A life worth living contributions to positive psychology /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Series in positive psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Positive psychology traditions in classical European psychology / Csaba Pléh
  • The Values in Action (VIA) classification of strengths / Christopher Peterson
  • Positive personality development : approaching personal autonomy / Dmitry Leontiev
  • Spirituality : recent progress / Robert A. Emmons
  • The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions / Barbara L. Fredrickson
  • Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal and Peter Salovey
  • Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry
  • Adaptive resources in later life : tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment / Jochen Brandtstädter
  • The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life : a central issue for health professionals / Antonella Delle Fave
  • What works makes you happy : the role of personal goals in life-span development / Jari-Erik Nurmi and Katariina Salmela-Aro
  • Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser
  • Getting older, getting better? recent psychological evidence / Kennon Sheldon
  • Afterword: breaking the 65 percent barrier / Martin E. P. Seligman.