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National surveys consistently reveal that an inordinate number of students report high levels of boredom, anger, and stress in school, which often leads to their disengagement from critical learning and social development. If the ultimate goal of schools is to educate young people to become responsible and critically thinking citizens who can succeed in life, understanding factors that stimulate them to become active agents in their own leaning is critical. A new field labeled "positive psychology" is one lens that can be used to investigate fa... MORE

Foreword	p. xi
About the Editors	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Conceptual Foundations	p. 1
A Conceptual Model for Research in Positive Psychology in Children and Youth	p. 3
The Nature and Importance of Positive Mental Health in America's Adolescents	p. 9
Internal Assets and Positive Student Development	p. 25
Life Satisfaction	p. 27
Meas... MORE	p. 37
Optimism and the School Context	p. 51
Strengths of Character in Schools	p. 65
Gratitude in School: Benefits to Students and Schools	p. 77
Positive Self-Concepts	p. 89
Emotion Regulation: Implications for Positive Youth Development	p. 107
Empathy, Prosocial Behavior, and Positive Development in Schools	p. 119
Flow in Schools: Cultivating Engaged Learners and Optimal Learning Environments	p. 131
Contextual Resources and Positive Students Development	p. 147
Toward a Positive Psychology of Academic Motivation: The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs	p. 149
Oriented Towards Mastery: Promoting Positive Motivational Goals for Students	p. 161
Creativity in the Schools: A Rapidly Developing Area of Positive Psychology	p. 175
School Satisfaction and Children's Positive School Adjustment	p. 189
Student Engagement and Positive School Adaptation	p. 197
The ClassMaps Survey: A Framework for Promoting Positive Classroom Environments	p. 213
Peer Relationships and Positive Adjustment at School	p. 229
Parent-Child Relationships	p. 245
Parents as Essential Partners for Fostering Students' Learning Outcomes	p. 257
Secrets of Their Success: Activity Participation and Positive Youth Development	p. 273
School-Based Applications for Positive Students Development	p. 291
Positive Psychology and School-Based Interventions	p. 293
The Positive in Positive Models of Discipline	p. 305
Positive Psychology and the Prevention of School-Based Victimization	p. 323
Promoting Positive Adaptation During the Early Childhood Years	p. 339
Listening to Students: Moving from Resilience Research to Youth Development Practice and School Connectedness	p. 353
Positive Psychology and Students with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 371
Positive Psychology and School/Community-Based Youth Participatory Photography Programs	p. 383
Child and Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors: Prevalence and Comprehensive Prevention and Intervention Strategies	p. 399
Wholistic Wellness and Exercise Among Adolescents	p. 409
Nutrition: The Foundation of Health, Happiness, and Academic Success	p. 423
A Positive Psychology Approach to Developing Talent and Preventing Talent Loss in the Arts and Sciences	p. 433
Positive Psychology, Culture, and Schools: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges	p. 447
Positive Psychology for Educators	p. 463
The Law's Place in Fostering Positive Youth Development in Schools	p. 477
Index	p. 495
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Rich Gilman is Coordinator of the Psychology and Special Education Programs in the Division of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Cineinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. E. Scott Huebner is Professor and Former Director of the School Psychology Program at the University of South Carolina. Michael J. Furlong is Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California Santa Barbara.

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