A life worth living : contributions to positive psychology / edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly.

Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega.

Series:

Series in positive psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology.

Physical Description:

ix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Positive psychology traditions in classical European psychology / Csaba Pléh

The Values in Action (VIA) classification of strengths / Christopher Peterson

Positive personality development : approaching personal autonomy / Dmitry Leontiev

Spirituality : recent progress / Robert A. Emmons

The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions / Barbara L. Fredrickson

Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal and Peter Salovey

Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry

Adaptive resources in later life : tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment / Jochen Brandtstädter

The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life : a central issue for health professionals / Antonella Delle Fave

What works makes you happy : the role of personal goals in life-span development / Jari-Erik Nurmi and Katariina Salmela-Aro

Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser

Getting older, getting better? recent psychological evidence / Kennon Sheldon

Afterword: breaking the 65 percent barrier / Martin E. P. Seligman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0195176790

OCLC:

61724430

Publisher Number:

9780195176797