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  • A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

    Responsible Adult Culture

    by Granville Bud Potter, John C. Gibbs, Molly Robbins, Peter E. Langdon ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book presents Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a truly comprehensive program for helping offenders to think and act responsibly. It provides the tools of the program with great clarity. In addition to exploring the needs of all offenders, the book addresses the special needs of both female and dual-diagnosis offenders. Responsible thinking means habitually seeing others and situations ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Man for Himself

    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author and social philosopher explores the function of ethics and morality in the human psyche: "A fascinating volume . . . magnificent in its implications" ( Saturday Review ).Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fr... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Happiness in Children

    Measurement, Correlates and Enhancement of Positive Subjective Well-Being

    by Mark D Holder ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This briefs summarizes the research on positive well-being in children, with a particular focus on their happiness. It starts with a discussion of the constructs of positive psychology (i.e., well-being, happiness and life satisfaction), and then outlines the research that shows the importance of studying well-being. Next, it explores how researchers measure happiness and what these measures tell ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology

    The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The second volume in the collected works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi covers about thirty years of Csikszentmihalyi‘s work on three main and interconnected areas of study: attention, flow and positive psychology. Describing attention as psychic energy and in the footsteps of William James, Csikszentmihalyi explores the allocation of attention, the when and where and the amount of attention humans ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Purpose in Life

    A Critical Component of Optimal Youth Development

    by Kendall Cotton Bronk ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This volume integrates and makes sense of the growing body of theoretical and empirical research conducted on purpose across the lifespan. It opens with a comprehensive yet detailed discussion of the definitions of purpose most commonly used in studies on the topic. In addition to defining the construct, the author also discusses its philosophical roots and distinguishes it from related concepts, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

    by Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these ... Read more

    $296.09 USD

  • The Systems Model of Creativity

    The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This first volume of the Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi represents his work on Art and Creativity. Starting with his seminal 1964 study on creativity up to his 2010 publication in Newsweek, the volume spans over four decades of research and writing and clearly shows Csikszentmihalyi’s own development as an academic, psychologist, researcher and person. Unconventional and unorthodox in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Frontiers of Motivational Psychology

    Essays in Honor of John W. Atkinson

    Edited by Donald R. Brown, Joseph Veroff ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

    $89.09 USD

  • Positivism in Psychology

    Historical and Contemporary Problems

    Edited by Charles W. Tolman ...
    Series series Recent Research in Psychology
    Positivism needs further scrutiny. In recent years, there has been little consensus about the nature of positivism or about the precise forms its influence has taken on psychological theory. One symptom of this lack of clarity has been that ostensibly anti-positivist psychological theorizing is frequently found reproducing one or more distinctively positivist assumptions. The contributors to this ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context

    Perspectives on the Psychology of Agency, Freedom, and Well-Being

    Edited by Valery I. Chirkov, Kennon M. Sheldon, Richard Ryan ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This volume presents the reader with a stimulating tapestry of essays exploring the nature of personal autonomy, self-determination, and agency, and their role in human optimal functioning at multiple levels of analysis from personal to societal and cross-cultural. The starting point for these explorations is self-determination theory, an integrated theory of human motivation and healthy ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures

    Social Empowerment through Personal Growth

    by Antonella Delle Fave, Fausto Massimini, Marta Bassi ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    What does Western science know about the relationship between individual well-being and cultural trends? What can learn from other cultural traditions? What do the recent advancements in positive psychology teach us on this issue, particularly the eudaimonic framework, which emphasizes the connections between personal well-being and social welfare?People grow and live in cultures that deeply ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Psychosocial Well-being of Children and Adolescents in Latin America

    Evidence-based Interventions

    Edited by Jorge Castellá Sarriera, Lívia Maria Bedin ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses child well-being, with children and adolescents as key informants, from a Latin American perspective. It explores theoretical and empirical issues related to well-being and associated aspects, in order to understand the well-being of this population. Topics analyzed in this volume address for instance environment and community, rights, leisure time, technologies, interpersonal ... Read more

    $89.09 USD