Counseling Psychology's Focus on Positive Aspects of Human Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Lopez, Shane J.; Magyar-Moe, Jeana L.; Petersen, Stephanie E.; Ryder, Jamie A.; Krieshok, Thomas S.; O'Byrne, Kristin Koetting; Lichtenberg, James W.; Fry, Nancy A.
Titel	Counseling Psychology's Focus on Positive Aspects of Human Functioning
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 34 (2006) 2, S.205-227 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000005283393
Schlagwörter	Counseling Psychology; Life Satisfaction; Positive Reinforcement; Counseling Techniques; History; Behavioral Science Research; Content Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Counselling psychology; Beratungspsychologie; Lebensvollendung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	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)," the "Journal of Career Assessment (JCA)," and the "Journal 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. (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10