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In Press

Biswas-Diener, R. (in press). Practicing positive psychology coaching: Assessment, diagnosis and intervention. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Biswas-Diener, R., Linley, A. & Govindji, R. (in press). Positive psychology as a force for social change. Invited chapter for Sheldon, K. & Kashdan, T. (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press.

Biswas-Diener, R., Vitterso, J., & Diener, E. (in press). The Danish Effect: Examining differences in income and well-being across nations. Social Indicators Research.

Linley, P. A., Biswas-Diener, R., & Trenier, E. (in press). Positive psychology and strengths coaching through transition. In S. Palmer & S. Panchal (Eds.), Developmental coaching: Life transitions and generational perspectives. London: Routledge.

Change 2010 section to: Linley, A., Nielson, K.M., Wood, A.M., Gillet, R. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). Using Signature Strengths in Pursuit of Goals: Effects on Goal Progress, Need Satisfaction, and Well-being, and Implications for Coaching Psychologists. International Coaching Psychology Review, March.

Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). A positive way of addressing negatives: Using Strengths-based interventions in coaching and therapy. Invited chapter for Burns, G. (Ed.). Happiness, healing and enhancement: Your casebook collection for applying positive psychology in therapy. John Wiley & Sons.

2010

Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). A positive way of addressing negatives: Using Strengths-based interventions in coaching and therapy. Invited chapter for Burns, G. (Ed.). Happiness, healing and enhancement: Your casebook collection for applying positive psychology in therapy. John Wiley & Sons.

 

2009

Robert Biswas-Diener & Joar Vittersø & Ed Diener. The Danish Effect: Beginning to Explain High Well-Being in Denmark

Strengths and Goals: Using Signature Strengths in Pursuit of Goals: Effects on Goal Progress, Need Satisfaction, and Well-being, and Implications for Coaching Psychologists

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W. Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2009). New Well-Being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings. Social Indicators Research.

Biswas-Diener, R., Kashdan, T. & King, L. (2009). Two traditions of happiness research, not two distinct types of happiness. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 208-211. * First two authors contributed equally to this manuscript

Linley, A., Woolston, L. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2009). Strengths coaching with leaders. International Coaching Psychology Review, 4, 37-48.

Biswas-Diener, R. (2009). Personal coaching as a positive intervention. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 , 544-553.

Biswas-Diener, R. (2009). The “what” “why” and “how” of happiness measurement in buddhist economics. In Nowakowski, L. (Ed.), Buddhist Economics. Ubon, Thailand.

 

2008

Kashdan, T., Biswas-Diener, R., & King, L. (2008). A tale of two happinesses: The costs of the eudemonic-hedonic distinction. Journal of Positive Psychology, 3, 219-233.   

 

2007

Biswas-Diener, R. (2007). Material wealth and subjective well-being. Invited chapter, to be published in Eid, M., & Larsen, R. (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being . Guilford press.

Hodges, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2007). Balancing the empathy expense account: Strategies for regulating empathic response. In Farrow, T.F.D., & Woodruff, P.W.R. (Eds.), Empathy in Metal Illness and Health (pp. 389-407). Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press

 

2006

Biswas-Diener, R. (2006). From the Equator to the North Pole: A study of character strengths. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 293-310.

Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2006). Subjective well-being of the homeless, and related lessons for happiness. Social Indicators Research. 76, 185-205.

 

2005

Biswas-Diener, R., Vitterso, J., & Diener, E. (2005). Most people are pretty happy, but there is cultural variation: The Inughuit, the Amish, and the Maasai. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 205-226.

Vitterso, J., Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2005). The divergent meanings of life satisfaction: Item response modeling of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in Greenland and Norway. Social Indicators Research, 74, 327-348.

Diener, E. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). Psychological empowerment and subjective well-being. In Narayan, D. (Ed.), Measuring Empowerment. New York : Oxford University Press.

Napa-Scollon, C.N., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2005). An experience sampling and cross-cultural investigation of the relation between pleasant and unpleasant affect. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 27-52.

 

2004

Biswas-Diener, R., Diener, E., & Tamir, M. (2004). The psychology of subjective well-being. Daedalus, Spring Issue, 18-25.

Napa-Scollon, C. N., Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Emotions across cultures and methods. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 304-326.

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Scollon, C. N., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2004). Cross-situational consistency of affective experience across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 460-472.

 

2002

Diener, E. & Biswas-Diener, R. (2002). Will money increase subjective well-being? A literature review and guide to needed research. Social Indicators Research, 57, 119-169.

 

2001

Biswas-Diener, R. , & Diener, E. (2001). Making the best of a bad situation: Satisfaction in the slums of Calcutta. Social Indicators Research, 55, 329-352.