The power of positive deviance

By D. Marsh, D. Schroeder, K. Dearden, J. Sternin, M. Sternin. British medical journal, 2004

731 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Victoria L. Banyard
2. John H. Grych
3. S. Hamby

In General Health Professions

1. Victoria L. Banyard
2. John H. Grych
3. S. Hamby
4. A. Randle
5. C. Graham

In Social Psychology

1. Victoria L. Banyard
2. S. Hamby
3. John H. Grych

Citations in the corpus

• Resilience Portfolios and Poly-Strengths: Identifying Protective Factors Associated With Thriving After Adversity (2017, result): “The primary purpose of this study was to further understanding of how individuals achieve well-being despite experiencing high levels of adversity and is consistent with the emerging literature on “positive deviance,” or individuals and families who engage in unusually beneficial behaviors, especial”
• Positive Deviance in Theory and Practice: A Conceptual Review (2018, background): “These have included greater community empowerment (Hendrickson et al. 2002), mobilization and enthusiasm for projects (Hendrickson et al. 2002; Marsh et al. 2004), reduced reliance on development aid (Ochieng 2007; Schooley and Morales 2007), improved social networks (Buscell 2008), enhanced…”
• Seed degeneration in potato: the need for an integrated seed health strategy to mitigate the problem in developing countries (2016, background): “…of potato seed production In communities of people struggling with a common health or food production problem, there are sometimes people who succeed, even though they do not have obvious access to additional resources outside those available to everyone in the community (Marsh et al., 2004).”