Overview
- One of the few books that brings together
- European researchers in positive psychology
- Presents research in Positive Psychology from different cultures
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Happiness, well-being
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Motivation and Goals
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About this book
This book brings together the latest research on positive psychology from an international cast of researchers and particularly from the growing body of European researchers. The chapters describe research and practice from diverse fields of positive psychology, covering topics such as happiness and well-being, motivation and goals, personality, academic performance and coping, measurement and interventions. The book emphasizes a cultural approach to the human pursuit of well-being. It is unique in that it presents research from a range of cultures, such as Russia, Croatia, and Egypt, in addition to ten different Western cultures. This approach helps broaden our understanding of those aspects of human experience that make life worth living in diverse cultural conditions.
The book includes well-known and new authors from the field and contains selected papers that were presented at the 4th European Conference of Positive Psychology held in 2008 in Croatia.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Human Pursuit of Well-Being
Book Subtitle: A Cultural Approach
Editors: Ingrid Brdar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1375-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1374-1Published: 17 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8333-0Published: 18 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1375-8Published: 16 June 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 271
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Quality of Life Research, Health Psychology, Cross Cultural Psychology