Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures Social Empowerment through Personal Growth /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Delle Fave, Antonella (Συγγραφέας), Massimini, Fausto (Συγγραφέας), Bassi, Marta (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 2
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Studies on well-being derive from two main perspectives: hedonism and eudaimonism. The former emphasizes the human search for pleasure and satisfaction while the latter focuses on fulfillment of one’s true nature that includes both self-actualization and commitment to socially shared goals. Operatin...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Part I Theory and methods
• Chapter 1: Hedonism and eudaimonism in positive psychology
• Chapter 2: Biology, culture and human behavior
• Chapter 3: Psychological selection and optimal experience
• Chapter 4: Instruments and methods in flow research
• Chapter 5: The phenomenology of optimal experience in daily life
• Chapter 6: Optimal experience and meditation: Western and Asian approaches to well-being
• Part II Applications
• Chapter 7: Optimal experience across cultures
• Chapter 8 Work: A paradox in flow research
• Chapter 9: Free time: an opportunity for growth, recreation, or stagnation
• Chapter 10: Relationships: safe harbor for flow explorers
• Chapter 11: Education, learning and cultural transmission
• Chapter 12: Optimal experience and religious practice
• Chapter 13: Acculturation and optimal experience
• Chapter 14: Flow and health: a bio-psycho-social perspective
• Chapter 15: Psychosocial maladjustment and mimetic flow
• References
• Epilogue.   .