"This brief paperback presents in-depth coverage of the relatively new area of positive psychology. Topically organized, it looks at how positive psychology relates to stresses and health within such traditional research areas as developmental, clinical, personality, motivational, social, and behavioral psychology." -- Amazon
Record details
ISBN:1111834121
ISBN:9781111834128
Physical Description:xviii, 381 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. print
Edition:2nd , student ed.
Publisher:Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-359) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
An introduction to positive psychology. Welcome to positive psychology ; The dimensions of positive psychology ; The scope of positive psychology ; Basic themes of positive psychology ; A short history of well-being in the western world ; Positive psychology today ; Summary -- Foundations : emotion, motivation, and the nature of well-being. The basic emotions ; The components of emotion ; Moods and well-being ; Positive psychology and motivation ; Well-being and positive emotion ; Definitions of happiness and well-being ; Summary -- Subjective well-being. The mesurement of subjective well-being ; Top-down predictors of subjective well-being ; Bottom-up predictors of subjective well-being ; Cautionary tales : the down side of feeling up ; Increasing happiness and life satisfaction -- Leisure, flow, mindfulness and peak performance. Leisure ; Flow and optimal experience ; Mindfulness ; Savoring ; Peak performance ; Comments on flow, mindfulness, savoring, and peak performance ; Summary -- Love and well-being. Genes, hormones, and marriage. The varieties of love ; Finding romance and love ; Relationship satisfaction : why do caring relationships make us feel good? ; Relationship stability : what makes it last? ; Minding relationships ; Positive families ; What hurts relationships? ; How to nurture positive relationships that last ; Summary -- Positive health. Wellness ; Positive health ; Psychological factors important to health ; Hardiness and mindfulness meditation ; Positive aging ; Positive coping ; Summary -- Excellence, aesthetics, creativity, and genius. The pursuit of excellence ; Aesthetics and the good life ; Contemplative spirituality ; Contemplative religious traditions ; Mysticism and the brain ; Psychological theories of religious maturity ; Summary -- Positive institutions and cultural well-being. Employee engagement and job satisfaction ; Careers that use positive psychology ; Positive communities ; Cross-cultural subjective well-being ; Summary -- A look toward the future of positive psychology. How do we recognize a life well-lived? ; Positive psychology needs both positive and negative emotions ; Alternative to happiness ; New research methods ; Integrate positive psychology with general psychology ; The question of values ; Cross-cultural considerations ; Toward the future with optimism ; Summary.
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