Well-being and cultures perspectives from positive psychology

This anthology focuses on empirical studies comparing cultures in relation to central positive psychological topics. It contains selected papers from the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology held in 2010 in Denmark. The book starts out with an introductory chapter that brings together the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Knoop, Hans Henrik (-), Delle Fave, Antonella
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 3
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009457852706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Positive Psychology and cros-cultural research; Hans Henrik Knoop and Antonella Delle Fave
  • Chapter 2. VIA Character Strengths -Research and Practice: The First 10 Years; Ryan M. Niemiec
  • Chapter 3. Addressing current challenges in cross-cultural measurement of well-being: The Pemberton Happiness Index; Carmelo Vazquez and Gonzalo Hervas
  • Chapter 4. Comnunal values and individualism in our era of globalization: A comparative longitudinal study of different societies; Holde Eileen Nafstad and Erland Sand Bruer
  • Chapter 5. The Relation of Basic Psychological Needs, Intrinsic and Extrinsicc Life Goals and Collectivism with Subjective Well-Being; A Case in Macedonia
  • Chapter 6. The Ubiquity of the Character Strengths in African Traditional Religion: A Thematic Analysis
  • Chapter 7. Culture, Environmental Psychology and Well-Being: An Emergent Theoretical Framework; Nicola Rainisio
  • Chapter 8. Religion, Spirituality and Well-Being across Nations: The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation; Antonella Delle Fave, Ingrid Brdar, Dianne Vella-Brodrick and Marie P. Wissing
  • Chapter 9. The Relationship of South African consumers' living standards and demographic variables with their life satisfaction
  • Chapter 10. Circumstances of Well-Being among Czech College Students; Iva Solcava and Vladimir Kebza
  • Chapter 11. Income is Not Associated with positive Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Happiness among Japanese Workers; Yasumasa Otsuka, Masashi Hori, and Junko Kawahito
  • Chapter 12. Relationships between self Serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-being among Danish and Spanish Women; Pilar Sanjuana and Kristine Jensen de Lopez
  • Chapter 13. Optimistic Attributional Style and Parental Behaviour in the Educational Framework: A Cross-Cultural Perspective; Loredana Ruxandra Gherasim, Simona Butnaru, Alin Gavreliuc and Luminita Mihaela Iacob.-  .