Johnson, J orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-013X and Wood, AM (2017) Integrating Positive and Clinical Psychology: Viewing Human Functioning as Continua from Positive to Negative Can Benefit Clinical Assessment, Interventions and Understandings of Resilience. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41 (3). pp. 335-349. ISSN 0147-5916
Abstract
In this review we argue in favour of further integration between the disciplines of positive and clinical psychology. We argue that most of the constructs studied by both positive and clinical psychology exist on continua ranging from positive to negative (e.g., gratitude to ingratitude, anxiety to calmness) and so it is meaningless to speak of one or other field studying the “positive” or the “negative”. However, we highlight historical and cultural factors which have led positive and clinical psychologies to focus on different constructs; thus the difference between the fields is more due to the constructs of study rather than their being inherently “positive” or “negative”. We argue that there is much benefit to clinical psychology of considering positive psychology constructs because; (a) constructs studied by positive psychology researchers can independently predict wellbeing when accounting for traditional clinical factors, both cross-sectionally and prospectively, (2) the constructs studied by positive psychologists can interact with risk factors to predict outcomes, thereby conferring resilience, (3) interventions that aim to increase movement towards the positive pole of well-being can be used encourage movement away from the negative pole, either in isolation or alongside traditional clinical interventions, and (4) research from positive psychology can support clinical psychology as it seeks to adapt therapies developed in Western nations to other cultures.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Cognitive Therapy and Research. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-015-9728-y. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | positive psychology; clinical psychology; positive clinical psychology; resilience; cross-cultural psychology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2016 15:45 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2017 14:31 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-015-9728-y |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10608-015-9728-y |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95056 |