Overview
- Contributes to a broader understanding of positive psychology between and across cultures
- Brings together highly talented researchers working on important issues of human living
- Combines theory with methodology and empirical studies ?
Part of the book series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology (CAPP, volume 3)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hans Henrik Knoop is Associate Professor of educational psychology and Director of the Positive Psychology Research Unit at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His work is focused on learning and creativity in education and professional work, currently collaborating with more than 12.000 pupils and 2.000 teachers.
For more than a decade Hans Henrik Knoop has been involved in research cooperation with colleagues at Harvard University, Stanford University and at Claremont Graduate University in the GoodWork® Project and as researcher he has participated in development projects for LEGO (1998-2004), Danfoss Universe (2005-2010), SIS Akademi (2004-2008) and Royal Greenland Academy (2006), among others. In 2006-2007 contributed to the Danish DR2’s programs on talent development in schools, and he was the scholarly anchor of the Danish TV2’s reality documentary series “Plan B” (2006-2007) and “SKOLEN – verdensklasse på 100 dage” [The school – world class in 100 days] (2008) concerning efficient education. “Plan B” received international attention in being nominated for the prestigious television award Golden Rose of Montreux in 2007. From 2007-2010 he was Research Director at the Universe Research Lab in Denmark.
Antonella Delle Fave, MD, specialist in clinical psychology, is professor of psychology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan. She is currently Treasurer and President-Elect of IPPA, President of the European Network of Positive Psychology and President of the Italian Society of Positive Psychology.
Dr. Delle Fave is author of numerous research publications, many of them on optimal living and positive health. Recently she helped create a new psychological measure, The Eudaimonic Happiness Inventory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Well-Being and Cultures
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Positive Psychology
Editors: Hans Henrik Knoop, Antonella Delle Fave
Series Title: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4611-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4610-7Published: 01 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9589-1Published: 21 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4611-4Published: 01 August 2012
Series ISSN: 2210-5417
Series E-ISSN: 2210-5425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 222
Topics: Positive Psychology, Quality of Life Research, Cross Cultural Psychology