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** Christopher J. Mruk, //Self-Esteem Research, Theory, and Practice: Toward a Positive Psychology of Self-Esteem//, 3rd ed. (New York: Springer, 2006) iii, //Questia//, Web, 12 Feb. 2011. **  This book gives great insight into how positive psychology can improve one's self-esteem (in Chapter 7).  ** Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. //Flow the Psychology of Optimal Experience//. New York [u.a.: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009. Print. **  This book as a whole will be extremely useful to my research, as the topic is one of my major focal points for my paper!  ** Fredrickson, Barbara. //Positivity//. New York: Crown, 2009. Print. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This book balances scientific research and personal examples about how increased positivity leads to increased open-mindedness, trust, resilience, and other admirable traits. Chapters 5 and 6 should be especially helpful. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">M.Elizabeth Lewis Hall, Richard Langer, and Jason Mcmartin, "The Role of Suffering in Human Flourishing: Contributions from Positive Psychology, Theology, and Philosophy," //Journal of Psychology and Theology// 38.2 (2010), //Questia//, Web, 17 Feb. 2011. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Fascinating article that connects positive psychology to many other disciplines in terms of " The Role of Suffering in Human Flourishing." The section that focuses on positive psychology will obviously be the most helpful! Great source to remind me to trying to look at positive psychology from a broader standpoint. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Flow | Video on TED.com // **** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. //TED: Ideas worth Spreading//. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html>. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This speech gives a great description of the concept of flow (a major concept in positive psychology). It is a great introduction of this concept, that I can refer back to when I look at more complicated sources on this topic. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology | Video on TED.com // **** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">. Perf. Dr. Martin Seligman. //TED: Ideas worth Spreading//. Web. 12 Feb. 2011. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html>. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This speech gives a very clear and comprehensive overview of positive psychology. It should be helpful as a reference point about where my specific focal points with in positive psychology, fit into the discipline as a whole. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Seligman, Martin E. P., Tracy A. Steen, Nansook Park, and Christopher Peterson. "Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions." //American Psychologist// 60.5 (2005): 410-21. Print. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This article is really helpful update on the progress positive psychology as of 2005. The sections "Can Psychology Make People Lastingly Happier?" and "Results of the Interventions" should be especially helpful. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Seligman, Martin E. P. "Can Happiness Be Taught?" //Daedalus// 133.2 (2004): 80-87. Print. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This article gives numerous examples of the benefits of positive psychology the interventions in the average person's life. This is a very interesting and personable article, more descriptive than scientific. Nice description, comparison, and contrast of the "three lives". <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;">** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Snyder, C. R., and Shane J. Lopez. //Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology//. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009. Print. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: auto auto 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Best Source Ever. Goes into detail on virtually every aspect of positive psychology as of 2009. Especially helpful for identifying pioneers of the study of different aspects of positive psychology.