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At the Movies 2 Psychology Positive POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AT THE MOVIES 2 By Ryane M. ni Miec · Danny WeDDing Using Films to Build Character Strengths and Well-Being 2nd Edition Positive Psychology at the Movies This document is for personal use only. Reproduction or distribution is not permitted. From R. M. Niemiec and D. Wedding: Positive Psychology at the Movies (ISBN 9781616764432) © 2014 Hogrefe Publishing. About the Authors Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, (pronounced “Knee-mick”) is education director of the VIA Institute on Character, the global, nonprofit positive psychology organization that educates people about the latest science and practice of character strengths. Niemiec is a licensed psychologist, certified coach, and inter- national workshop leader. He is adjunct professor at Xavier University. His specialty areas are character strengths (research and practice), mindfulness meditation, and positive psychology movies. He has writ- ten a number of articles and book chapters on these topics, and is author of Mindfulness and Character Strengths (2014) and coauthor of Movies and Mental Illness (2010). In 2011, Niemiec received the Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association (Division 46). Niemiec received a specialization in film studies from Michigan State University, and is the film edi- tor of PsycCRITIQUES, and consulting editor for the Psychology of Popular Media Culture. Niemiec’s signature strengths are hope, curiosity, fairness, appreciation of beauty, love, and perspective. Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH, is associate dean for management and international programs for the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), Alliant International University. He is based in San Francisco, but oversees psychology training programs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Mexico City. Wedding is the editor of PsycCRITIQUES and the series editor for Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence- Based Practice, a collaborative effort between Hogrefe publishers and the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association). He is a former APA Congressional Science Fellow and a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, and he is the past president of three American Psychological Association divisions: Media Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and International Psychology. He is also the coauthor or coeditor of 13 books and numerous articles and book chapters. Wedding’s signature strengths are zest, love of learning, curiosity, gratitude, kindness, and love. This document is for personal use only. Reproduction or distribution is not permitted. From R. M. Niemiec and D. Wedding: Positive Psychology at the Movies (ISBN 9781616764432) © 2014 Hogrefe Publishing. Positive Psychology at the Movies Using Films to Build Character Strengths and Well-Being 2nd Edition Ryan M. Niemiec VIA Institute on Character Cincinnati, Ohio Danny Wedding California School of Professional Psychology Alliant International University San Francisco, California This document is for personal use only. Reproduction or distribution is not permitted. From R. M. Niemiec and D. Wedding: Positive Psychology at the Movies (ISBN 9781616764432) © 2014 Hogrefe Publishing. LibraryLibrary of of Congress Congress Cataloging Cataloging in information Publication for the print version of this book is available via the Library of Congress Marc Database is available via the Library of Congress Marc Database under the LibraryCataloging of Congress data available Control Numberfrom Library 2013939168 and Archives Canada Library© 2014 and by Archives Hogrefe PublishingCanada Cataloguing in Publication http://www.hogrefe.com Niemiec, Ryan M. 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