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PSYCHOLOGY / GENERAL

NEW NEW NEW

Scientific Advances in Mexican American The Positive
Positive Psychology Psychology Power of Sadness

MEG A. WARREN AND Social, Cultural, and How Good Grief Prevents
STEWART I. DONALDSON, EDITORS
Clinical Perspectives and Cures Anxiety,
Depression, and Anger
MARIO A. TOVAR
RON JOHNSON, PHD,
AND DEB BROCK, PHD

May 2017, 306pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
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the most generative areas of positive Providing in-depth coverage of the
psychology, at the dawn of a new wave Mexican American population from
of positive psychology scholarship—one social, cultural, and psychological “ This is a sorely needed
that is increasingly sensitive to real- (clinical) perspectives, this book book. . . . Required reading
world issues, adversity, culture, and promotes the understanding of cultural for becoming a whole, happy,
context. practices and sociological characteristics and self-actualized adult in
of this important ethnic group. America. ”
FEATURES
FEATURES —Scott Savage, MA, President, Scott
• Offers an unprecedented examination Savage Consulting LLC,
of the most generative subjects in • Addresses the characteristics of August 15, 2016
positive psychology members of this large and growing
group of Americans as distinct from Written by two clinical psychologists
• Provides a scientifically grounded,
thorough, and accessible overview of the generalized ethnic group of with nearly a century of combined
positive psychology theory, research, “Latino Americans” experience, this book explains how
and practice • Covers long-time U.S. residents and people who suffer from depression,
recent immigrants from Mexico as anxiety, or undue anger can overcome
well as second and later generation these difficulties by allowing the normal
MEGHANA A. WARREN is assistant Mexican Americans
professor of practice and program • Provides extensive information about process of grieving to occur.
director of Human Resource the Mexican American population
Management at the Division of from different perspectives that
Behavioral and Organizational RON JOHNSON and DEB BROCK,
Sciences (DBOS) at Claremont gives readers better insight and husband and wife, are clinical
Graduate University. understanding about this important psychologists who have been in
ethnic group private practice for a combined total of
STEWART I. DONALDSON is 90 years.
professor and chair of psychology,
director of the Claremont Evaluation MARIO A. TOVAR, PhD, is a licensed
Center (CEC), and dean of the School clinical psychologist in Texas and
of Behavioral and Organizational director of psychology services at the
Sciences (SBOS) at Claremont Rio Grande State Center.
Graduate University.
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