Positive psychology as social change / Robert Biswas-Diener, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biswas-Diener, Robert.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology.

Social change.

Change (Psychology).

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

xvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht [The Netherlands] ; New York : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

What people really want in life and why it matters : contributions from research on folk theories of the good life / Christie Napa Scollon and Laura A. King

Think before you think / Nic Marks

Socially responsible cheermongery : on the sociocultural contexts and levels of social happiness policies / Neil Thin

Monitoring psychosocial prosperity for social change / Ed Diener and Carol Diener

Gross national happiness : a gift from Bhutan to the world / George W. Burns

Ecological challenges, materialistic values, and social change / Tim Kasser

Positive psychology and public health / Dora Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir

Positive psychology and poverty / Robert Biswas-Diener and Lindsey Patterson

Strengthening underprivileged communities : strengths-based approaches as a force for positive social change in community development / P.Alex Linley ... [et al.]

Creating positive social change through building positive organizations : four levels of intervention / Nicky Garcea and P. Alex Linley

Organizational democracy as a force for social change / Traci L. Fenton

Better living through perspective taking / Sara D. Hodges, Brian A.M. Clark, and Michael W. Myers

Investing in others : prosocial spending for (pro)social change / Lara B. Aknin ... [et al.]

How does coaching positively impact organizational and societal change? / Sunny Stout Rostron

Positive psychotherapy and social change / Antonella Delle Fave and Giovanni A. Fava

Recreate or create? Leisure as an arena for recovery and change / Joar Vittersø

Positive computing / Tomas Sander

Changing the world : the science of transformative action / Scott Sherman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9789048199372

9048199379

OCLC:

663950226

Publisher Number:

99942587341