Teaching tools for positive psychology: A comparison of available textbooks

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 492-498

  Rich, Grant J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; education; positive psychology; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859363631     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2011.634824     Document Type: Article

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