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Prospection, well-being, and mental health / Andrew MacLeod.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macleod, Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Optimism--Physiological aspects.
- Optimism.
- Personality.
- Well-being.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This text reviews the growing evidence for the link between prospection and well-being. A variety of aspects of prospection are discussed, including prediction and anticipation for future events, judging how we will feel when events do happen to us, and how we feel in the here-and-now when contemplating what will happen in the future.
- Contents:
- Thinking about the future
- Expectancies
- Optimism and pessimism
- Predicting feelings
- Anticipatory feelings
- Memory
- Goals
- Plans
- Temporal orientation and mindfulness
- Intervention
- Prospection, well-being, and mental health.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 22, 2017).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-103816-4
- 0-19-103815-6
- 0-19-183583-8
- OCLC:
- 1005355823
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