User:Waffler2009a/Positive Psychology at the Movies (book)

Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths was published 2008.

The Peterson & Seligman (2004) classification of virtues and strengths in positive psychology provided authors Ryan Niemiec from the VIA Institute on Character and Danny Wedding from the Missouri Institute of Mental Health with the basis for the work, which according to Christopher Peterson provides "compelling validity evidence for the classification"

The book is notable in that it is one of the first academically based works to attempt a transfer of the theory of positive psychology to "real life" in a way that is accessible to both lay audiences as well as psychologists and counselors. It does so by using popular culture (movies) to illustrate each of the virtues and strengths, and thus to get readers to think about strengths what constitutes a good and meaningful life.