Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change

by Gregory M. Walton (Editor), Alia J. Crum (Editor)

Precise shifts in the ways people make sense of themselves, others, and social situations can help people flourish. This compelling handbook synthesizes the growing body of research on wise interventions--brief, nonclinical strategies that are "wise" to the impact of social-psychological processes on behavior. Leading authorities describe how maladaptive or pejorative interpretations can undermine people’s functioning and how they can be altered to produce benefits in such areas as academic motivation and achievement, health, well-being, and personal relationships. Consistently formatted chapters review the development of each intervention, how it can be implemented, its evidence base, and implications for solving personal and societal problems.

474 pages, Hardcover

Published November 10, 2020

Reviews

[Aadil Parvaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once upon a literature review I read this book in order to understand better stress reappraisal and stress mindset. I think that the book could use slightly more diagrams and graphics to make its points but aside from that its an excellent primer for anyone needing high level summaries of certain methods in the field of clinical and social psychology

[Mandy Ellison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful read for any judgment and decision making academics and those working in any behavioral intervention settings