The optimistic child / Martin E.P. Seligman ; with Karen Reivich, Lisa Jaycox, and Jane Gillham.
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TextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1995Description: 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0395693802Subject(s): Optimism | Depression in children -- PreventionDDC classification: 155.4/124 LOC classification: BF698.35.O57 | S45 1995Summary: In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism -- dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback -- and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health.
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| 155.4 LOUV Last child in the woods : | 155.4 REDL The aggressive child, | 155.4 REST The infant mind / | 155.4 SELI The optimistic child / | 155.424 McKA Self-esteem | 155.45 CARR The indigo children ten years later : | 155.455 GIFT The Social and emotional development of gifted children : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-316) and index.
In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism -- dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback -- and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health.
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