Research, Applications, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents
This book presents recent positive psychological research, applications and interventions being used among adolescents and children. Currently there is a wave of change occurring whereby educators, and others working with children and adolescents, are beg
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Research, Applications, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents A Positive Psychology Perspective
Research, Applications, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents
Carmel Proctor • P. Alex Linley Editors
Research, Applications, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents A Positive Psychology Perspective
Editors Carmel Proctor Positive Psychology Research Centre St. Peter Port, Guernsey
P. Alex Linley Centre of Applied Positive Psychology Coventry, UK
ISBN 978-94-007-6397-5 ISBN 978-94-007-6398-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6398-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013938482 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
For all those who are striving to improve outcomes for children, giving every child, every chance, every day.
Foreword
What is the purpose of schools and indeed of education at large? Is it wholly, as governments would appear to think, to secure exam passes or is there a wider purpose? For too long, I believe, schools and education have been overly concerned with academic attainment at the expense of character and well-being. This is not to say that a focus on academic attainment is wrong – far from it. But this extensive
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