Acknowledging and Appreciating the Full Spectrum of the Human Condition: School Psychology's (Limited) Focus on Positive Psychological Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Froh, Jeffrey J.; Huebner, E. Scott; Youssef, Al-Jameela; Conte, Vincent
Titel	Acknowledging and Appreciating the Full Spectrum of the Human Condition: School Psychology's (Limited) Focus on Positive Psychological Functioning
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 48 (2011) 2, S.110-123 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.20530
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; School Psychology; Journal Articles; Coding; Role; School Psychologists; Well Being; Pathology; Holistic Approach; Psychological Patterns; Life Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Schulpsychologie; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Codierung; Programmierung; Rollen; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Pathologie; Holistischer Ansatz; Lebensvollendung
Abstract	This study is a content analysis of a random selection of 20% (N = 1,168) of articles from "School Psychology Quarterly", "Psychology in the Schools", the "Journal of School Psychology", and "School Psychology Review". Across the four journals, 27% of the articles had a positive focus, and the percentage of articles focused on the positive has been between 25% and 33% for the past 50 years. Of the 76 positive constructs/processes we coded for, 51% were not discussed/operationalized. Furthermore, topics that have received much recent research attention with adults and much attention in the media were rarely studied, if at all. For example, happiness was the topic of four articles, optimism was the topic of three, and purpose/meaning was the topic of none. Although studying pathology is important, we urge school psychologists to devote more attention to making contributions to a science and practice that give equal attention to positive well-being. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10