The strength-based approach to educational psychology practice: a critique from social constructionist and systemic perspectives

References

• Bozic, N. (2013). Developing a strength-based approach to educational psychology practice: A multiple case study. Educational and Child Psychology, 30, 18–29.
   Google Scholar
• Bozic, N., & Miller, A. (2013). Guest editorial: Strength-based practice. Educational and Child Psychology, 30, 5–6.
   Google Scholar
• Burr, V. (2003). Social constructionism. London: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Christopher, J. C., & Hickinbottom, S. (2008). Positive psychology, ethnocentrism, and the disguised ideology of individualism. Theory and Psychology, 18, 563–589.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christopher, J. C., Richardson, F. C., & Slife, B. D. (2008). Thinking through positive psychology. Theory and Psychology, 18, 555–561.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D’Amato, R. C., Crepeau-Hobson, F., Huang, L. V., & Geil, M. (2005). Ecological neuropsychology: An alternative to the deficit model for conceptualizing and serving students with learning disabilities. Neuropsychology Review, 15, 97–103.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (2000). Measuring subjective well-being to compare the quality of life of cultures. In E. Diener & E. M. Suh (Eds.), Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 3–12). Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
   Google Scholar
• Donovan, S. A., & Nickerson, A. B. (2007). Strength based versus traditional social-emotional reports: Impact on multidisciplinary team members’ perceptions. Behavioural Disorders, 32, 228–237.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Flintoff, V. J., & Rivers, S. (2012). A reshaping of counselling curriculum: Responding to the changing (bi)cultural context. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 40, 235–246.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gable, S. L., & Haidt, J. (2005). What (and why) is positive psychology? Review of General Psychology, 9, 103–110.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gergen, K. J. (1999). An invitation to social construction. London: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Held, B. S. (2004). The negative side of positive psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 44, 9–46.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hodges, T. D., & Clifton, D. O. (2004). Strengths-based development in practice. In P. A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology in practice (pp. 256–268). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
   Google Scholar
• Joseph, S. (2008). Positive psychology as a framework for practice. In B. Kelly, L. Woolfson, & J. Boyle (Eds.), Frameworks for practice in educational psychology: A textbook for trainees and practitioners (pp. 185–196). London: Jessica Kingsley.
   Google Scholar
• Lyons, J. S., Uziel-Miller, N. D., Reyes, F., & Sokol, P. T. (2000). Strengths of children and adolescents in residential settings: Prevalence and associations with psychopathology and discharge placement. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 176–181.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martin, J. (2006). Self research in educational psychology: A cautionary tale of positive psychology in action. The Journal of Psychology, 140, 307–316.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McCullough, M. E., & Snyder, C. R. (2000). Classical sources of human strength: Revisiting an old home and building a new one. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, 1–10.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller, A. (2008). A critique of positive psychology – or ‘the new science of happiness’. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 42, 591–608.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moore, J. (2005). Recognising and questioning the epistemological basis of educational psychology practice. Educational Psychology in Practice: Theory, Research and Practice in Educational Psychology, 21, 103–116.
   Google Scholar
• Morrison, G. M., Brown, M., D’Incau, B., O’Farrell, S. L., & Furlong, M. J. (2006). Understanding resilience in educational trajectories: Implications for protective possibilities. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 19–31.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nickerson, A. B., & Fishman, C. E. (2013). Promoting mental health and resilience through strength-based assessment in US schools. Educational and Child Psychology, 30, 7–17.
   Google Scholar
• Noble, T., & McGrath, H. (2008). The positive educational practices framework: A tool for facilitating the work of educational psychologists in promoting pupil wellbeing. Educational and Child Psychology, 25, 119–134.
   Google Scholar
• Norem, J. K., & Chang, E. C. (2002). The positive psychology of negative thinking. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 993–1001.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Strengths of character and well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 603–619.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2006). Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 118–129.
   Google Scholar
• Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A classification and handbook. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
   Google Scholar
• Rashid, T., & Ostermann, R. F. (2009). Strength-based assessment in clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 488–498.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Resiliency Initiatives. (2011). Embracing a strength-based perspective and practice in education. Calgary, Alberta: Resiliency Initiatives.
   Google Scholar
• Sampson, E. E. (1993). Identity politics: Challenges to psychology’s understanding. American Psychologist, 48, 1219–1230.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sandage, S. J., & Hill, P. C. (2001). The virtues of positive psychology: The rapprochement and challenges of an affirmative postmodern perspective. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 31, 241–260.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sandage, S. J., Hill, P. C., & Vang, H. C. (2003). Toward a multicultural positive psychology: Indigenous forgiveness and Hmong culture. The Counseling Psychologist, 31, 564–592.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5–14.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seligman, M. E. P., Ernst, R. M., Gillham, J., Reivich, K., & Linkins, M. (2009). Positive education: Positive psychology and classroom interventions. Oxford Review of Education, 35, 293–311.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seligman, M. E. P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J. (1995). The optimistic child: A proven programme to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
   Google Scholar
• Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410–421.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sheridan, S. M., & Gutkin, T. B. (2000). The ecology of school psychology. Examining and changing our paradigm for the 21st century. School Psychology Review, 29, 485–502.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith, K. D., Türk-Smith, S., & Christopher, J. C. (2007). What defines the good person? Cross-cultural comparisons of experts’ models with lay prototypes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 333–360.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Storr, A. S. (1989). Solitude. London: Flamingo.
   Google Scholar
• Taylor, E. (2001). Positive psychology and humanistic psychology: A reply to Seligman. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 41, 13–29.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tedeschi, R. G., & Kilmer, R. P. (2005). Assessing strengths, resilience, and growth to guide clinical interventions. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 230–237.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Triandis, H. C. (2000). Cultural syndromes and subjective well-being. In E. Diener & E. M. Suh (Eds.), Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 13–36). Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
   Google Scholar
• Walsh, F. (1998). Strengthening family resilience. New York, NY: Guilford.
   Google Scholar
• Wong, Y. J. (2006). Strength-centred therapy: A social-constructionist, virtues-based psychotherapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43, 133–146.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yeung, Y. E., & Ng, S. (2011). Engaging service users and carers in health and social care education: Challenges and opportunities in the Chinese community. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 30, 281–298.
   Google Scholar