Scientific concepts behind happiness, kindness, and empathy in contemporary society / Nava R. Silton, Marymount Manhattan College, USA, [editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silton, Nava R.,. 1981- editor.

Series:

Premier reference source.

Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies.

Premier reference source

Gale eBooks

Advances in psychology, mental health, and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Happiness.

Empathy.

Meaning (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 321 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book offers best practices and practical ingredients for living a positive, happy, meaningful and fulfilled life. It utilizes positive psychology and other empirical research from authors across the globe and will offer a comprehensive lens into how we can ultimately achieve life satisfaction and success by following these principles and by being kind, gracious and giving"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Happiness and gratitude. Chapter 1. Gratitude and happiness in adolescents: a qualitative analysis ; Chapter 2. Gratitude and subjective well-being: cultivating gratitude for a harvest of happiness ; Chapter 3. Gratitude and prosocial behaviour among preservice preschool teachers: their significance in the future educational work ; Chapter 4. It's nice to be nice: the building blocks for promoting kindness and gratitude

Section 2. Happiness and wellbeing. Chapter 5. A happier balance: positive interventions for intentional well-being in psychotherapy ; Chapter 6. Mature happiness and global wellbeing in difficult times ; Chapter 7. Neurobiology of well-being ; Chapter 8. Constructing happiness: role of meaning making, constructive living and client system ; Chapter 9. The power and compassion of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

Section 3. Empathy and grit. Chapter 10. Employing disability simulations and virtual reality technology to foster cognitive and affective empathy towards individuals with disabilities ; Chapter 11. "What if goodness ruled the world?": utilizing a comic book series and puppet musical to promote empathy, a disabilities awareness and stop bullying platform in and out of the schools ; Chapter 12. Social stories for targeting behaviors and developing empathy in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: an innovative technology-assisted intervention ; Chapter 13. More than achievement: grit as a key component of positive psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781522559191

OCLC:

1041707079