Handbook of Positive School Psychology : Evidence-Based Strategies for Youth Well-Being / edited by Gökmen Arslan, Murat Yıldırım.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yıldırım, Murat, editor.

Arslan, Gökmen, editor.

Series:

Advances in Mental Health and Addiction, 2570-3404

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Educational psychology.

School psychology.

Learning, Psychology of.

Positive psychology.

Social psychology.

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Educational Psychology.

School Psychology.

Instructional Psychology.

Positive Psychology.

Social Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Educational Psychology.

School Psychology.

Instructional Psychology.

Positive Psychology.

Social Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

Students spend significantly more time in school compared to any other formal institution during their lives; therefore, mental health in schools has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. According to Seligman et al. (2009), positive psychology in school is a response to the gap between what people want for their children and what schools teach. That is, most parents want their children to be happy, healthy, and confident, but schools only focus on achievement, discipline, and academic skills. These are of course important, but so are positive mental health outcomes. To fix this gap, schools must teach achievement and accomplishment along with positive psychology-informed mental health skills. In other words, positive education aims to bring positive psychology’s goals of well-being and mental health support for everyone into the school setting. Psychological interventions have been around in schools since at least the 1930s. Therefore, it makes sense to supplement the already-existing traditional psychology in schools with positive psychology. In the field of psychology, positive psychology interventions are defined as those aimed at raising positive feelings, positive thoughts, and positive behaviour and increasing well-being. Positive Psychology Interventions in schools have been shown to improve mental health and well-being outcomes for students. Recent research has confirmed the same results, as offering emotional support early in a school year can lead to improved instructional quality later in that school year. In other words, positive school psychology interventions offer a focus on mental health in order to set the stage and give students the opportunity for academic achievement. Since the beginning of the positive psychology movement, the application of its assumptions in schools has been one of the movement’s main pillars. The objective of the book is to help counsellors, teachers, and school leaders engage in a positive psychology research-based practice in schools.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Cultivating Resilience and Resilient Mindset in Schools: Practices and Strategies for Youth

Chapter 2. Mindfulness and its Role in Youth Mental Health in Schools

Chapter 3. Promoting Prosocial Behavior in School Setting

Chapter 4. Self-Compassion for Students: Theoretical Background, Practices and Positive Outcomes

Chapter 5. Student Belonging in Focus: Bridging Research, Theory, and Practice with Contextual Relevance to Enhance Wellbeing and Academic Outcomes

Chapter 6. Creative engagement and positive school psychology

Chapter 7. Meaning-Centered Positive Education: Based on the New Paradigm of Existential Positive Psychology

Chapter 8. The Strengths-Based Inclusive Theory of Psychotherapy in Schools

Chapter 9. Next level flourishing in education: A case study of ‘wholebeing’.

Chapter 10. Greening the mind: The power of integrating positive and environmental education for improving wellbeing

Chapter 11. Incorporating Emotionalized Learning Experiences into Blended Learning for Advancing Positive Education

Chapter 12. Family-Focused Positive Psychoeducation Program on the Well-Being of Adolescents

Chapter 13. Mind Meets Body: Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology Interventions for School

Chapter 14. Positive Psychological Interventions in Japan: Traditional and Digital Methods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783031542954