Measures of Positive Psychology Development and Validation
The book contributes to the vast field of research in psychometrics as well as to the growing field of positive psychology. It analyses the development and validation of several constructs of positive psychology like resilience, flow, mindfulness, spiritu
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Measures of Positive Psychology Development and Validation
Measures of Positive Psychology
Kamlesh Singh Mohita Junnarkar Jasleen Kaur •
Measures of Positive Psychology Development and Validation
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Kamlesh Singh Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi India
Jasleen Kaur Indian Air Force Gurgaon India
Mohita Junnarkar Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh India
ISBN 978-81-322-3629-0 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-3631-3
ISBN 978-81-322-3631-3
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Contents
1 Positive Psychology in India: A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Research on Universal Positive Psychology Constructs . . . . Indian Constructs Contribute to Positive Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . Scales on Positive Psychological Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scales Confirmed Their Factor Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scales Developed on Indian Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positive Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Norms for Test Construction . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is a Psychological Test? . . . . . Test Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principles of Item Writing . . . . . . . . . Format
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