Counseling Psychology's Focus on Positive Aspects of Human Functioning
| Autor: | Kristin Koetting O’Byrne, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, Nancy A. Fry, James W. Lichtenberg, Thomas S. Krieshok, Shane J. Lopez, Jamie A. Ryder, Stephanie E. Petersen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Psychotherapist
05 social sciences School psychology Life satisfaction Differential psychology 050109 social psychology Counseling psychology 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences Scholarship Content analysis 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Positive psychology Psychology Career assessment Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Counseling Psychologist. 34:205-227 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3861 0011-0000 |
| Popis: | The Major Contribution aims to provide interrelated articles that examine how counseling psychology's past and the complex world we live and work in bear on our professional understanding of human strengths and positive life outcomes. In this article, the authors examine the historical underpinnings of the positive in psychology, analyze the focus on the positive in counseling psychology scholarship through the decades (via a content analysis), and review scholarship that has shaped the strength-based work of professionals throughout applied psychology. The content analysis of a random selection of 20% (N = 1,135) of the articles published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP), The Counseling Psychologist (TCP ), theJournal of Career Assessment (JCA ), and theJournal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD) revealed that about 29% have a positive focus. This article calls attention to the positive in counseling psychology, and the authors encourage its members to reaffirm its unique positive focus by focusing more on strength in practice and research. |
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