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The absence of positive psychological (eudemonic) well-being as a risk factor for depression: A ten year cohort study by Wood, Alex M, Joseph, Stephen

“…Abstract Background Previous research in psychiatry has focused on how negative personality traits and impaired well-being form risk factors for depression…”
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Positive Clinical Psychology: A new vision and strategy for integrated research and practice by Wood, Alex M., Tarrier, Nicholas

“…This review argues for the development of a Positive Clinical Psychology, which has an integrated and equally weighted focus on both positive and negative…”
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Integrating Positive and Clinical Psychology: Viewing Human Functioning as Continua from Positive to Negative Can Benefit Clinical Assessment, Interventions and Understandings of Resilience by Johnson, Judith, Wood, Alex M.

“…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…”
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The role of perceived social norms in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality: A systematic scoping review by Dempsey, Robert C, Fedorowicz, Sophia E, Wood, Alex M

“…Social norms are an important influence on health-related behaviours and intention formation. As both suicidal behaviour and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)…”
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Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as "Variable" Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction by Boyce, Christopher J., Wood, Alex M., Powdthavee, Nattavudh

“…Personality is the strongest and most consistent cross-sectional predictor of high subjective well-being. Less predictive economic factors, such as higher…”
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The Authentic Personality: A Theoretical and Empirical Conceptualization and the Development of the Authenticity Scale by Wood, Alex M, Linley, P. Alex, Maltby, John, Baliousis, Michael, Joseph, Stephen

“…This article describes the development of a measure of dispositional authenticity and tests whether authenticity is related to well-being, as predicted by…”
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Gratitude predicts psychological well-being above the Big Five facets by Wood, Alex M., Joseph, Stephen, Maltby, John

“…This study tests whether gratitude predicts psychological well-being above both the domains and facets of the five factor model. Participants ( N = 201)…”
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Using personal and psychological strengths leads to increases in well-being over time: A longitudinal study and the development of the strengths use questionnaire by Wood, Alex M., Linley, P. Alex, Maltby, John, Kashdan, Todd B., Hurling, Robert

“…Positive psychology focuses on the benefits of both possessing and using personal strengths, however existing research has focused exclusively on having rather…”
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The Great Recession and subjective well-being: How did the life satisfaction of people living in the United Kingdom change following the financial crisis? by Boyce, Christopher J, Delaney, Liam, Wood, Alex M

“…The financial crisis of 2007/08 precipitated a severe global economic downturn, typically referred to as the Great Recession. However, in the United Kingdom…”
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Psychometric validation of the Young Parenting Inventory - Revised (YPI-R2): Replication and Extension of a commonly used parenting scale in Schema Therapy (ST) research and practice by Louis, John Philip, Wood, Alex M, Lockwood, George

“…This study aimed at developing a revised validated version of the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI) known as YPI-R2 that had 17 theoretical subscales. Using…”
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Measuring happiness: The higher order factor structure of subjective and psychological well-being measures by Linley, P. Alex, Maltby, John, Wood, Alex M., Osborne, Gabrielle, Hurling, Robert

“…The nature and structure of well-being is a topic that has garnered increasing interest with the emergence of positive psychology. Limited research to date…”
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Strengths Gym: The impact of a character strengths-based intervention on the life satisfaction and well-being of adolescents by Proctor, Carmel, Tsukayama, Eli, Wood, Alex M., Maltby, John, Eades, Jennifer Fox, Linley, P. Alex

“…This preliminary research study examined the impact of Strengths Gym, a character strengths-based positive psychological intervention program, on adolescent…”
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Inequality and Social Rank: Income Increases Buy More Life Satisfaction in More Equal Countries by Quispe-Torreblanca, Edika G., Brown, Gordon D. A., Boyce, Christopher J., Wood, Alex M., De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel

“…How do income and income inequality combine to influence subjective well-being? We examined the relation between income and life satisfaction in different…”
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Attrition from self-directed interventions: Investigating the relationship between psychological predictors, intervention content and dropout from a body dissatisfaction intervention by Geraghty, Adam W.A., Wood, Alex M., Hyland, Michael E.

“…The aims of this study were to (a) identify the predictors of attrition from a fully self-directed intervention, and (b) to test whether an intervention to…”
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An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people by Wood, Alex M, Boyce, Christopher J, Moore, Simon C, Brown, Gordon D.A

“…Abstract Background This paper presents a new psychological model of why low income increases risk of mental distress. Consistent with evolutionary…”
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How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses by Siddaway, Andy P, Wood, Alex M, Hedges, Larry V

“…Systematic reviews are characterized by a methodical and replicable methodology and presentation. They involve a comprehensive search to locate all relevant…”
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Why does Income Relate to Depressive Symptoms? Testing the Income Rank Hypothesis Longitudinally by Hounkpatin, Hilda Osafo, Wood, Alex M., Brown, Gordon D. A., Dunn, Graham

“…This paper reports a test of the relative income rank hypothesis of depression, according to which it is the rank position of an individual's income amongst a…”
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A rank based social norms model of how people judge their levels of drunkenness whilst intoxicated by Moore, Simon C, Wood, Alex M, Moore, Laurence, Shepherd, Jonathan, Murphy, Simon, Brown, Gordon D A

“…A rank based social norms model predicts that drinkers' judgements about their drinking will be based on the rank of their breath alcohol level amongst that of…”
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Character strengths in the United Kingdom: The VIA Inventory of Strengths by Alex Linley, P., Maltby, John, Wood, Alex M., Joseph, Stephen, Harrington, Susan, Peterson, Christopher, Park, Nansook, Seligman, Martin E.P.

“…The development of a classification of strengths, the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, has done much to advance research into strengths of character…”
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Personality Change Following Unemployment by Boyce, Christopher J., Wood, Alex M., Daly, Michael, Sedikides, Constantine

“…Unemployment has a strongly negative influence on well-being, but it is unclear whether it also alters basic personality traits. Whether personality changes…”
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