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The art of thinking narratively: Implications for coaching psychology and practice

DB Drake Australian Psychologist 2007

This article looks at contributions from narrative psychology to coaching and, in doing so, demonstrates how to reflexively bring material from an existing literature into the coaching context and inform the emerging domain of coaching psychology. The first section looks at the self as performance, the nature of stories, and the process o...

Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency

A Bandura American Psychologist 1982

Addresses the centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism (SEM) in human agency. SEM precepts influence thought patterns, actions, and emotional arousal. In causal tests, the higher the level of induced self-efficacy, the higher the performance accomplishments and the lower the emotional arousal. The different lines of research reviewed sho...

Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being

MEP Seligman Simon and Schuster 2012

The perceptual changes in life experience of at-risk adolescent girls following an integrated coaching and positive psychology intervention group programme: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

M Pritchard, C van Nieuwerburgh International Coaching Psychology Review 2016

Objectives: The research sought to analyse the perceptual life changes and perceived quality of life (PQoL) subsequent to participating in an integrated coaching and PPI programme. Design: A qualitative approach was employed and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was utilised to analyse the data. Method: Three girls from...