. Gillham -- 1. From helplessness to hope: the seminal career of Martin Seligman / Steven F. Maier, Christopher Peterson, Barry Schwartz -- PART II. OPTIMISM AND WELL-BEING IN INDIVIDUALS: SECTION A. THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF OPTIMISM: 2. The neurobiology of stressor controllability / Steven F. Maier, Linda R. Watkins -- 3. The neurochemistry of stress resilience and coping: a quest for nature's own antidote to illness / Robert C. Drugan -- SECTION B. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: 4. Optimistic cognitive styles and invulnerability to depression / Lyn Y. Abramson, Lauren B. Alloy, Benjamin L. Hankin, Caroline M. Clements, Lin Zhu, Michael E. Hogan, Wayne G. Whitehouse -- 5. Commentary on the Temple-Wisconsin cognitive vulnerability to depression project: causality in non-experimental mental health research / Thomas E. Joiner, Jr. -- 6. Growth and resilience among bereaved people / Susan Nolen-Hoeksema -- 7. The hope mandala: coping with the loss of a loved one / C.R. Snyder -- SECTION C. PHYSICAL HEALTH: 8. Optimistic explanatory style and health / Christopher Peterson -- 9. What I do know won't hurt me: optimism, attention to negative information, coping, and health / Lisa G. Aspinwall, Susanne M. Brunhart -- 10. On the mechanisms by which optimism promotes positive mental and physical health: a commentary on Aspinwall and Brunhart / Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, Alexandra M. Chiara -- SECTION D. PROMOTING OPTIMISM AND HOPE: 11. Promoting hope in children and adolescents / Andrew J. Shatté, Jane E. Gillham, Karen Reivich -- 12. Discussion of the Penn Optimism Program: recognizing its strengths and considerations for enhancing the program / Kevin D. Stark, Janay Boswell -- SECTION E. DISCUSSION OF PART II: 13. Commentary: new directions for study / Stanley Rachman -- 14. How negative psychology is integral to positive psychology / Robert J. DeRubeis -- PART III. OPTIMISM IN FAMILIES AND CULTURES: SECTION A. OPTIMISM IN THE FAMILY: 15. Optimism and the family / Frank D. Fincham -- 16. Optimism: definitions and origins / Judy garber -- 17. On chaos, fractals, and stress: response to Fincham's "Optimism and the Family" / Evertt L. Worthington, Jr. -- SECTION B. OPTIMISM AND FAITH: 18. Hope and happiness / Davd G. Myeres -- 19. Intergenerational transmission of religion / Lisa Miller -- 20. The role of faith in shaping optimism / Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein -- SECTION C. OPTIMISM AND CULTURE: 21. Optimism, culture, and history: the roles of explanatory style, integrative complexity, and pessimistic rumination / Jason M. Satterfield -- 22. Comments: Optimism and the laws of life, history, and culture / Christopher Peterson, Michael P. Bishop -- 23. The contribution of flow to positive psychology / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- SECTION D. DISCUSSION OF PART III. 24. Pitfalls on the road to a positive psychology of hope / Barry Schwartz -- PART V. SELIGMAN ADDRESS: 25. Positive psychology / Martin E.P. Seligman.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
