Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman’s Curriculum Vitae
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- Positive Psychology Research
- Attributional Style (Adults)
- Attributional Style (Children)
- Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations (CAVE)
- Learned Helplessness
- Learned Optimism Training and the Prevention of Depression in Adults
- Learned Optimism Training and the Prevention of Depression in Children
- Effectiveness of Treatments
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Curriculum Vitae
I. Degrees
III. Appointments Past
IV. Scientific and Scholarly Affiliations
V. Grants
VI. Awards
VII. Books
VIII. Scientific and Scholarly Publications
IX. Publications for the General Public
Martin E.P. Seligman
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
3720 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6241
Phone: 215-898-7173
Fax:215-573-2188 or 610-896-6273
E-mail: seligman@psych.upenn.edu
marty@apa.org
Born: Albany, New York
Birth date: August 12, 1942
Married (Mandy McCarthy Seligman), 7 children: Amanda, David, Lara, Nicole, Darryl, Carly, and Jenny
A.B., Princeton University, Summa Cum Laude (Philosophy), 1964
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (Psychology), 1967
Ph.D., Honoris causa, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1989
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris causa, Massachusetts College of Professional Psychology, 1997
Ph.D., Honoris causa, Complutense University, Madrid, 2004
| 2004 | Member, Fellows Nominating Committee, American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| 2002 | Member, American Psychological Society William James Award Committee |
| 2001 | Program Director, Positive Psychology Young Scholars Grant, John Templeton Foundation |
| 2001 | Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| 2000-2003 | Scientific Director, Values-in-Action Classification of Strengths and Virtues Project, Mayerson Foundation |
| 2000-2006 | Member, Board of Trustees, American Psychological Foundation |
| 2000- | Director, Positive Psychology Network |
| 2000- | Distinguished Founding Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy |
| 2000-2002 | Member, Board of Educational Affairs, American Psychological Association |
| 2000-2001 | Treasurer, Executive Board, Council of Scientific Society Presidents |
| 1999-2002 | Program Director, Positive Psychology Award, John Templeton Foundation |
| 1999- | Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1999-2001 | Member, Executive Board, Council of Scientific Society Presidents |
| 1999- | Chair, Board of Advisors, Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1998- | National Advisory Board, National Association for Gifted Children |
| 1997-1999 | Member, Board of Directors, American Psychological Association |
| 1997- | National Advisory Committee, National Interfaith Coalition for Spiritual Healthcare and Counseling |
| 1997- | Founding Editor-in-Chief, Prevention and Treatment, [the electronic journal of the American Psychological Association] |
| 1997-2002 | Honorary Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Cardiff |
| 1996 - | Member, National Academy of Practice |
| 1996- | Board of Advisors, Parents Magazine |
| 1984- | Chairman, Scientific Board, Foresight, Inc. |
| 1976- | Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Treasurer, Executive Board, Council of Scientific Society Presidents |
| 1999 | Past-President, American Psychological Association |
| 1999 | Secretary, Executive Board, Council of Scientific Society Presidents |
| 1998 | President, American Psychological Association |
| 1997 | President-elect, American Psychological Association |
| 1996-1999 | Penn National Commission on Society, Culture, and Community |
| 1995-1998 | Board of Directors, Eastern Psychological Association |
| 1994-1995 | Founding President, InterPsych [international electronic union of psychiatrists and psychologists] |
| 1993-1995 | President, Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), American Psychological Association |
| 1992-1999 | Bob and Arlene Kogod Term Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1990-1992 | United Parcel Service Foundation Term Professor of Social Science, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1982 | Visiting Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany |
| 1980-1994 | Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1980-1983 | Master of Van Pelt College House, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1975 | Visiting Fellow, Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London |
| 1972-1976 | Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1970-1971 | Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1967-1970 | Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cornell University |
SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY AFFILIATIONS
| Recent: | |
| 1990- | Society of Experimental Psychologists |
| 1990-97 | Editorial Board, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Munich, Germany |
| 1989- | Editorial Board, Behaviour Research and Therapy |
| 1985- | Editorial Board, The Journal of Preventive Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines |
| 1973-1998 | Clinical License (Pennsylvania) |
| Past: | |
| 1987-95 | Editorial Board, Philosophical Psychology |
| 1994 | Editorial Council, Journal of Psychological Practice |
| 1991-93 | Board of Scientific Affairs, American Psychological Association |
| 1990-91 | Chairman, Personnel Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1989-91 | Board of Trustees, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ |
| 1989-90 | Personnel Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1989-94 | Member, Task Force on Graduate Education, American Psychological Society |
| 1988-91 | Public Information Committee, American Psychological Association |
| 1988-90 | Member, Task Force on Women and Depression, American Psychological Association |
| 1988-90 | Advisory Board, Psychology Today |
| 1988-89 | Member, Founding Steering Committee, American Psychological Society |
| 1988-89 | Member, NIMH Research Scientist Development Award Study Section |
| 1986-87 | Personnel Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1984-85 | Co-Chairman, Senior Advisory Board on Longitudinal Studies of Puberty, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1984-89 | Member, MacArthur Foundation Network on Determinants and Consequences of Health-Promoting and Health-Damaging Behavior |
| 1981-88 | Social Science Research Council: Sub-Committee on Child Development in Lifespan Perspective |
| 1979-88 | Social Science Research Council: Committee on Lifespan Development |
| 1964 | Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi |
| 1963-64 | National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Princeton University |
| 1960-64 | Princeton University Scholarship |
Member
American Psychological Association
Eastern Psychological Association
Psychonomic Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
American Psychopathological Association
Society for Research in Psychopathology
American Psychosomatic Society
American Psychological Society
Association for the Advancement of Psychology
Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Association of Practicing Psychologists
New Jersey Psychological Association
North Carolina Psychological Association
Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Psychological Association
General Division (1)
Experimental Division (3)
Comparative Division (6)
Clinical Division (12)
Aging Division (20)
Health Division (38)
Behaviour Research and Therapy Society
Society of Behavioral Medicine
American Psychological Society
Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Current:
| 2002-2006 | Principal Investigator, "Positive Psychology and the Cultivation of Character Among Youth," Fund for the Improvement of Education: Partnerships in Character Education Program, U.S. Department of Education, R215S020045 |
| 2002-2004 | Principal Investigator, "Positive Youth Development as a Means of Preventing Disorders, Violence, and Suicide," Annenberg Sunnylands Trust Foundation |
| 2002-2006 | Principal Investigator: "Prevention of Depression in School Children," National Institute of Mental Health, MH 52270 |
| 2001-2005 | Principal Investigator: "Prevention of Depression with a Web- Based Supplement," National Institute of Mental Health, MH63430 |
Past:
| 1996-2001 | Principal Investigator: "Prevention of Depression in School Children," National Institute of Mental Health, MH 52270 |
| 1991-2001 | Principal Investigator: "Prevention of Depression by Change in Explanatory Style," National Institute of Mental Health, MH 19604 |
| 1991-2001 | Merit Award, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1987-90 | Principal Investigator: "Explanatory Style as a Predictor of Mortality and Morbidity," National Institute of Aging, AG0550 |
| 1985-92 | Principal Investigator: "Helplessness and Attributional Style in Children, "National Institute of Mental Health, MH 40142 |
| 1974-77 | Principal Investigator: "Learned Helplessness, Depression and Social Behavior," National Science Foundation, SOC 74 12063 |
| 1971-91 | Principal Investigator: "Depression and Learned Helplessness" and other titles, National Institute of Mental Health, MH 19604 |
| 1969-71 | Principal Investigator: "Helplessness and Chronic Fear," National Institute of Mental Health, MH 16546 |
| 2006 | Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, American Psychological Association |
| 2005 | Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Division 12 (Clinical), American Psychological Association |
| 2004 | NAGC President's Award, National Association for Gifted Children |
| 2003 | Best Psychology Book, Books for a Better Life |
| 2003 | Grace of the Moment Medal, Elka Wintergarten Foundation |
| 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award, California Psychological Association |
| 2002 | Theodore Roosevelt Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| 2002 | Presidential Citation for Lifetime Achievement, American Psychological Association |
| 2000 | Arthur Staats Award for Unification of Psychology |
| 1998 | Psi Chi Frederick Howell Lewis Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1998 | Kaiser-Permanente Distinguished Contribution to Public Health Award |
| 1997 | Best of the Bulletin Award (for best feature article), American Psychological Association, Division 42 (Independent Practice) |
| 1997 | Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology |
| 1996 | Master Lecturer, American Psychological Association |
| 1995 | Distinguished Practitioner, National Academy of Practice in Psychology |
| 1995 | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, American Psychology Society |
| 1995 | Distinguished Scientific/Professional Contribution Award, Pennsylvania Psychological Association |
| 1992 | Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, American Psychological Association |
| 1992 | Distinguished Contribution Award for Basic Research with Applied Relevance, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology |
| 1991 | William James Fellow Award, American Psychological Society |
| 1988 | G. Stanley Hall Lecturer (honoring one undergraduate teacher of abnormal psychology in the U.S.), American Psychological Association |
| 1986 | Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, American Psychological Association, Division 12 (Clinical), Section 3 (Experimental) |
| 1978-79 | Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA |
| 1976 | Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (for early career contribution in animal learning), American Psychological Association |
| 1974-75 | Guggenheim Fellow |
| 1964-67 | National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1964-65 | Woodrow Wilson Fellowship |
| 1964 | Philosophy of Mind Prize, Princeton University |
| A. | Seligman, M.E.P. and Hager, J. (Eds.). (1972). Biological Boundaries of Learning. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. |
| B. | Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.
1.Translated: (1976). Helplessness. Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., (Japanese). 2.Translated: (1976). Hjalphloshet. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, (Swedish). 3 Translated: (1976). Hiflosigkeit. Munich: Urban and Schwarzenburg, (German). Two editions. 4.Translated: (1977). Desamparo. Sao Paulo: Hucitec-Edsup, (Portuguese). 5.Translated: (1977). Helplessness. Seoul: (Korean). 6.Translated: (1978). Helplessness. Rome: Bulzoni Editore, (Italian). 7.Translated: (1979). Hulpeloosheid. Netherlands: Nelissen and Bloemendaal, (Dutch). 8. Translated: (1981). Helplessness. Tokyo: Seishin Shobo Ltd., (Japanese). 9. Translated: (1981). Indefension. Madrid: Editorial Debate,(Spanish). |
| C. | Maser, J. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.). (1977). Psychopathology: Experimental Models. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.
1. Translated: (1983). Modelos Experimentales en Psicopatologia. Madrid: lhambra Universidad, (Spanish). |
| D. | Garber, J. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.). (1980). Human Helplessness: Theory and Applications. New York: Academic Press. |
| E. | Rosenhan, D.L. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Abnormal Psychology. New York: W.W. Norton. |
| F. | Rosenhan, D.L. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Abnormal Psychology. Second edition. New York: W.W. Norton.
1.Translated: (1994). Psychopatologia. Warsaw: Polskie Towarzystwo Psychologiczne, (Polish). |
| G. | Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Learned Optimism. New York: Knopf.
1. Translated: (1990). El Optimismo Se Adquiere. Buenos Aires: Editorial Atlantida, (Spanish, Argentina). 2. Translated: (1991). Pessimismus Kusst Man Nicht. Munich: Droemer, (German). 3. Translated: (1991). Tokyo: Kodansha, (Japanese). Paperback: Kodansha, 1995 4. Translated: (1991). Optimisme Kun Je Leren. Utrecht: Het Spectrum, (Dutch). 5. Translated: (1992). Aprenda a Ser Otimista. Rio de Janiero: Distribuidora Record de Servicos de Imprensa, S.A., (Portuguese, Brazil). 6. Australian Edition. (1992). Sydney: Random-Century. 7. Translated: (1992). Optimistin Kasikrja. Finland: Otava, (Finnish). 8. Translated: (1993). Warsaw: Media Rodzina, (Polish). 9. Translated: (1994). Apprendre L'Optimisme. Paris: InterEditions, (French). 10. Translated: (1995). Montreal: Editions Sogides, (French, Canada). 11. Translated: (1996). Imparare L'Ottimismo. Florence: Giunti Gruppo Editoriale, (Italian). 12.Translated: (1996). Taipei, Taiwan: Yuan-Liou Press, (Chinese, complex). 13. Translated: (1996). Seoul, Korea: Origin, (Korean). 14.Translated: (1997). Moscow, Russia: Perseus Publishers, (Russian). 15.Translated: (1998). Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Grijalbo, (Spanish). 16. Translated: (1998). Taipei, Taiwan: Xinhua, (Chinese, simple). 17. Translated: (2002). Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Jarir (Arabic). Other Editions: Book of the Month Club. 1991 Rodale Press Book Club, 1991 Psychotherapy and Social Science Book Club, 1991 Quality Paperback Book Club, 1991 Paperback Edition: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), 1991 Audio Edition: Simon & Schuster, 1991 |
| H. | Seligman, M.E.P. (1991). Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death. Second edition. New York: W.H. Freeman. |
| I. | Peterson, C., Maier, S., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control. New York: Oxford.
1. Translated: (2000). Osaka: Nihei-sha, (Japanese). |
| J. | Buchanan, G. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.). (1995). Explanatory Style. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum. |
| K. | Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). What You Can Change and What You Can't. New York: Knopf.
1. Australian Edition. (1994). Sydney: Random-Century. 2. Translated: (1994). Warsaw: Media Rodzina, (Polish). 3. Translated: (1995). No Puedo Ser Mas Alto Pero Puedo Ser Mejor. Barcelona: Grijalbo Mondadori S.A., (Spanish). 4.Translated: (1995). O Que Voce Pode e o Que Nao Pode Modar. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, (Portuguese). 5. Translated: (1995). Changer Oui C’est Possible. Paris: Editions Sogides,(French). 6. Translated: (1997). Moscow: Persei, (Russian). 7. Translated: (2002). Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Jarir (Arabic). Other Editions: Book of the Month Club, 1994 Audio Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1994 Paperback edition, Ballantine, 1995 |
| L. | Rosenhan, D.L. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). Abnormal Psychology. Third edition. New York: W.W. Norton. |
| M. | Seligman, M.E.P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., and Gillham, J. (1995). The Optimistic Child. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
1. Australian edition. (1995). Sydney: Random House. 2. Translated: (1997). Rowohlt, (German). 3. Translated: (1997). Warsaw: Media Rodzina, (Polish). 4. Translated: (1998). Det Optimistiska Barnet. Jonkoping: Brain Books,(Swedish). 5. Translated: (1998). Am Oved, (Hebrew). 6. Translated: (1998). Taipai, Taiwan: Yuan-Liou Press, (Chinese, complex). 7. Translated: (1999). Ninos Optimistas. Barcelona: Grijalbo, (Spanish). 8. Translated: (2004). Origin, (Korean). 9. Translated: (2004). Shanghai Literature & Arts, (Chinese, simple). 10. Translated: (2004). Diamond, (Japanese) Other Editions: Book of the Month Club, 1995 Paperback edition, Harper Collins, 1996 Audio Edition, Harper Collins, 1996 |
| N. | Seligman, M.E.P. (1998). Learned Optimism. Second edition. New York: Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster).
1. Translated: (2000). Warsaw: Media Rodzina (Polish). 2. Translated: (2001). Seoul, Korea: Origin (Korean). 3. Translated: (2002). Oslo, Norway: Forlaget WEM (Norwegian). 4. Translated (2003). Bucharest, Romania: Humanitas, (Romanian). |
| O. | Seligman, M.E.P. and Rosenhan, D.L. (1998). Abnormality. New York: W.W. Norton. |
| P. | Gillham, J.E. (Ed). (2000). The Science of Optimism and Hope: Research Essays in Honor of Martin E. P. Seligman. Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press. |
| Q. | Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E., & Rosenhan, D.L. (2001). Abnormal Psychology. (4th ed.) New York: W.W. Norton. |
| R. | Chirot, D., & Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.) (2001). Ethnopolitical Warfare: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Solutions. Washington, D.C.: APA Press. |
| S. | Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press/Simon and Schuster.
1. Australian Edition. (2002). NSW, Australia: Random House Australia. 2. Translated: (2002). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum BV (Dutch). 3. Translated: (2003). Munich, Germany: Ehrenwirth/Luebbe (German). 4. Translated: (2003). Israel: Modan Publishers (Hebrew). 5. Translated: (2003). China: Yuan-Liou (Chinese, Complex). 6. Translated: (2003). Rio de Janiero, Brazil: Editora Objetiva (Portuguese). 7. Translated: (2003). Milan, Italy: Sperling & Kupfer (Italian). 8. Translated: (2003): Madrid, Spain: Ediciones B (Spanish). 9. Translated: (2003). Euromedia, (Czech). 10. Translated: (2003). CITIC, (Chinese simple). 11. Translated: (2003). UK: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, (English). 12. Translated: (2003). Aspect, (Japanese). 13. Translated: (2003). Seoul: Malpure, (Korean). 14. Translated: (2003). Aschehoug, (Danish). 15. Translated: (2003). Warsaw: Media Rodzina, (Polish). 16. Translated: (2003). Ediciones d’Ada, (French). 17. Translated: (2003). Livanis, (Greek). 18. Translated: (2004). Khabarovsk, (Russian). Audio Edition: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003 |
| T. | Peterson, Christopher & Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Character Strengths and Virtues A Handbook and Classification. Washington, D.C.: APA Press and Oxford University Press. |
SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
2006
214. Chaplin, T.M., Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K., Levy-Elkton, A., Samuels, B., Freres, D.R., Winder, B. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Depression prevention for early adolescent girls: A pilot study of all-girls versus co-ed groups. Journal of Early Adolescence, 26(1), 110-126.
215. Duckworth, A.L. Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance of adolescents. Psychological Science, 16(12), 939-944.
216. Duckworth, A.L. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Self-discipline gives girls the edge: Gender in self-discipline, grades, and achievement test scores. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(1), 198-208.
217. Peterson, C., Park, N. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Greater strengths of character and recovery from illness. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(1), 17-26.
218. Seligman, M.E.P., Parks, A.C. & Steen, T. (2006). A balanced psychology and a full life. In F. Huppert, B. Keverne & N. Baylis, (Eds.), The science of well-being (pp. 275-283), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2005
205. Dahlsgaard, K., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Shared virtue: The convergence of valued human strengths across culture and history. Review of General Psychology, 9, 203-213.
206. Duckworth, A.L., Steen, T.A., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical practice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 629-651.
207. Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., Freres, D.R., Lascher, M., Litzinger, S., Shatte, A., & Seligman, M.E.P. (in press). School-based prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms in early adolescence: A pilot of a parent intervention component. School Psychology Quarterly.
208. Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., Samuels, B., Elkin, A.G.L., Freres, D.R., Chaplin, T.M., Litzinger, S., Lascher, M., Shatte, A.J., Gallop, R., & Seligman, M.E.P. (in preparation). School-based prevention of depressive symptoms: Effectiveness and specificity of the Penn Resiliency Program.
209. Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life, Journal of Happiness Studies, 6(1), 25 – 41.
210. Reivich, K.J., Gillham, J.E., Chaplin, T. M., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). From helplessness to optimism: The role of resilience in treating and preventing depression in youth. In S. Goldstein & R.B. Brooks (Eds.) Handbook of Resilience in Children. (pp. 223-237). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
211. Seligman, M. E. P., Berkowitz, M. W., Catalano, R. F., Damon, W., Eccles, J.S., Gillham, J. E., Moore, K. A., Nicholson, H. J., Park, N., Penn, D. L., Peterson, C., Shih, M., Steen, T. A., Sternberg, R. J., Tierney, J. P., Weissberg, R. P., & Zaff, J. F. (2005). The positive perspective on youth development. In D. L. Evans, E. Foa, R. Gur, H. Hendrin, C. O'Brien, M. E. P. Seligman, & B. T. Walsh (Eds), Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders: What we know and what we don’t know (pp. 499-529). New York: Oxford University Press, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, and The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
212. Seligman, M. E. P. & Steen, T. (submitted). Making people happier: a randomized controlled study of exercises that build positive emotion, engagement, and meaning. American Psychologist
213. Seligman, M. E P, Steen, T., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60(5), 410-421.
2004
197. Abela, J. R. Z., Brozina, K., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). A test of the integration of the activation hypothesis and the diathesis-stress component of the hopelessness theory of depression. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 43, 111-128.
198. Diener, E. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Beyond Money: Toward an economy of well-being. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5(1), 1-31.
199. Evans, Dwight L., Seligman, Martin E.P. (2004). Introduction. In Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.
200. Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Reply: Strengths of character and well-being: A closer look at hope and modesty. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology. 23(5), 628-634
201. Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. (2004). Strengths of character and well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 603-619.
202. Seligman, M.E.P. (2004). Can happiness be taught? Daedalus.
203. Seligman, M. E. P., Parks, A., & Steen, T. (2004). A balanced psychology and a full life. The Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 359, 1379-1381.
204. Seligman, M.E P, Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2004). The Values In Action (VIA) classification of character strengths. Ricerche di Psicologia. Special Positive Psychology, 27(1), 63-78.
2003
184. Dahlsgaard, K., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Shared virtue: The convergence of valued human strengths across culture and history. Review of General Psychology, 9, 203-213.
185. Isaacowitz, D.M., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2003). Cognitive styles and psychological well-being in adulthood and old age. In M. Bornstein, L. Davidson, C.L.M. Keyes, K. Moore & The Center for Child Well-Being (Eds.), Well-Being: Positive development across the lifespan. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
186. Isaacowitz, D.M., Vaillant, G.E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2003). Strengths and satisfaction across the adult lifespan. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57(2), 181-201.
187. Peterson, C., Lee, F., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2003). Assessment of optimism and hope. In R. Fernández Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. (pp. 646-649). London: Sage Publications.
188. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (in press). Character strengths before and after 9/11. Psychological Science.
189. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2003). Positive organizational studies: Thirteen lessons from positive psychology. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton, & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive organizational scholarship. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
190. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2003). The Values in Action (VIA) classification of strengths. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
191. Seligman, M.E.P. (2003). Positive Psychology: Fundamental Assumptions. Psychologist, 126-127.
192. Seligman, M.E.P. (2003). The past and future of positive psychology. In C.L.M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp. xi - xx). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
193. Seligman, M.E.P. & Pawelski, J.O. (2003). Positive Psychology: FAQs. Psychological Inquiry, 159-163.
194. Seligman, M.E.P., & Peterson, C. (2003). Positive clinical psychology. In L.G. Aspinwall & U.M. Staudinger (Eds.). A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. (pp. 305-317) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
195. Shatte, A.J., Seligman, M.E.P., Gillham, J.E., & Reivich, K. (2003). The role of positive psychology in child, adolescent, and family development. In Lerner, R.E., Jacobs, F., & Wertlieb, D. (Eds.). Handbook of applied developmental science: promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development through research, policies, and programs. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
196. Weissberg, R.P., Kumpfer, K., Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.). (2003). Prevention for children and youth that works: An introduction. American Psychologist, 58, 425-432.
2002
177. Cardemil, E. V., Reivich, K. J., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). The prevention of depressive symptoms in low-income minority middle-school students. Prevention & Treatment, 5, Article 8. Available on the World Wide Web: http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume5/pre0050008a.html
178. Diener, E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13 (1), 81-84.
179. Isaacowitz, D.M., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Cognitive style predictors of affect change in older adults. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 54, 233-253.
180. Levant, R.F., Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Trial by Internet: Cybercascades and the Lilienfeld case. American Psychologist, 57(3), 222-225.
181. Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Positive psychology, positive prevention, and positive therapy. In C. R. Snyder & S.J. Lopez (Eds.), The handbook of positive psychology (pp. 3-12). New York: Oxford Press.
182. Seligman, M.E.P., & Peterson, C. (2002). Learned helplessness. In N. Smelser & P. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia for the social and behavioral sciences (Vol. 13, pp. 8583-8586). New York: Elsevier.
183. Yu, D.L., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Preventing depressive symptoms in Chinese children. Prevention & Treatment, 5, Article 9. Available on the World Wide Web: http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume5/ pre0050009a.html
2001
173. Gillham, J.E., Shatte, A.J., Reivich, K.J., Seligman, M.E.P. (2001). Optimism, pessimism, and explanatory style. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 53-75.
174. Isaacowitz, D.M., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2001). Is pessimistic explanatory style a risk factor for depressive mood among community-dwelling older adults? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 255-272.
175. Seligman, M.E.P. (2001). Comment on “Priorities for prevention research at NIMH.” Prevention and Treatment, 4. http://journals.apa.org/prevention
176. Seligman, M.E.P., Verkuil, P. R., & Kang, T. H. (2001). Why lawyers are unhappy. Cardozo Law Review, 23, 33-53.
2000
165. Abela, J.R.Z. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). The hopelessness theory of depression: A test of the diathesis-stress component in the interpersonal and achievement domains. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 24, 361-378.
166. Seligman, M.E.P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.
Reprinted in Duffy, K.G. (Ed.). (2002). Annual editions: Personal growth and behavior. (pp. 2-5). Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.
167. Goldstein, B.I., Abela, J.R.Z., Buchanan, G.M., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). Attributional style and life events: a diathesis-stress theory of alcohol consumption. Psychological Reports, 87, 949-955.
168. Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). Optimism, pessimism, and mortality. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 75, 133-134.
169. Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). Comment on Fishman’s “Transcending the efficacy versus effectiveness research debate”. Prevention and Treatment, 3. http://journals.apa.org/prevention
170. Seligman, M.E.P., & Isaacowitz, D.M. (2000). Learned helplessness. In The Encyclopedia of Stress. (Vol. 2, pp. 599-603). San Diego: Academic Press.
171. Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). The positive perspective. The Gallup Review, 3, 2-7.
172. Shatte, A.J., Reivich, K., Seligman, M.E.P. (2000). Promoting human strengths and corporate competencies. Psychologist, 4(2), 183-196.
1999
156. Fowler, R.D., Seligman, M.E.P., Koocher, G.P. (1999). The APA 1998 Annual Report. American Psychologist, 537-568.
157.Gillham, J.E. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1999). Footsteps on the road to positive psychology. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, S163-S173.
158. Miller, L. & Seligman, M.E.P. (1999). Beliefs about responsibility and improvement associated with liberal-conservative justice beliefs. Psychological Reports, 84, 329-338.
159.Miller, L. Seligman, M.E.P., & Sung, S.H. (1999). Beliefs about responsibility and improvement associated with success among Korean American immigrants. The Journal of Social Psychology, 139(2), 221-228.
160. Morgeson, F., Seligman, M.E.P., Sternberg, R.J., Taylor, S.E., Manning, C.M. (1999). Lessons learned from a life in psychological science: Implications for young scientists. American Psychologist, 106-116.
161.Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1999). Psychology: 2000 Yearbook of science and the future. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
162.Seligman, M.E.P., Schulman, P., DeRubeis, R.J., & Hollon, S.D. (1999). The prevention of depression and anxietyPreventionandTreatment.
2. Available on the World Wide Web: http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume2/pre0020008a.html
163.Shatte, A.J., Reivich, K., Gillham, J.E. & Seligman, M.E.P. (1999). Learned Optimism in Children. In C.R. Snyder (Ed.), The Psychology of Coping. Oxford University Press.
164. Buchanan, G.M., Gardenswartz, C.A.R. & Seligman, M.E.P. (1999). Physical health following a cognitive-behavioral intervention. Prevention and Treatment, 2. http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume2/pre0020010a. html
1998
150. Gillham, J.E., Shatte, A.J., Reivich, K.J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1998). Optimism, pessimism, and explanatory style. In E.C. Chang (Ed.) Optimism and pessimism. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.
151.Peterson, C., Seligman, M.E.P., Yurko, K.H., Martin, L.R., and Friedman, H.S. (1998). Catastrophizing and untimely death. Psychological Science, 9, 49-52.
152.Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1998). Psychology: Yearbook of science and the future 1999. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 374-377.
153.Seligman, M.E.P. (1998). The President’s Address. American Psychologist, 54, 559-562.
154. Seligman, M.E.P. (1998). The prediction and prevention of depression. The science of clinical psychology: Accomplishments and future directions. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 201-214.
155. Seligman, M.E.P., Levant, R.F. (1998). Managed care policies rely on inadequate science. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 211-212.
1997
145. Lee, Y.T. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Are Americans more optimistic than Chinese? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 32-40.
146. Satterfield, J.M., Monahan, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Law school performance predicted by explanatory style. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 15, 1-11.
147.Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Foreword and Afterword. In Nathan, P. and Gorman, J. Treatments that work. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
148.Seligman, M.E.P. and LoLordo, V.M. (1997). Obituary of Richard Lester Solomon. American Psychologist, 52, 567-568.
149.Seligman, M.E.P. (1997). Foreword. In Luborsky, L. And Crits-Christoph, P. (Eds.), Understanding Transference -- A Guide to the CCRT Method (The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme) A Revised and Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: APA Books.
1996
142.Schneider, F., Gur, R.E., Alavi, A., Seligman, M.E.P., Mozley, L., Smith, R.J., Mozley, P., and Gur, R. (1996). Cerebral blood flow changes in limbic regions induced by unsolvable anagram tasks. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 206-212.
143.Seligman, M.E.P. (1996). Science as an ally of practice. American Psychologist, 51, 1072-1079.
144. Seligman, M.E.P. (1996). A creditable beginning. American Psychologist, 51, 1086-1088.
1995
139.Haaga, D.A.F., Ahrens, A.H., Schulman, P., Seligman, M.E.P., DeRubeis, R.J. and Minarik, M.L. (1995). Metatraits and cognitive assessment: Application to attributional style and depressive symptoms. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 121-142.
140. Gillham, J., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1995) Prevention of depressive symptoms in school children: Two year follow up. Psychological Science, 6, (6), 343-351.
141. Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). The effectiveness of psychotherapy: the Consumer Reports Study. American Psychologist, 50 (12), 965-974.
Reprinted in Boletin Argentino de Psicologia. Argentina: Ediciones ADI (Spanish), 1996.
Reprinted in Integrative Therapie. Germany: Junfermann Verlag (German),1996.
Reprinted in Czasopismo Psychologiczne, 2. Poland: Instytut Psychologii (Polish), 1996.
Reprinted in Integrazione nelle Psicoterapie e nel Counseling. Italy: Edizione Scientifiche (Italian), 1997.
Reprinted in Slife, B. (Ed.). (1998). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Psychological Issues. Tenth edition. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.
1994
135. Colligan, R., Offord, K., Malinchoc, M., Schulman, P., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). CAVEing the MMPI: Seligman's attributional model and the assessment of explanatory style. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50, 71-95.
136. Satterfield, J.M. and Seligman, M.E.P., (1994). Military aggression and risk predicted by explanatory style. Psychological Science, 5, 77-82.
137.Jaycox, L., Reivich, K., Gillham, J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). Prevention of depressive symptoms in school children. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32, 801-816.
138. Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). What you can change & what you cannot change. Psychology Today, May/June, 33-41, 70, 72-74, 84.
Reprinted in Duffy, K.G. (Ed.). (1997). Annual Editions: Personal Growth and Behavior. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 188-195.
1993
132. Steptoe, A., Reivich, K. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Mozart's Optimism: A study of explanatory style. The Psychologist, 69-71.
133.Sethi, S. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Optimism and fundamentalism. Psychological Science, 4, 256-259.
134.Schulman, P., Keith, D., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1993). Is optimism heritable? A study of twins. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31, 569-574.
1992
127. Hollon, S.D., DeRubeis, R.J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1992). Cognitive therapy and the prevention of depression. Applied and Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives, 1, 89-96.
128.Seligman, M.E.P. (1992). Power and powerlessness: Comments on "Cognates of Personal Control." Applied and Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives, 1, 119-120.
129. Seligman, M.E.P., Peterson, C., Schulman, P., and Castellon, C. (1992). The Explanatory Style Scoring Manual. In C.P. Smith (Ed.), Motivation and Personality: Handbook of Thematic Content Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 383.
130. Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Girgus, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1992). Predictors and consequences of childhood depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101 (3), 405-422.
131. Seligman, M.E.P. (1992). Foreword. In A. Freeman and F.M. Dattilio (Eds), Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy. New York: Plenum Press.
1991
123.Burns, M.O. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1991). Explanatory style, helplessness, and depression. In C.R. Snyder and D.R. Forsyths (Eds.), Handbook of Social and Clinical Psychology. New York: Pergamon Press, 267-284.
124. Kamen-Siegel, L., Rodin, J., Seligman, M.E.P. and Dwyer, C. (1991). Explanatory style and cell-mediated immunity. Health Psychology, 10, 229-235.
125. Girgus, J.S., Nolen-Hoeksema, and Seligman, M.E.P. (1991). Sex differences in depression and explanatory style in children. Special Issue : The emergence of depressive symptoms during adolescence. Journal of Youth & Adolescence. 20(2) 233-245.
126. Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Seligman, M.E.P., and Girgus, J. (1991). Sex differences in depression and explanatory style in pre-adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20, 231-243.
1990
118. Seligman, M.E.P., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Thornton, N., and Thornton, K.M. (1990). Explanatory style as a mechanism of disappointing athletic performance. Psychological Science, 1, 143-146.
119. Zullow, H.M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Pessimistic rumination predicts defeat of Presidential candidates: 1900-1984. Psychological Inquiry, 1, 52-61.
120. Seligman, M.E.P. & Zullow, H.M. (1990). Author's response. Psychological Inquiry, 1, 80-85.
121. Oettingen, G. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Pessimism and behavioral signs of depression in East versus West Berlin. European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 207-220.
122.Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Foreword. In Luborsky, L. and Crits-Christoph, P. (Eds.), Understanding Transference -- The CCRT Method (The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme). New York: Basic Books.
1989
113. Burns, M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Explanatory style across the life span: Evidence for stability over 52 years. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 118-124.
114. Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Explanatory style: Predicting depression, achievement, and health. In M.D. Yapko (Ed.), Brief Therapy Approaches to Treating Anxiety and Depression. N.Y.: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 5-32.
115.Drake, R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Self-serving biases in causal attributions as a function of altered activation asymmetry. International Journal of Neuroscience, 45, 199-204.
116. Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Why is there so much depression today? The waxing of the individual and the waning of the commons. Washington, D.C.: The G. Stanley Hall Lecture Series, 9, 77-96.
Reprinted in Ingram, R.E. (Ed.). (1990). Contemporary Psychological Approaches to Depression: Theory, Research and Treatment. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1-9.
117. Schulman, P., Castellon, C., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989). Assessing explanatory style: The Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations and the Attributional Style Questionnaire. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27, 505-512.
1988
108. Seligman, M.E.P., Castellon, C., Cacciola, J., Schulman, P., Luborsky, L., Ollove, M., and Downing, R. (1988). Explanatory style change during cognitive therapy for unipolar depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 1-6.
109.Seligman, M.E.P. (1988). Competing theories of panic. In S.J. Rachman, and J. Maser (Eds.), Panic: Psychological Perspectives. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 321-329.
110. Seligman, M.E.P., Kamen, L.P., and Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1988). Explanatory style across the life-span: Achievement and health. In E.M. Hetherington, R.M. Lerner and M. Perlmutter (Eds.), Child Development in Life-Span Perspective, Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 91-114.
111. Peterson, C., Seligman, M.E.P. and Vaillant, G. (1988). Pessimistic explanatory style as a risk factor for physical illness: A thirty-five year longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 23-27.
112.Zullow, H., Oettingen, G., Peterson, C., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1988). Pessimistic explanatory style in the historical record: Caving LBJ, Presidential candidates and East versus West Berlin. American Psychologist, 43, 673-682.
1987
99. Seligman, M.E.P. and Yellin, A. (1987). What is a dream? Behavior Research and Therapy, 25, 1-24.
100. Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Explanatory style and illness. Journal of Personality, 55, 237-265.
101. Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). A reinterpretation of dreams. The Sciences, 27, 46-53.
102. Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Predicting depression, poor health and presidential elections. Science and Public Policy Seminar sponsored by the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Washington, D.C., February.
103. Seligman, M.E.P. and Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1987). Explanatory style and depression. In D. Magnusson and A. Ohman, (Eds.), Psychopathology: An Interactional Perspective. New York: Academic Press, 125-139.
104. Schulman, P., Seligman, M.E.P., and Amsterdam, D. (1987). The attributional style questionnaire is not transparent. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25, 391-395.
105. Seligman, M.E.P., Rappaport, J., and Gatz, M. Sept. (1987). The Boulder continuum and research oriented scientist practitioners. Psychological Monitor.
106. Kamen, L. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1987). Explanatory style and health. In M. Johnston and T. Marteau (Eds.), Current psychological research and reviews: Special issue on health psychology, 6, 207-218.
107. Self-Administered training in the CAVE technique: Content analysis of verbatim explanations.
1986
96. Seligman, M.E.P. and Schulman, P. (1986). Explanatory style as a predictor of productivity and quitting among life insurance agents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 832-838.
97.Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Girgus, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1986). Learned helplessness in children: A longitudinal study of depression, achievement, and explanatory style. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 435-442.
98. Seligman, M.E.P. and Peterson, C. (1986). A learned helplessness perspective on childhood depression: Theory and research. In M. Rutter, C.E. Izard, and P. Read (Eds.), Depression in Young People: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives. New York: Guilford, 223-249.
1985
92. Peterson, C., Bettes, B., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1985). Depressive symptoms and unprompted causal attributions: Content analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 23, 379-82.
93.Seligman, M.E.P. and Visintainer, M.A. (1985). Tumor rejection and early experience of uncontrollable shock in the rat. In F.R. Brush and J.B. Overmier (Eds.), Affect, conditioning, and cognition: Essays on the determinants of behavior. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 203-210.
94.Seligman, M.E.P. and Elder, G. (1985). Learned helplessness and life-span development. In A. Sorenson, F. Weinert, L. Sherrod (Eds.), Human development and the life course: Multidisciplinary perspectives. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, 377-427.
95. Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1985). The learned helplessness model of depression: Current status of theory and research. In E.E. Beckman and W.R. Leber (Eds.), Handbook of depression: Treatment, assessment and research. Homewood, IL: Dorsey, 914-939.
1984
88. Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence. Psychological Review, 91, 347-374.
89. Alloy, L.B., Peterson, C., Abramson, L.Y., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Attributional style and the generality of learned helplessness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 681-687.
90. Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Hilflosigkeit, Attributionsstil, und Depression. In F.E. Weinert and Rainer H. Kluwe (Eds.), Metakognition, Motivation, und Lernen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 164-191.
Translated: Helplessness and attributional style in depression. In F. Weinert and R.H. Kluwe (Eds.), Metacognition, Motivation, and Understanding. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Associates, 1987, 185-216.
91. Seligman, M.E.P., Kaslow, N.J., Alloy, L.B., Peterson, C., Tanenbaum, R.L., and Abramson, L.Y. (1984). Attributional style and depressive symptoms among children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 93, 235-238.
1983
81. Peterson, C., Luborsky, L., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Attributions and depressive mood shifts: A case study using the symptom-context method. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 92, 96-103.
82. Visintainer, M.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). The hope factor. American Health, 2, 58-61.
83. Simkin, D.K., Lederer, J.P., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Learned helplessness in groups. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 21, 613-622.
84. Kaslow, N.J., Tanenbaum, R.L., Abramson, L.Y., Peterson, C., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Problem-solving deficits and depressive symptoms among children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 11, 497-502.
85. Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Learned helplessness and victimization. Journal of Social Issues, 2, 103-116.
86. Volpicelli, J.R., Ulm, R.R., Altenor, A., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Learned mastery in the rat. Learning and Motivation, 14, 204-222.
87. Smith, R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1983). Black and lower class children are more susceptible to helplessness induced, cognitive deficits following unsolvable problems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
1982
76. Visintainer, M.A., Volpicelli, J.R., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). Tumor rejection in rats after inescapable or escapable shock. Science, 216, 437-439.
77.Raps, C.S., Peterson, C., Jones, M., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). Patient behavior in hospitals: Helplessness, reactance, or both? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 1036-1041.
78. Peterson, C., Semmel, A., von Baeyer, C., Abramson, L.T., Metalsky, G.I., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). The Attributional Style Questionnaire. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 6, 287-300.
Translated. (1985). Germany: Stiensmeier-Pelster. (German).
Citations in Stiensmeier-Pelster, J., Attributional style and depressive mood reaction, J. Person, 1989, 57:581-599. And in Stiensmeier-Pelster, J. Attributionsstil und Bewertung bei depressiven versus nichtdepressiven Patienten, Zeitschrift fuer klinische Psychologie, 1988, 17: 46-54.
79.Raps, C.S., Peterson, C., Reinhard, K.E., Abramson, L.Y., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1982). Attributional style among depressed patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 91, 102-103.
80.Metalsky, G.I., Abramson, L.Y., Seligman, M.E.P., Semmel, A., and Peterson, C. (1982). Attributional styles and life events in the classroom: Vulnerability and invulnerability to depressive mood reactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 612-617.
1981
74.Peterson, C., Schwartz, S.M., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1981). Self-blame and depressive symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 253-259.
75.Peterson, C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1981). Helplessness and attributional style in depression: Parts I and II. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykoilogforening, 18, 3-18, and 53-59.
Translated: Helplessness and attributional style in depression. In F. Weinert and R.H. Kluwe (Eds.), Metacognition, Motivation, and Understanding. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Associates, (1987), 185-216.
1980
68.Seligman, M.E.P. and Altenor, A. (1980). Coping behavior: Learned helplessness, physiological change, and learned inactivity. (Seligman-Weiss Debate) Behaviour Research and Therapy, 18, 459-512.
69.Seligman, M.E.P. (1979-1980). Harris on "Selective Misrepresentation." American Psychologist, 214-215.
70.Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). A learned helplessness point of view. In L. Rehm (Ed.), Behavior Therapy for Depression. New York: Academic Press, 123-142.
71.Abramson, L.Y., Garber, J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). Learned helplessness in humans: An attributional analysis. In J. Garber and M.E.P. Seligman (Eds.), Human Helplessness. New York: Academic Press, 3-35.
72.Raps, C., Reinhard, K.E., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). Reversal of cognitive and affective deficits associated with depression and learned helplessness by mood elevation in patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 89, 342-349.
73.Miller, S.M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1980). The reformulated model of helplessness and depression: Evidence and theory. In R. Neufeld (Ed.), Psychological Stress and Psychopathology. New York: McGraw-Hill. 149-178.
1979
61.Seligman, M.E.P. and Miller, S.M. (1979). The psychology of power: Concluding comments. In L. Perlmutter and R. Monty (Eds.), Choice and Perceived Control. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Associates, 347-370.
62.Seligman, M.E.P., Abramson, L.Y., Semmel, A., and von Baeyer, C. (1979). Depressive attributional style. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 242-247.
Reprinted in Kennedy, P. (Ed.), Research and Issues in Psychology. Toronto: Kendall/Hunt, (1984).
63.Binik, Y.M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1979). Sudden swimming deaths. American Psychologist, 17, 197-206.
64.Garber, J., Fencil-Morse, E., Rosellini, R.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1979). Inescapable shock as a weanling impairs adult discrimination learning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 17, 197-206.
65.Alloy, L.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1979). On the cognitive component of learned helplessness in animals and man. In G. Bower (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation. New York: Academic Press, 219-276.
66.Altenor, A., Volpicelli, J.R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1979). Debilitated shock escape if produced by both short- and long-duration inescapable shock: Learned helplessness vs. learned inactivity. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 337-339.
67.Seligman, M.E.P. (1979-1980). On the generality of the laws of learning: a "Citation Classic" in Current Contents.
1978
56.Seligman, M.E.P. and Cook, L. (1978). Learned helplessness and depression. In G.E. Finley and G. Marin (Eds.), Readings in Contemporary Psychology. Mexico City: Trillas, 270-282.
57.Abramson, L.Y., Seligman, M.E.P., and Teasdale, I. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 49-59.
Reprinted in Bates, S., Dockens, W.S., Gotestam, K.G., Merlin, L., and Sjoden, P.O. (Eds.), Trends in Behavior Therapy. New York: Academic Press.
Reprinted in Wheaton, B. (Ed.), The Quality of Social Life. Littleton, MA: Copley Publishing Group, 1987, 259-268.
Reprinted in Cooper, C. and Pervin, L. (Eds.), Personality: Critical Concepts in Psychology. London: Routledge, 1998.
58.Abramson, L.Y., Garber, J., Edwards, N., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1978). Expectancy changes in depression and schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 165-179.
59.Rosellini, R.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1978). Role of shock intensity in the learned helplessness paradigm. Animal Learning and Behavior, 6, 143-146.
60.Seligman, M.E.P. (1978). Comment and integration. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 165-179.
1977
49.Abramson, L.Y. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Modeling psychopathology in the laboratory: History and rationale. In Maser, J. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.), Psychopathology: Experimental Models. San Francisco:W.H. Freeman, 1-26.
50.Miller, W.R., Rosellini, R.A., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Depression. In Maser, J. and Seligman, M.E.P. (Eds.), Psychopathology: Experimental Models. San Francisco:W.H. Freeman, 104-130.
51.Seligman, M.E.P. and Binik, Y.M. (1977). The safety signal hypothesis. In H. Davis and H. Hurwitz (Eds.), Pavlovian-Operant Interactions. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 165-187.
52.Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Reversing learned helplessness and depression. In P. Zimbardo, Psychology and Life (11th Edition). Glenview, IL: Scott-Foresman.
53.DaSilva, P., Rachman, S.J., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Prepared phobias and obsessions: Therapeutic outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 15, 210-211.
54.Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Comment on Rippere's Review. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 15, 210-211.
55.Seligman, M.E.P. (1977). Helplessness. In B. Wolman (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Neurology. New York: Human Sciences, 5, 338.
1976
38.Maier, S.F. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 105, 3-46.
39.Miller, W.R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Learned helplessness, depression, and the perception of reinforcement. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 14, 7-17.
40.Rosellini, R.A., Binik, Y.M., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Sudden death in the laboratory rat. Psychosomatic Medicine, 38, 55-58.
41.Seligman, M.E.P., Klein, D.C., and Miller, W.R. (1976). Depression. In H. Leitenberg (Ed.), Handbook of Behavior Therapy. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 168-210.
42.Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Learned helplessness and depression in animals and men. In J.T. Spence, R. Carson, and J. Thibaut (Eds.), Behavioral Approaches to Therapy. Morristown, N.J.: General Learning Press, 111-126.
43.Klein, D.C., Fencil-Morse, E., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Learned helplessness, depression, and the attribution of failure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33, 508-516.
44. Klein, D.C. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Reversal of performance deficits and perceptual deficits in learned helplessness and depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 11-26.
45. Meadow, S., Seligman, M.E.P., and Gelman, R. (1976). Language in the two-year old: Receptive and productive stages. Cognition, 4, 189-202.
46.Rosellini, R.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Failure to escape shock after repeated exposure to inescapable shock. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 7, 251-253.
47.Hannum, R.D., Rosellini, R.A., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Retention of learned helplessness and immunization in the rat from weaning to adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 12, 449-454.
48. Rachman, S.J. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1976). Unprepared phobias: Be prepared. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 14, 333-338.
1975
31. Hiroto, D.S. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Generality of learned helplessness in man. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 311-327.
32. Miller, W.R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Depression and learned helplessness in man. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 84, 228-238.
33. Mineka, S. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Conditioned drinking as avoidance learning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 88, 69-80.
34.Rosellini, R.A. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Frustration and learned helplessness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 104, 149-157.
35.Seligman, M.E.P. and Beagley, G. (1975). Learned helplessness in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 88, 534-541.
36.Seligman, M.E.P., Rosellini, R.A., and Kozak, M.J. (1975). Learned helplessness in the rat: Time course, immunization and reversibility. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 88, 542-547.
Reprinted in Tarpy, R.M. (Ed.), Readings in Learning and Memory. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1978.
37. Miller, W.R., Seligman, M.E.P., and Kurlander, H. (1975). Learned helplessness, depression, and anxiety. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 161, 347-357.
1974
29.Seligman, M.E.P. (1974). Depression and learned helplessness. In R.J. Friedman and M.M. Katz (Eds.), The Psychology of depression: Contemporary theory and research, Winston-Wiley.
Reprinted in Rosenhan, D. Theory and Research in Abnormal Psychology, 1974.
Reprinted in von Praag, H.M. Research in Neurosis. Utrecht: Bonn, Schaltema, and Holkema, 1976.
30.Seligman, M.E.P. (1974). Submissive death: Giving up on life. Psychology Today, 7, 80-85.
Reprinted in Psychologie Heute, 1976 (Germany).
1973
24.Seligman, M.E.P. (1973). Fall into helplessness. Psychology Today, 7, 43-48.
Reprinted in Psychology Today, 1975, (United Kingdom).
Reprinted in Wickram, I. Biofeedback, Behavior Therapy, and Hypnosis. Nelson-Hall, 1976.
25.Seligman, M.E.P. (1973). Looking ahead. In Psychology '73-'74. Guilford, CT: Duskin, 576-577.
26.Seligman, M.E.P. (1973). Reply to Malone. Psychological Review, 80, 306.
27.Seligman, M.E.P. and Johnston, J.C. (1973). A cognitive theory of avoidance learning. In F.J. McGuigan and D.B. Lumsden (Eds.), Contemporary Approaches to Conditioning and Learning. Washington: Winston and Sons, 69-110.
28.Miller, W.R. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1973). Learned helplessness, depression and the perception of reinforcement. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 82, 62-73.
1972
20.Seligman, M.E.P. (1972). Learned helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23, 407-412.
21.Seligman, M.E.P. (1972). Learned helplessness and depression. Proceedings of The XVIIth International Congress of Applied Psychology. Brussels: Editest.
22.Seligman, M.E.P. and Hager, J.L. (1972). Biological boundaries of learning. The sauce-bearnaise syndrome. Psychology Today, 6, 59-61, 84-87.
Translated in Psychologie Heute, (Germany) 1975.
Reprinted in Psychology Today, (United Kingdom) 1976.
23. Mineka, S., Seligman, M.E.P., Hetrick, M., and Zuelzer, K. (1972). Poisoning and conditioned drinking. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 79, 377-384.
1971
16.Seligman, M.E.P., Maier, S.F., and Solomon, R.L. (1971). Consequences of unpredictable and uncontrollable trauma. In Brush, F.R. (Ed.), Aversive conditioning and Learning. New York: Academic Press.
17.Seligman, M.E.P., Mineka, S., and Fillit, H. (1971). Conditioned drinking produced by procaine, NaCl, and angiotensin. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 77, 110-121.
18.Seligman, M.E.P. (1971). Phobias and preparedness. Behavior Therapy, 2, 307-320.
Reprinted in Matarazzo, J.D., et al., (Eds.) Psychotherapy, (1971). Chicago: Aldine.
Reprinted in Seligman, M.E.P., and Hager, J. (1972). Biological Boundaries of Learning. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Reprinted in Wickram, I. (1976). Biofeedback, Behavior Therapy, and Hypnosis. Nelson-Hall.
19.Seligman, M.E.P. (1971). Introduction to modern behaviorism by H. Rachlin. Lucid molar behaviorism for the introductory student. Contemporary Psychology, 16, 571.
1970
11.Seligman, M.E.P. (1970). On the generality of the laws of learning. Psychological Review, 77, 406-418.
Reprinted in Readings in Educational Psychology. New York, Brooks-Cole, 1971.
Reprinted in XIP Readings in Psychology, Lexington, MA, 1973.
Reprinted in Mikulas, W. Psychology of Learning: Readings. Albion.
Reprinted in Sahakian, W.S. Psychology of Learning. Rand McNally, 1975.
Reprinted in Millenson, J.R. (Ed.), Antologia de Analisa de Compartamento.Brazil: Thesaurus Editora (Portuguese), 1976.
Reprinted in Sahakian, W.S. Learning: System, Models, Theories. Rand McNally, 1976.
Reprinted in McGill, T.E. Readings in Animal Behavior. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston.
Reprinted in McGee, M.G. Title unknown. St. Paul: West Publishing Co.
Reprinted in Fierro, A. (Ed.), Escritos de Psicologia: Universidad de Malaga, 1998.
12.Seligman, M.E.P. and Groves, D. (1970). Non-transient learned helplessness. Psychonomic Science, 19, 191-192.
13. Seligman, M.E.P., Bravman, S., and Radford, R. (1970). Drinking: Discriminative conditioning in the rat. Psychonomic Science, 20, 63-64.
14.Seligman, M.E.P., Ives, C.E., Ames, H., and Mineka, S. (1970). Failure to extinguish conditioned drinking: Avoidance, preparedness or functional autonomy? Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 71, 411-419.
15.Seligman, M.E.P. and Meyer, B. (1970). Chronic fear and ulcers as a function of the unpredictability of safety. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 73, 202-208.
1969
8.Maier, S.F., Seligman, M.E.P., and Solomon, R.L. (1969). Pavlovian fear conditioning and learned helplessness. In Campbell, B.A., and Church, R.M. (Eds.), Punishment. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 299-343.
9.Seligman, M.E.P. (1969). Control group and conditioning: A comment on operationalism. Psychological Review, 76, 484-491.
Reprinted in XIP Readings in Psychology. Lexington, MA, 1973.
10.Seligman, M.E.P. (1969). For helplessness: Can we immunize the weak? Psychology Today, June, 42-45.
Reprinted in Clinical Psychology Today. Delmar: CRM Books, 1971.
Reprinted in Readings in Psychology Today, 2nd Edition, Palmer: CRM Books,1972.
Reprinted in Davison, G.C., Neale, M.M., and Price, K. (Eds.),
ContemporaryReadings in Psychopathology, New York: Wiley, 1974.
1968
6.Seligman, M.E.P., Maier, S.F., and Geer, J. (1968). The alleviation of learned helplessness in dogs. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 73, 256-262.
Reprinted in Mikulus, W. Psychology of Learning: Readings, Albion.
7.Seligman, M.E.P. (1968). Chronic fear produced by unpredictable electric shock. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 66, 402-411.
1967
4.Overmier, J.B., and Seligman, M.E.P. (1967). Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance learning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 63, 23-33.
5.Seligman, M.E.P., and Maier, S.F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 1-9.
Reprinted in McGuigan, P.J., and Woods, P.J. (1972). Contemporary Studies in Psychology. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Reprinted in Millenson, J. R. (Ed.). (1976). Antologia de Analisa Compartamento. Brazil: Thesaurus Editora, (Portuguese).
Reprinted in Levine, P. Stress: Neurobiology and Behavior. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Inc.
1966
2.Seligman, M.E.P. (1966). Comment on McKeever and Forrin. Psychonomic Science, 5, 299.
3.Seligman, M.E.P. (1966). CS redundancy and secondary punishment. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72, 246-250.
1965
1.Seligman, M.E.P. and Campbell, B.A. (1965). Effect of intensity and duration of punishment on extinction of an avoidance response. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 59, 295-97.
PUBLICATIONS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
1. Seligman, M.E.P. (1975). Human excellence on wheels. (Review of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance). Psychology Today (U.K.), 1, 66.
2. Seligman, M.E.P. Boomer blues. Psychology Today, Oct. 1988, 5055.
Reprinted in Rewriting Writing. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Second Edition, 1990.
Reprinted in Rhetoric Made Plain, Winkler, McCuen, first edition, 1995.
3. Zullow, H.M. and Seligman, M.E.P. (1989, January 29). How presidents speak their minds. The Washington Post.
4. Seligman, M.E.P. (1991). To the optimists will go the world. Los Angeles Times.
5. Seligman, M.E.P. (1991-1993). Excerpts from Learned Optimism.
First serial publications:
In Redbook (1991, January).
In Family Circle (1991, February).
Second serial publications:
In New Age Journal (1991, March).
In Family Therapy Networker (1991, May).
In Chatelaine (1991, August).
In Executive Female (1991, September).
In Ladies Home Journal, Parents' Digest Select (1992, March).
In Real Beauty (1993, April)
6. Seligman, M.E.P. (1992). Wednesday's children. Psychology Today, 25, 61.
7. Seligman, M.E.P. (1993, February 10). When Black Americans play the blame game, they're bound to lose. Chicago Tribune, 13.
8.Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). Excerpts from What You Can Change and What You Can't.
First serial publication:
In Self (1994, January).
Second serial publication:
In Reader's Digest, Dump that diet. (1994, May).
Reprinted in Canadian English Reader's Digest (1994, June).
Translated in Czech Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Danish Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Hungarian Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Korean Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Norwegian Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Portuguese Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Russian Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Swedish Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in Finnish Reader's Digest (1994, July).
Translated in French Canadian Reader's Digest (1994, August).
Translated in Dutch Reader's Digest (1994, August).
Translated in Latin American Reader's Digest (1994, August).
Translated in Indian Reader's Digest (1996, June).
9.Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). Learn to bounce back. Success, August. 41.
10.Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). On the virtues of optimism. Bottom Line Personal, August 1.1.
11.Seligman, M.E.P., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J. (1995). Building optimism. Parents, September, 108-114.
12.Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). Are you too good to your kids? Ladies Home Journal, October.
13.Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). Opinion: To slay a demon preying on American kids. Knight-Ridder Financial News Wire, November 1.
14.Seligman, M.E.P. (1996). The optimistic life. Personal Excellence, February, 8.
15.Seligman, M.E.P. (1996). Three smart ways to beat the blues. Ladies Home Journal, (Parent’s Digest Select) April.
16.Seligman, M.E.P. (1996). Point/Counterpoint with Marcia Angel: Is pessimism bad for your health. Yes. Physicians Weekly, April 15, XIII