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Positive psychology : the science of happiness and flourishing / William C. Compton, Edward Hoffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Compton, William C., author.
- Hoffman, Edward, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Positive psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 503 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2020]
- Summary:
- "Topically organized, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing presents a highly engaging, up-to-date introduction to positive psychology. Authors William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman invite students to apply practices to their own lives, contexts, and experiences to ensure understanding. The text examines how positive psychology applies to stressors and health within such traditional research areas as developmental, clinical, personality, motivational, social, and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, the text offers perspectives on positive emotional states, research and theory on positive traits, coverage of positive institutions, and a look at the future of positive psychology. The Third Edition reflects significant growth in field with hundreds of new references and expanded content on topics including mindfulness, money and subjective well-being, and romantic love. "--Back cover.
- "A workbook aligned with the text (ISBN:978-1-5443-3429-5) is available to support student growth and well-being through additional opportunities for active practice."--Back cover.
- Contents:
- About the authors
- An introduction to positive psychology
- Foundations: emotion, motivation, and the nature of well-being
- Subjective well-being
- Leisure, flow, mindfulness, and peak performance
- Romantic love and positive families
- Positive health
- Excellence, aesthetics, creativity, and genius
- Well-being across the lifespan
- Models of optimal well-being
- Religion, spirituality, and well-being
- Positive institutions and cultural well-being
- A look toward the future of positive psychology.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the authors' Positive psychology, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781544322926
- 1544322925
- 1544370199
- 9781544370194
- OCLC:
- 1045647297
- Publisher Number:
- 99983912959
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