The Positive Psychology of Personal Factors

Michael L. Wehmeyer is Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. Dana S. Dunn, Ph.D. is professor of psychology at Moravian University.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Michael L. Wehmeyer & Dana S. Dunn

Chapter 2: Positive Psychology and Disability: Focusing on Intrapersonal Strengths, Dana S. Dunn & Michael L. Wehmeyer

Chapter 3: Disability Culture, Identity, and Language, Erin E. Andrews & Anjali F. Forber-Pratt

Chapter 4: Moving Toward Well-Being: Positively Coping with and Adjusting to Chronic Illness and Disability, Susan Miller Smedema, Yunzhen Huang, Hannah Fry, & Alexandra M. Kriofske Mainella

Chapter 5: Optimism: A Personal Factor for Promoting Functioning and Reducing Disability, Kevin L. Rand & Mackenzie L. Shanahan

Chapter 6: Self-Determination as a Personal Factor, Michael L. Wehmeyer

Chapter 7: Individual and Interpersonal Aspects of Hope and People with Developmental Disabilities, Malka Margalit, Tomer Schmidt-Barad, & Michal Einav

Chapter 8: Resilience, Disability, and Intrapersonal Factors Viewed through the Lens of Rehabilitation Psychology’s Foundational Principles, Dana S. Dunn

Chapter 9: Personality and Disability, Timothy R. Elliott, Laurel Wade, Sidai Dong, & Katherine Budge

Chapter 10: The Experience of Meaning in Life in the Context of Pain-Related Disability, Devin Guthrie, Brandon L. Boring, Joseph Maffly-Kipp, Vani A. Mathur, & Joshua A. Hicks

Chapter 11: Negotiating Stigma: Disability in the Workplace, Elisabeth R. Silver, Elisa S. M. Fattoracci, Tim Oxendahl, Megan McSpedon, & Mikki Hebl

Chapter 12: Social Support for Adults with Rare Disorders as a Personal and Environmental Factor, Kathleen R. Bogart & Brooke Bryson

Chapter 13: Life Satisfaction, Michelle Nario-Redmond, Thomas Dirth, & Jeffrey Noel