Happiness and Well-being

ISBN-13: 9780415473637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 1832 str.

Felicia Huppert;P. Alex Linley

Opis

As work on happiness and well-being flourishes as never before, this title meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject's vast literature and the continuing explosion in research output.

Spis treści

Volume I  Part 1—Concepts: What is Meant by Happiness and Well-being?  Hedonic Approaches: The Pursuit of Pleasure  Eudaimonic Approaches: Pursuing the Good Life  Hedonic–Eudaimonic Comparisons  Other Approaches  Part 2—Measurement: Approaches, Challenges, Issues  Approaches to the Assessment of Happiness and Well-being  Specific Measures for the Assessment of Happiness and Well-being  Structural Aspects of Happiness and Well-being Measures  Volume II  Part 3—Causes and Correlates of Happiness and Well-being: What Makes Us happy?  Evolutionary Approaches  General Approaches  Psychological Approaches  Social and Cultural Approaches  Economic Approaches  Biological Approaches  Volume III  Part 4—Consequences of Happiness and Well-being  General Consequences  Biological Consequences  Psychological Consequences  Social Consequences  Health Consequences  Volume IV  Part 5—Interventions and Enhancements  Part 6—Public Policy