Counseling Psychology's Focus on Positive Aspects of Human Functioning

By S. Lopez, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, S. E. Petersen, Jamie A. Ryder, T. Krieshok, K. O’Byrne, J. Lichtenberg, Nancy A. Fry. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Tracing the size, reach, impact, and breadth of positive psychology (2013, methodology): “Studies by Lopez et al. (2006), Froh et al. (2011) and Schmidt et al. (2011) used more key terms, and their manual coding techniques ensured good accuracy, but they only studied three or four journals so the sample size was not large.”
Voices From Beyond: A Thematic Content Analysis of Transgender Employees’ Workplace Experiences (2014, background): “, Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000) and counseling psychology specifically (Lopez et al., 2006) have called for consideration of both positive and negative factors influencing human functioning.”
Are Intuitive Eating and Eating Disorder Symptomatology Opposite Poles of the Same Construct (2006, background): “Given the vast number of psychological resources identified within the literature (i.e., Lightsey, 1996; Lopez et al., 2006; Peterson & Seligman, 2004), we selected seven of these resources that have particular theoretical relevance to eating behavior (e.g., positive affect, self-esteem, proactive…”
Predicting Burnout and Career Choice Satisfaction in Counseling Psychology Graduate Students (2009, result): “In addition, two studies comparing college students’ responses on the MBA with those of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986), an established measure of professional burnout, have reported concurrent validities of .62 and .58 (respectively, McCarthy et al., 1990; Meier & Schmeck, 1”
The Psychology of Encouragement (2015, background): “Although counseling psychology has a long tradition of highlighting individuals’ strengths (Lopez et al., 2006; Super, 1955), the empirical study of character strengths and virtues has been largely absent throughout much of psychology’s history (including that of counseling psychology; Gelso & Fassi”
Multiple Oppressions and the Mental Health of Sexual Minority Latina/o Individuals (2015, background): “Finally, although identifying correlates of substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and psychological symptomatology is important, it is also vital to attend to both positive and negative aspects of psychological functioning (e.g., Lopez et al., 2006).”
Perceived Family Support, Acculturation, and Life Satisfaction in Mexican American Youth: A Mixed- Methods Exploration (2006, background): “Counseling psychologists have continually emphasized the importance of well-being and identifying and developing client strengths in theory, research, and practice (Lopez et al., 2006; Walsh, 2003).”
Factors Contributing to Optimal Human Functioning in People of Color in the United States (2006, background): “…© 2006 by the Society of Counseling Psychology the development and manifestation of human strengths and optimal human functioning” (see Lopez et al., 2006 [this issue], p. 224) and how our philosophical and practical commitment to multiculturalism will guide us in examining the…”
Calling and Vocation at Work (2009, background): “This leaves a conspicuous void in one of the central domains of counseling psychology, particularly given the field’s emphasis on positive aspects of human functioning (Lopez et al., 2006; Robitschek & Woodson, 2006; Super, 1955).”
Second wave positive psychology’s (PP 2.0) contribution to counselling psychology (2019, background): “It has a lot to offer to counselling psychology as an allied field, particularly with its emphases on client strengths, resilience, and the positive aspects of human functioning (Lopez et al., 2006).”
Racial and Ethnic Identity Theory, Measurement, and Research in Counseling Psychology: Present Status and Future Directions (2007, background): “The specialty of counseling psychology has always acknowledged its connection to the related psychological specialties of developmental and social psychology (Stoltenberg, McNeill, & Elliott, 1995), cognitive psychology (Mahoney & Lyddon, 1988), community psychology (Romano & Hage, 2000), and positi”