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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Kostić, Aleksandra, editor. | Chadee, Derek, editor.
Title: Positive psychology : an international perspective / edited by Aleksandra Kostić, Derek Chadee.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken : Wiley, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020048416 (print) | LCCN 2020048417 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119666448 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119666431 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119666363 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Positive psychology.
Classification: LCC BF204.6 .P65857 2021 (print) | LCC BF204.6 (ebook) | DDC 150.19/88–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020048416 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020048417
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Image: “Happy Windows” by Aleksandra Kostić
We dedicate this book to two outstanding persons in their own right, a successful Caribbean entrepreneur and founder of the ANSA McAL Group of Companies, and an academic and founding member of positive psychology, both of whom have uniquely and positively contributed to the development of the field of psychology.
To Dr. Anthony N. Sabga for his philanthropic contribution towards the establishment of the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus and by extension to the development of psychology within the Caribbean – DC
To Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for his early and lasting contributions to the development of positive psychology – AK
List of Contributors
Aleksandra Kostić is a Professor of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology at the University of Niš, Serbia. She teaches courses on Introduction to Social Psychology, Social Perception, Nonverbal Behavior, and Psychology of Interpersonal Behavior. Her research interests include nonverbal communication, emotional experience, time perspective, ethnic identity, and similarities and differences between cultures in perception of category, intensity and antecedents of emotion. She has published four books in Serbian including Facetalk: Signs and Meanings and Studies of Time Perspective in Serbia, Talk Without Words, and coedited four international books in the area of social psychology – Social Psychological Dynamics (2011); Time Perspective: Theory and Practice (2017); The Social Psychology of Nonverbal Communication (2014); and Social Intelligence and Nonverbal Communication (2020).
Derek Chadee is a Professor of Social Psychology and Director of ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. His current research interests include the social psychology of fear of crime and general fear, antecedents of emotions, copycat behavior, and media influence on perception. He has published with the British Journal of Criminology, International Review of Victimology, Crime Media and Culture, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Cross‐Cultural Psychology, and Psychology of Popular Media Culture. He has a strong interest in social psychological theories and his second edition of Theories in Social Psychology,Wiley, is forthcoming in 2021.
Massimo Agnoletti graduated in general and experimental psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) and received his PhD at the University of Verona (Italy) where he is a research assistant. His experience is internationally based (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts General Hospital, Osaka University, University College of London, etc.) and his main scientific focus is on flow experiences, time perspective, psychological aspects in telomeres, and vagus nerve activation.
C. Daniel Batson is an experimental social psychologist. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Kansas. His extensive research on the empathy‐altruism hypothesis is reviewed in Altruism in Humans (2011) and A Scientific Search for Altruism (2019). He is also the author of What’s Wrong with Morality? A Social‐Psychological Perspective (2016).
Celina Benavides, is an Assistant Professor in the Child & Family Studies Department at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology at Claremont Graduate University, an MA in human development and psychology at Harvard, and an MA in education and mathematics credential at Whittier College. She conducts research in two related topic areas: the educational experiences and outcomes of students of color, and the role of schools and communities in supporting the positive development of adolescents and young adults, namely through civic engagement initiatives and fostering purpose.
Ilona Boniwell is one of the European leaders in positive psychology, having founded and headed the first master’s degree in applied positive psychology (MAPP) in Europe at the University of East London. She heads the International MSc in Applied Positive Psychology (I‐MAPP) at Anglia Ruskin University, teaches positive management at l’Ecole Centrale Paris and HEC, and consults around the world as a director of Positran. She founded and was the first chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP), organized the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester), and was the first vice‐chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). She is now the vice‐president for the Francophone Association of Positive Psychology, serves on the board of directors of the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) and is a coeditor of the Applied Positive Psychology Journal. She is well‐published and author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell (2006, 2016); coauthor of The Happiness Equation (2008), Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications (2011, 2019), Well‐Being Lessons for Secondary Schools (2012); coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness (2013); and coauthor of Motivated Adolescents (2015) and PEPS: Positive Education for Parents and Schools (2018).
Jolanta Burke is a chartered psychologist (British Psychological Society) and an assistant professor at Maynooth University, Ireland, where she teaches well‐being. Prior to that, she was a master’s program leader in applied positive psychology at the University of East London, and lectured at Trinity Business School, where she developed a series of highly popular lectures about positive cyber psychology. Her latest books are The Ultimate Guide to Implementing Wellbeing