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Hope, Ethnic Pride, and Academic Achievement: Positive Psychology and Latino Youth

, 2014
Previous studies have found that hope has beneficial effects in athletics, academics, physical health, and mental well being in majority populations. Given the challenges Latino youth face in the United States, ethnic identity and hope may be a powerful ...
Berenson, Kathy R., McWhirter, Paula, Yager-Elorriaga, Derik K.   +2 more
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Walking the walk: a phenomenological study of long distance walking [PDF]

, 2011
Evidence suggests that regular walking can elicit significant psychological benefits although little evidence exists concerning long distance walking. The purpose of this study was to provide detailed accounts of the experiences of long distance walkers.
Allen-Collinson J., Barton J., Barton J., Biddle S., Bird W., Borrie W., Carr A., Charmaz K., Christian Swann, Creswell J. W., Culver D. M., Dale G., David Piggott, Den Breejen L, Elliott R., Folkman S., Fredrickson B., Hillsdon M., Hodge K., Isen A., Jackson S., Kashdan T., Kay G., Lee Crust, Lincoln Y. S., Maykut P., Morgan A., Morrow S. L., Mutrie N., Nesti M., Patton M., Polkinghorne D. E., Pollio H. R., Pretty J., Pretty J., Richard Keegan, Ryan R., Sandelowski M., Seligman M., Tugade M., Wolcott H.   +40 more
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In pursuit of the beast: undergraduate attitudes towards sex offenders and implications for society, rehabilitation and British psychology education [PDF]

, 2012
Positive attitudes toward sex offenders can lead to favourable treatment outcomes and with psychology students being among the most likely graduates to move into offender rehabilitation, it is important to investigate the attitudes of this group ...
Harper, Craig
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Preventing adolescents’ externalizing and internalizing symptoms: Effects of the Penn Resiliency Program [PDF]

International Journal of Emotional Education, 2013
This study reports secondary outcome analyses from a past study of the Penn Resiliency Program (PRP), a cognitive-behavioral depression prevention program for middle-school aged children.
J. J. Cutuli, Jane E. Gillham, Tara M. Chaplin, Karen J. Reivich, Martin E. P. Seligman, Robert J. Gallop, Rachel M. Abenavoli, Derek R. Freres   +7 more
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Developing autonomous learning in first year university students using perspectives from positive psychology [PDF]

, 2013
Autonomous learning is a commonly occurring learning outcome from university study, and it is argued that students require confidence in their own abilities to achieve this.
Andrew Denovan, Ann Macaskill, Aspinwall L. G., Bachman J. G., Bandura A., Bandura A., Bandura A., Berlyne D. E., Bryde J. F., Cantor N., Carver C. S., Carver C. S., Channock K., Cheavens J., Chemers M. M., Cohen J., Conner T. R., Cronbach L. J., Deci E. L., Deci E. L., Dobson C., Fazey D. M., Felson R. B., Fleming J. S., Folkman S., Gilman R., Hershberger P. J., Hewitt J. P., Holec H., Kashdan T. B., Kashdan T. B., Kline P., Koestner R., Lambier B., Leonard N. H., Little D., Macaskill A., Maltby J., Maltby J., March C., Marshall J. D., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McCullough M. E., McFarlin D. G., Melges R., Menninger K., Miller T., Neto F., Park N., Peterson C., Peterson C., Ponton M. K., Robbins D., Rosenberg M., Rosenberg M., Scheier M. F., Seligman M.E.P., Seligman M.E.P., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Snyder C. R., Solberg V. S., Stephenson J., Taylor S. E., Watkins P. C., Wood A., Wright B. A.   +71 more
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Joint physical-activity/screen-time trajectories during early childhood: socio-demographic predictors and consequences on health-related quality-of-life and socio-emotional outcomes

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background Understanding the early roots of physical activity and sedentary behaviors is critical to developing intervention programs that promote healthy lifestyle habits in infants and children.
Borja del Pozo-Cruz, Francisco Perales, Phil Parker, Chris Lonsdale, Michael Noetel, Kylie D. Hesketh, Taren Sanders   +6 more
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Psy-expertise, therapeutic culture and the politics of the personal in development [PDF]

, 2017
Expertise stemming from the psy disciplines is increasingly and explicitly shaping international development policy and practice. Whilst some policy makers see the use of psy expertise as a new way to reduce poverty, increase economic efficiency, and ...
Klein, E., Mills, C.
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The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Improving Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Male Secondary High School Students with Anxiety Symptoms [PDF]

پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت, 2019
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy (PPT) on improving cognitive emotion regulation strategies in students with anxiety symptoms.
jalal anvari, bagher sardary
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Positive psychology and tourism: a systematic literature review [PDF]

, 2018
This study aims to outline the relationship between Positive Psychology and tourism through a systematic literature review. Tourism seeks to increase the wellbeing of people, and wellbeing is a crucial variable in Positive Psychology which in turn aims ...
Garcês, Soraia, Jesus, Saúl, Pocinho, Margarida, Rieber, Michael Stephen   +3 more
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Risk and prosocial behavioural cues elicit human-like response patterns from AI chatbots

Scientific Reports
Emotions, long deemed a distinctly human characteristic, guide a repertoire of behaviors, e.g., promoting risk-aversion under negative emotional states or generosity under positive ones.
Yukun Zhao, Zhen Huang, Martin Seligman, Kaiping Peng   +3 more
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