By Todd B. Kashdan
Many have questioned if there's a key factor to dwelling a whole and chuffed existence. for many years now, scientists and psychologists alike were learning the strengths and virtues that allow members and groups to thrive. The confident psychology circulate was once based at the trust that folks are looking to lead significant and gratifying lives, to domesticate what's top inside themselves, and to reinforce their reports of affection, paintings, and play. whilst, recognition and dedication remedy (ACT)—a mindfulness-based, values-oriented behavioral treatment that has many parallels to Buddhism, but isn't really spiritual in any way—has been fascinated by aiding humans in achieving their maximum human potential.
Created simply years aside, ACT and confident psychology either advertise human flourishing, and so they usually proportion overlapping subject matters and functions, quite by way of environment objectives, mental strengths, mindfulness, and the rationalization of what issues most—our values and our look for that means in lifestyles. regardless of those similarities, besides the fact that, the 2 varied healing versions are not often mentioned on the subject of each other. What if unifying those theories could lead on to swifter, extra profound and enduring advancements to the human condition?
Edited by means of prime researchers within the box of optimistic psychology, Mindfulness, attractiveness, and confident Psychology is the 1st expert e-book to effectively combine key parts of ACT and optimistic psychology to advertise fit functioning in consumers. by means of gaining an figuring out of "the seven foundations of well-being," pros will stroll away with concrete, modernized ideas to take advantage of whilst operating with consumers. during the ebook, the editors concentrate on how ACT, mindfulness remedies, and optimistic psychology can top be used by pros in quite a few settings, from prisons and Fortune 500 enterprise enterprises to folks and schools.
With contributions by way of Steven C. Hayes, the founding father of ACT, in addition to different recognized experts on ACT and confident psychology resembling Robyn Walser, Kristin Neff, Dennis Tirch, Ian Stewart, Louise McHugh, Lance M. McCracken, Acacia Parks, Robert Biswas-Diener, and extra, this ebook offers state of the art study, idea, and purposes of relevance to psychological well-being pros, scientists, complicated scholars, and folks within the normal public attracted to both ACT or optimistic psychology.
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And 2) How is that behavior working in a particular social context? For example, forgiveness has been defined in part as the behavior of giving people a second chance (Park, Peterson, & Seligman, 2004). To assess whether this behavior is useful, we need to first ask: What is “giving a second chance” in the service of? Let’s assume that this behavior is intended to increase intimacy in a close relationship. The second question then is, how is it working? In a supportive romantic relationship, forgiveness may work quite well.
Some argue that they are fundamental to mental health (Taylor & Brown, 1988), whereas others suggest such illusions can be harmful to relationships (Norem, 2002), workplace effectiveness, academic performance, and physical health and longevity (Dunning, Heath, & Suls, 2004). This debate may be resolved by assuming that illusions are helpful in some contexts, but not in others, and proceeding to study illusions in context. Fredrickson and Losada (2005) recognize this issue when they talk about the importance of “appropriate negativity” and the possibility of having too high a ratio of positive to negative emotions.
By virtue of such relational framing, we make sense of events and appraise their emotional significance. The drive to make sense or meaning of one’s experiences is central to human existence (Frankl, 1959; Singer, 2004). Moreover, the need to make sense of experience and to regulate emotion in desired directions motivates changes in belief (Boden & Berenbaum, 2010). In turn, changes in emotion arise from the specific meaning appraisals made in a situation (Frijda, 1986). Appraisals are discrete and pertain to specific events; in contrast, beliefs often extend over time and scope, and therefore have the potential to influence many discrete situational appraisals (Boden & Berenbaum, 2010; Lazarus, 1991).