Character strength development : perspectives from positive psychology / edited by Aneesh Kumar P., Tony Sam George, Sudhesh N.T.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Character strengths in the context of positive schooling / Marco Weber -- Eccomi pronto : developing curricula to promote character strength development in primary -- School students through storytelling / Jessica Bertolani and John C. Carey -- Developing and assessing strategies to foster children's character strengths and well-being / Sarah Weissmeyer and Mark D. Holder -- Considering character strength development as an approach to addressing disengagement in secondary schools / Nick Holton -- The measurement of character strengths and virtues / Zohra Ihsan and Adrian Furnham -- People's theatre on character strengths development with youth / Lui Ka Ki David -- Resiliency, positive coping and posttraumatic growth in survivors of child abuse and neglect / Jennifer M. Foster -- If the character is lost-- ! : strength and value-based solutions to maintain the character of -- The victimized / Santhosh Kareepadath Rajan and Ruopfuvinuo Pienyu -- Children's developing emotional competence in a global context / Vaishali V. Raval and Jennifer H. Green -- Self-compassion as a foundation for the development of character strengths in young adults / Salome Divya Vijaykumar, Ranjitha Kumar, Avneet Kaur, Vibha Bhat, Ritu Verma and Anirudh Kedia -- Nurturing character strength in children : agents of socialization to promote well-being / Bhagyalakshmi K. C. and Raseela K. N -- Scope for character strength development in organizations / Vijayalaya Srinivas T., Vijaya R., Lijo Thomas and Hitankshi M. Trivedi -- Heroes begin early : parenting and the development of character strengths / Bishakha Majumdar and Sibnath Deb -- The popularization of technology and family : the impacts of family atmosphere, parent' child conflicts and parenting approaches on adolescents' digital character / Vincent Wan-ping Lee, Henry Wai-hang Ling and Johnson Chun-sing Cheung -- Positivism in relation to signature strengths in educated working women and housewives / S. S. Nathawat and Tanya Tripathi -- Character strength development : does family matter? / Padmakumari P. and Dolly Jose -- Psychological trauma and posttraumatic growth : a brief introduction / Rayees Mohammad Bhat and Shoma Chakrawarty -- Young adults? awareness and commitment to use of own character strengths : an examination among university students in Nairobi / Beatrice W. E. Churu and Sahaya G. Selvam -- From deficit to a strength model : character strength interventions for children with -- Disabilities / Jessline Williams and Aneesh Kumar P -- Character strengths and virtues : manifestation and links with positive youth development -- In greece / Sophie Leontopoulou -- Editors and contributors -- Index.