A Positive Psychology Perspective on Quality of Life

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Efklides, Anastasia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Moraitou, Despina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Social Indicators Research Series, 51
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.

Most people strive for happiness, or subjective well-being (SWB), and a high quality of life (QoL) in all areas of their lives. To do so, many have to overcome adversity on a frequent basis. The field of positive psychology, which focuses on human strengths and positive emotions, not only offers peo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction - Anastasia Efklides and Despina Moraitou
• Part I: Quality of life, well-being, and positive psychology
• 2. Hierarchical needs, income comparisons and happiness levels - Stavros A. Drakopoulos
• 3. Goals and plans: Their relationship to well-being - Andrew MacLeod
• 4. Living in accordance with one's implicit motives: Cross-cultural evidence for beneficial effects of motive-goal congruence and motive satisfaction - Jan Hofer and Holger Busch
• 5. Positive psychology and subjective well-being homeostasis: A critical examination of congruence - Robert A. Cummins
• 6. Life satisfaction in adults: The effect of religiosity, worry and perceived physical health state - Maria Platsidou
• 7. Altruism and health: Theoretical perspectives - Carolyn E. Schwartz, Brian R. Quaranto, and Kurt Gray
• 8. Marital quality and well-being: The role of gender, marital duration, social support and cultural context - Eleni Pateraki and Pagona Roussi
• Part II: Positive psychology and human strengths
• 9. The role of dispositional optimism in physical and mental well-being - Nathaly Rius-Ottenheim, Roos C. van der Mast, Frans G. Zitman, and Erik J. Giltay
• 10. The relation of optimism to cardiac patients’ subjective health through illness representations: Does the level of optimism matter? - Evangelos C. Karademas, Elvisa-Foteini Frokkai, Evangelia Tsotra,  and Rania Papazachariou
• 11. Wise thinking, hopeful thinking, and positive aging: Reciprocal relations of wisdom, hope, memory, and affect in young, middle-aged, and older adults - Despina Moraitou and Anastasia Efklides
• 12. Dispositional hope and action-state orientation: Their role in self-regulated learning - Georgia Papantoniou, Despina Moraitou, Magda Dinou, and Effie Katsadima
• 13. One ingredient in the mix: Interest and psychological well-being - Mary Ainley
• 14. From burnout to engagement during transition from school to work - Katariina Salmela-Aro
• 15. A comparative study of resilience in Greece and Cyprus: The effects of negative life events, self-efficacy and social support on mental health
• Sophie Leontopoulou
• 16. Subject Index.