@article{697995,
      note = {Includes indexes.},
      author = {Batthyany, Alexander, and Russo-Netzer, Pninit,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/697995},
      title = {Meaning in positive and existential psychology [electronic  resource]  /},
      abstract = {"This volume, Meaning in Positive and Existential  Psychology is a timely and engaging exploration of these  contrasting, but potentially reconcilable, orientations. It  raises questions that have wide ranging academic, clinical  and personal significance a volume such as this, written by  some of the most influential figures in positive  psychology, is very much welcomed. But it also gives equal  voice to the existentialists and this is where the volume  has a distinctive strength" - From the Foreword by  Professor Brian R. Little, Ph.D. C.Psychol. FBPsS,  Distinguished Scholar, Department of Psychology and Fellow,  Well-Being Institute, Cambridge University Meaning in  Positive and Existential Psychology presents a broad  overview of contemporary empirical research and theoretical  work on the meaning/purpose in life construct from two  perspectives - Positive psychology and Existential  psychology. Although they may have common ground, these  perspectives have only recently come into fruitful  dialogue. They may, in fact, be viewed as more  complementary than strictly opposing. Positive psychology's  focus on human strengths tends to emphasize the brighter  side of human functioning, whereas existential psychology,  traditionally, tends to address the more unsettling aspects  of human existence, such as guilt, suffering, and  mortality. Despite their different approaches, both  positive and existential psychology have come to view  meaning and meaning awareness as central psychological (and  philosophical) factors, relevant both for human striving  and for human coping. Written by an international and  interdisciplinary assembly of leading researchers in  existential and positive psychology and related  disciplines, this book includes twenty-one chapters on  current trends and topics in meaning oriented clinical and  theoretical psychology. Among the topics covered: A  dialogue between positive and existential psychology on:  Conceptualizations of meaning Clinical utilizations of  meaning Meaning Oriented Meaning and mortality Meaning and  challenging life events Benefits of meaning-oriented living  Meaning and existential anxiety Intellectually rich and  empirically robust, Meaning in Positive and Existential  Psychology is breakthrough reading for instructors and  students, psychotherapists, clinical, social, existential,  and positive psychologists and psychiatrists, philosophers,  and interested general readers.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0308-5},
      recid = {697995},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
}