Well-being and cultures : perspectives from positive psychology / Hans Henrik Knoop, Antonella Delle Fave, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Delle Fave, Antonella.

Knoop, Hans Henrik

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Cross-cultural advancements in positive psychology ; v. 3.

Cross-cultural advancements in positive psychology, 2210-5417 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology--Cross-cultural studies.

Positive psychology.

Well-being--Cross-cultural studies.

Well-being.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2013]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Positive Psychology and Cross-Cultural Research / Antonella Delle Fave

2.VIA Character Strengths: Research and Practice (The First 10 Years) / Ryan M. Niemiec

3.Addressing Current Challenges in Cross-Cultural Measurement of Well-Being: The Pemberton Happiness Index / Gonzalo Hervas

4.Communal Values and Individualism in Our Era of Globalization: A Comparative Longitudinal Study of Three Different Societies / Kim Rand-Hendriksen

5.The Relation of Basic Psychological Needs, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Life Goals, and Collectivism with Subjective Well-Being: A Case in Macedonia / Ognen Spasovski

6.The Ubiquity of the Character Strengths in African Traditional Religion: A Thematic Analysis / Joanna Collicutt

7.Culture, Environmental Psychology, and Well-Being: An Emergent Theoretical Framework / Paolo Inghilleri

Contents note continued: 8.Religion, Spirituality, and Well-Being Across Nations: The Eudaemonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation / Marie P. Wissing

9.The Relationship of South African Consumers' Living Standards and Demographic Variables with Their Life Satisfaction / Leona Ungerer

10.Circumstances of Well-Being Among Czech College Students / Vladimir Kebza

11.Income Is Not Associated with Positive Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Happiness Among Japanese Workers / Junko Kawahito

12.Relationships Between Self-Serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-Being Among Danish and Spanish Women / Kristine Jensen de Lopez

13.Optimistic Attributional Style and Parental Behaviour in the Educational Framework: A Cross-Cultural Perspective / Luminita Mihaela Iacob.

Notes:

Contains selected papers from the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology held in 2010 in Denmark.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9400746105

9789400746107

OCLC:

812179023

Publisher Number:

99953142318