“The format for each presentation is very consistent, making it easy for the reader to follow the process. … This book is likely to be a worthwhile reference for anyone interested in the study of positive psychology in those contexts. … this book offers a potentially useful set of tools for researchers in positive psychology working in India and so contributes to the efforts at internationalizing this field.” (Robert E. McGrath, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (14), April, 2017)<p></p>
The book contributes to the vast field of research in psychometrics as well as to the growing field of positive psychology. It analyses the development and validation of several constructs of positive psychology like resilience, flow, mindfulness, spirituality, and intrapersonal and interpersonal strengths. The chapters discuss the test construction process and develop scales for constructs that are validated on the Indian population. In most Indian behavioral research, psychological tests from the West are employed without assessing psychometric properties in India. However, establishing validation of psychological tests in a new culture is necessary in order to claim results based on these tests. Hence, this book bridges this gap in positive psychology and its allied fields and develops and standardizes these scales for the Indian population. The new constructed and validated scales have undergone rigorous statistical screening. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers interested in studying well-being in India and in understanding how to create psychometric scales for non-Western populations will find the book useful for their research.
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The book contributes to the vast field of research in psychometrics as well as to the growing field of positive psychology. The chapters discuss the test construction process and develop scales for constructs that are validated on the Indian population.
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Chapter 1. Positive Psychology in India: A review.- Chapter 2. Norms in Test Construction.- Chapter 3. The Assessment of Resilience.- Chapter 4. Flow-Scale Construction & Validation.- Chapter 5. Mindfulness and its Assessment.- Chapter 6. Spirituality and its Assessment.- Chapter 7. Well-being and its Assessment.- Chapter 8. Development and Validation of new Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Strengths Measures.
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The book contributes to the vast field of research in psychometrics as well as to the growing field of positive psychology. It analyses the development and validation of several constructs of positive psychology like resilience, flow, mindfulness, spirituality, and intrapersonal and interpersonal strengths. The chapters discuss the test construction process and develop scales for constructs that are validated on the Indian population. In most Indian behavioral research, psychological tests from the West are employed without assessing psychometric properties in India. However, establishing validation of psychological tests in a new culture is necessary in order to claim results based on these tests. Hence, this book bridges this gap in positive psychology and its allied fields and develops and standardizes these scales for the Indian population. The new constructed and validated scales have undergone rigorous statistical screening. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers interested in studying well-being in India and in understanding how to create psychometric scales for non-Western populations will find the book useful for their research.
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First book to document the development and validation of various positive psychology constructs on Indian population in English and Hindi Covers each construct adequately, thus providing an in-depth understanding of the construct at global and Indian scenarios Discusses psychometric procedures in detail along with rigorous statistical screening Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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ISBN
9788132236290
Publisert
2016-12-16
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Springer, India, Private Ltd
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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