Early Life and Educational Background
Froh was born on April 25, 1977 in Port Jefferson, New York. He received his B.A. in Psychology from St. Joseph’s College in 1999 and his M.S. in School Psychology from St. John’s University in 2002. He earned his Psy.D. in School Psychology with a concentration in Psychotherapy from St. John’s University in 2004 under the direction of Raymond DiGiuseppe.
Professional Career
Froh is a New York State-certified school psychologist, New York State-licensed psychologist, Associate Fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute, and Associate Editor for The Journal of Positive Psychology. Before joining the Hofstra faculty, he taught at various colleges and practiced as a school psychologist in several school districts on Long Island in New York. Froh is the coeditor of the book Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors (2013, American Psychological Association) and co-author of Making Grateful Kids: The Science of Building Character...
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Froh, J. J., & Bono, G. (2014). Making grateful kids: The science of building character. West Conshohocken: Templeton Press.
Froh, J. J., & Parks, A. (Eds.). (2013). Activities for teaching positive psychology: A guide for instructors. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Froh, J. J., Sefick, W. J., & Emmons, R. A. (2008). Counting blessings in early adolescents: An experimental study of gratitude and subjective well-being. Journal of School Psychology, 46, 213–233.
Froh, J. J., Kashdan, T. B., Ozimkowski, K. M., & Miller, N. (2009). Who benefits the most from a gratitude intervention in children and adolescents? Examining positive affect as a moderator. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 408–422.
Froh, J. J., Fan, J., Emmons, R. A., Bono, G., Huebner, E. S., & Watkins, P. (2011). Measuring gratitude in youth: Assessing the psychometric properties of adult gratitude scales in children and adolescents. Psychological Assessment, 23, 311–324.
Froh, J. J., Bono, G., Fan, J., Emmons, R. A., Henderson, K., Harris, C., Leggio, H., & Wood, A. (2014). Nice thinking! An educational intervention that teaches children how to think gratefully [special issue: Theoretical frameworks in school psychology intervention research: Interdisciplinary perspectives and duture directions]. School Psychology Review, 43, 132–152.
Wood, A. M., Froh, J. J., & Geraghty, A. (2010). Gratitude and well-being: A review and theoretical integration [special issue]. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 890–905.
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Froh, J.J. (2016). Froh, Jeffrey. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1710-1
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