Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.

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• VOLUME ONE: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEORIES: RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: Theory of ResilienceThe Psychology of Resilience: Defining, Categorising and Measuring Resilience - Luke Treglown and Adrian FurnhamResilience in the Face of Adversity: Protective Factors and Resistance to Psychiatric Disorder - Michael RutterPsychological Resilience: A Review and Critique of Definitions, Concepts, and Theory - David Fletcher and Mustafa SarkarEditorial: Resilience - Ivan Robertson and Cary CooperResilience: A Meta-Analytic Approach - Ji Hee Lee, Suk Kyung Nam, A-Reum Kim, Boram Kim, Min Young Lee and Sang Min LeeResilience in Mental Health: Linking Psychological and Neurobiological Perspectives - Bart Rutten et al.Psychobiology and Molecular Genetics of Resilience - Adriana Feder, Eric Nestler and Dennis CharneyToward a Definition of Family Resilience: Integrating Life-Span Family Perspectives - Dale Hawley and Laura DeHaanLevels of Resilience: Associations among Individual, Community, and National Resilience - Shaul KimhiPart Two: WellbeingOn Subjective Well-Being and Quality of Life - Laura Camfield and Suzanne SkevingtonUnderstanding and Researching Wellbeing: Its Usage in Different Disciplines and Potential for Health Research and Health Promotion - Anna Cronin de Chavez, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Odette Parry and Stephen PlattDiscourse on Wellbeing in Research and Practice - Vincent La Placa, Allan McNaught and Anneyce KnightPositive Psychological Wellbeing and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies - Yoichi Chida and Andrew SteptoeEffect of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors Associated with Myocardinal Infarction in 52 Countries (The INTERHEART Study): Case-Control Study - Salim Yusuf et al.Stress-Induced Obesity and the Emotional Nervous System - Mary DallmanConceptualizing, Measuring and Nurturing Hope - Charles SnyderHope and Goal Attainment: Testing a Basic Prediction of Hope Theory - David Feldman, Kevin Rand and Kristin Kahle-WrobleskiA Meta-Analysis of Hope Enhancement Strategies in Clinical and Community Settings - Robert Weis and Elena SperidakosThe Health Benefits of Urban Green Spaces: A Review of the Evidence - Andrew Lee and Ravi MaheswaranVOLUME TWO: THE MEASUREMENT OF RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: The Measurement of ResilienceA Methodological Review of Resilience Measurement Scales - Gill Windle, Kate Bennett and Jane NoyesA Review of Instruments Measuring Resilience - Nancy Ahern, Ermalynn Kiehl, Mary Lou Sole and Jacqueline ByersDevelopment and Psychometric Evaluation of the Resilience Scale - Gail Wagnhild and Heather YoungDevelopment of a New Resilience Scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - Kathryn Connor and Jonathan DavidsonPsychometric Analysis and Refinement of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: Validation of a 10-Item Measure of Resilience - Laura Campbell-Sills and Murray SteinThe Development and Validation of the Inventory of Family Protective Factors: A Brief Assessment for Family Counseling - Deborah Gardner, Charles Huber, Robert Steiner, Luis Vazquez and Todd SavagePart Two: The Measurement of WellbeingConceptual Domains Included in Wellbeing and Life Satisfaction Instruments: A Review - Sherma Charlemagne-Badal, Jerry Lee, Terry Butler and Gary FraserHappiness, Culture, and Context - Gordon MathewsThe Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale (ComQol): Instrument Development and Psychometric Evaluation on College Staff and Students - Robert Cummins, Marita McCabe, Yolanda Romeo and Eleonora GulloneThe Will and the Ways: Development and Validation of an Individual-Differences Measure of Hope - Charles Snyder et al.A Psychometric Comparison of Four Measures of Hope and Optimism - Lyndall SteedThe World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): Development and General Psychometric Properties - The WHOQOL GroupThe World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (QOL): Position Paper from the World Health Organization. - The WHOQOL GroupValid and Reliable Assessment of Wellness among Adolescents: Do You Know What You’re Measuring? - Jerome Rachele, Tracey Washington, Thomas Cuddihy, Faisal Barwais and Steven McPhailNew Well-Being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings - Ed Diener, Derrick Wirtz, William Tov, Chu Kim-Prieto, Dong-won Choi, Shigehiro Oishi and Robert Biswas-DienerVOLUME THREE: THE ENHANCEMENT OF RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: Interventions to Enhance ResilienceExecutive Coaching Enhances Goal Attainment, Resilience and Workplace Well-Being: A Randomised Controlled Study - Anthony Grant, Linley Curtayne and Geraldine BurtonExperimental Analysis of a Web-Based Training Intervention to Develop Positive Psychological Capital - Fred Luthans, James Avey and Jaime PateraSelf-Compassion and Psychological Resilience among Adolescents and Young Adults - Kristin Neff and Pittman McGeheeBuilding on Strengths and Resilience: Leisure as a Stress Survival Strategy - Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Jennifer MacTavish and Kelly MacKayEnhancing Resilience in the Workplace through the Practice of Caring Relationships - Sandra Wilson and Shann FerchPart Two: Wellbeing - Interventions/Enhancement of WellbeingMindfulness Meditation and Curiosity: The Contributing Factors to Wellbeing and the Process of Closing the Self-Discrepancy Gap - Itai Ivtzan, Hannah Gardner and Zhanar SmailovaMultimodal Coaching and Its Application to Workplace, Life and Health Coaching - Stephen PalmerHealth Coaching: A Developing Field within Health Education - Stephen PalmerMultimodal Relaxation Method - Stephen PalmerResilience Enhancing Imagery: A Cognitive Behavioural Technique Which Includes Resilience Undermining Thinking and Resilience Enhancing Thinking - Stephen PalmerThe Judicious Use of Hypnosis in Coaching and Coaching Psychology Practice - Stephen PalmerOHP Interventions: Wellness Programs - Leigh SchmittOrganizational Wellness Programs: A Meta-Analysis - Kizzy Parks and Lisa SteelmanExploring Faculty Health and Wellbeing: Creating a Caring Scholarly Community - Sandra Mixer, Marilyn McFarland, Margaret Andrews and Cecily StrangIntervention Studies on Enhancing Work Well-Being, Reducing Burnout, and Improving Recovery Experiences among Hong Kong Health Care Workers and Teachers - Oi Ling Siu, Cary Cooper and David PhillipsAre Techniques Used in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Applicable to Behavior Change Interventions Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour? - Imogen Hobbis and Stephen SuttonCoaching with Self-Determination in Mind: Using Theory to Advance Evidence-based Coaching Practice - Gordon Spence and Lindsay OadesDaily Recovery from Work-related Effort during Non-Work Time - Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold Bakker, Sabine Geurts and Toon TarisWork, Recovery Activities and Individual Well-Being: A Diary Study - Sabine SonnentagExamining Group Walks in Nature and Multiple Aspects of Well-Being: A Large-Scale Study - Melissa Marselle, Katherine Irvine and Sara WarberThe Coaching Ripple Effect: The Effects of Developmental Coaching on Wellbeing across Organisational Networks - Sean O’Connor and Michael Cavanagh

Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.

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• VOLUME ONE: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEORIES: RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: Theory of ResilienceThe Psychology of Resilience: Defining, Categorising and Measuring Resilience - Luke Treglown and Adrian FurnhamResilience in the Face of Adversity: Protective Factors and Resistance to Psychiatric Disorder - Michael RutterPsychological Resilience: A Review and Critique of Definitions, Concepts, and Theory - David Fletcher and Mustafa SarkarEditorial: Resilience - Ivan Robertson and Cary CooperResilience: A Meta-Analytic Approach - Ji Hee Lee, Suk Kyung Nam, A-Reum Kim, Boram Kim, Min Young Lee and Sang Min LeeResilience in Mental Health: Linking Psychological and Neurobiological Perspectives - Bart Rutten et al.Psychobiology and Molecular Genetics of Resilience - Adriana Feder, Eric Nestler and Dennis CharneyToward a Definition of Family Resilience: Integrating Life-Span Family Perspectives - Dale Hawley and Laura DeHaanLevels of Resilience: Associations among Individual, Community, and National Resilience - Shaul KimhiPart Two: WellbeingOn Subjective Well-Being and Quality of Life - Laura Camfield and Suzanne SkevingtonUnderstanding and Researching Wellbeing: Its Usage in Different Disciplines and Potential for Health Research and Health Promotion - Anna Cronin de Chavez, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Odette Parry and Stephen PlattDiscourse on Wellbeing in Research and Practice - Vincent La Placa, Allan McNaught and Anneyce KnightPositive Psychological Wellbeing and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies - Yoichi Chida and Andrew SteptoeEffect of Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors Associated with Myocardinal Infarction in 52 Countries (The INTERHEART Study): Case-Control Study - Salim Yusuf et al.Stress-Induced Obesity and the Emotional Nervous System - Mary DallmanConceptualizing, Measuring and Nurturing Hope - Charles SnyderHope and Goal Attainment: Testing a Basic Prediction of Hope Theory - David Feldman, Kevin Rand and Kristin Kahle-WrobleskiA Meta-Analysis of Hope Enhancement Strategies in Clinical and Community Settings - Robert Weis and Elena SperidakosThe Health Benefits of Urban Green Spaces: A Review of the Evidence - Andrew Lee and Ravi MaheswaranVOLUME TWO: THE MEASUREMENT OF RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: The Measurement of ResilienceA Methodological Review of Resilience Measurement Scales - Gill Windle, Kate Bennett and Jane NoyesA Review of Instruments Measuring Resilience - Nancy Ahern, Ermalynn Kiehl, Mary Lou Sole and Jacqueline ByersDevelopment and Psychometric Evaluation of the Resilience Scale - Gail Wagnhild and Heather YoungDevelopment of a New Resilience Scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - Kathryn Connor and Jonathan DavidsonPsychometric Analysis and Refinement of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: Validation of a 10-Item Measure of Resilience - Laura Campbell-Sills and Murray SteinThe Development and Validation of the Inventory of Family Protective Factors: A Brief Assessment for Family Counseling - Deborah Gardner, Charles Huber, Robert Steiner, Luis Vazquez and Todd SavagePart Two: The Measurement of WellbeingConceptual Domains Included in Wellbeing and Life Satisfaction Instruments: A Review - Sherma Charlemagne-Badal, Jerry Lee, Terry Butler and Gary FraserHappiness, Culture, and Context - Gordon MathewsThe Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale (ComQol): Instrument Development and Psychometric Evaluation on College Staff and Students - Robert Cummins, Marita McCabe, Yolanda Romeo and Eleonora GulloneThe Will and the Ways: Development and Validation of an Individual-Differences Measure of Hope - Charles Snyder et al.A Psychometric Comparison of Four Measures of Hope and Optimism - Lyndall SteedThe World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): Development and General Psychometric Properties - The WHOQOL GroupThe World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (QOL): Position Paper from the World Health Organization. - The WHOQOL GroupValid and Reliable Assessment of Wellness among Adolescents: Do You Know What You’re Measuring? - Jerome Rachele, Tracey Washington, Thomas Cuddihy, Faisal Barwais and Steven McPhailNew Well-Being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings - Ed Diener, Derrick Wirtz, William Tov, Chu Kim-Prieto, Dong-won Choi, Shigehiro Oishi and Robert Biswas-DienerVOLUME THREE: THE ENHANCEMENT OF RESILIENCE AND WELLBEINGPart One: Interventions to Enhance ResilienceExecutive Coaching Enhances Goal Attainment, Resilience and Workplace Well-Being: A Randomised Controlled Study - Anthony Grant, Linley Curtayne and Geraldine BurtonExperimental Analysis of a Web-Based Training Intervention to Develop Positive Psychological Capital - Fred Luthans, James Avey and Jaime PateraSelf-Compassion and Psychological Resilience among Adolescents and Young Adults - Kristin Neff and Pittman McGeheeBuilding on Strengths and Resilience: Leisure as a Stress Survival Strategy - Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Jennifer MacTavish and Kelly MacKayEnhancing Resilience in the Workplace through the Practice of Caring Relationships - Sandra Wilson and Shann FerchPart Two: Wellbeing - Interventions/Enhancement of WellbeingMindfulness Meditation and Curiosity: The Contributing Factors to Wellbeing and the Process of Closing the Self-Discrepancy Gap - Itai Ivtzan, Hannah Gardner and Zhanar SmailovaMultimodal Coaching and Its Application to Workplace, Life and Health Coaching - Stephen PalmerHealth Coaching: A Developing Field within Health Education - Stephen PalmerMultimodal Relaxation Method - Stephen PalmerResilience Enhancing Imagery: A Cognitive Behavioural Technique Which Includes Resilience Undermining Thinking and Resilience Enhancing Thinking - Stephen PalmerThe Judicious Use of Hypnosis in Coaching and Coaching Psychology Practice - Stephen PalmerOHP Interventions: Wellness Programs - Leigh SchmittOrganizational Wellness Programs: A Meta-Analysis - Kizzy Parks and Lisa SteelmanExploring Faculty Health and Wellbeing: Creating a Caring Scholarly Community - Sandra Mixer, Marilyn McFarland, Margaret Andrews and Cecily StrangIntervention Studies on Enhancing Work Well-Being, Reducing Burnout, and Improving Recovery Experiences among Hong Kong Health Care Workers and Teachers - Oi Ling Siu, Cary Cooper and David PhillipsAre Techniques Used in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Applicable to Behavior Change Interventions Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour? - Imogen Hobbis and Stephen SuttonCoaching with Self-Determination in Mind: Using Theory to Advance Evidence-based Coaching Practice - Gordon Spence and Lindsay OadesDaily Recovery from Work-related Effort during Non-Work Time - Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold Bakker, Sabine Geurts and Toon TarisWork, Recovery Activities and Individual Well-Being: A Diary Study - Sabine SonnentagExamining Group Walks in Nature and Multiple Aspects of Well-Being: A Large-Scale Study - Melissa Marselle, Katherine Irvine and Sara WarberThe Coaching Ripple Effect: The Effects of Developmental Coaching on Wellbeing across Organisational Networks - Sean O’Connor and Michael Cavanagh