Friendship and Happiness Across the Life-Span and Cultures /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Demir, Melikşah (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.

This is the first book that explicitly focuses on the relationships between various types of friendship experiences and happiness. It addresses historical, theoretical, and measurement issues in the study of friendship and happiness (e.g., why friends are important for happiness). In order to achiev...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. Perspectives on Friendship and Happiness
• Chapter 1. Friendship and Happiness from a Philosophical Perpective; Sandra Lynch
• Chapter 2. Friendship and Happiness from a Sociological Perspective; Silvana Greco, Mary Holmes and Jordan McKenzie
• Chapter 3. Friends and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective on Friendship; David Lewis, Laith Al-Shaway, Eric M. Russell and David M. Buss
• Chapter 4. Friendship and Happiness: A Bidirectional Dynamic Process; Lina María Saldarriaga, William Bukowski and Carolina Greco
• Part II. Friendship and Happiness across the Lifespan: Reviews of the Literature
• Chapter 5. Children's Friendship and Positive Well-Being; Mark Holder and Ben Coleman
• Chapter 6. Friendship and Happiness in Adolescence; Catherine L. Bagwell, Karen P. Kochel and Michelle E. Schmidt
• Chapter 7. Friendship and Happiness among Young Adults; Melikşah Demir, Haley Orthel, Metin Özdemir and Sevgi Özdemir
• Chapter 8. Friendship and Happiness among Middle-Aged Adults; Katherine L. Fiori and Christy A. Denckla
• Chapter 9. Friendship and Happiness in the Third Age; Rebecca Adams and Emily M. Taylor
• Chapter 10. Cross-Sex Friendship and Happiness; Amanda Procsal, Melikşah Demir, Aysun Doğan, Ayça Özen and Nebi Sümer
• Chapter 11. Social Media, Friendship and Happiness in the Millennial Generation; Adriana M. Manago and Lanen Vaughn
• Part III. Friendship and Happiness across Cultures
• Chapter 12. Friendship and Happiness in Navajos (Bik’éí Diné Baa’ Hózhó); Angela A.A. Willeto
• Chapter 13. Friendship and Happiness in Latin America: A Review; Agnaldo Garcia, Fábio Nogueira Pereira and Maria Daniela Corrêa de Macedo
• Chapter 14. Family, Friends and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparison between the West and Asia; Tianyuan Li and Sheung-Tak Cheng
• Chapter 15. Attachment Avoidance Harms Friendship Quality and Life Satisfaction among Turkish Children; Nebi Sümer
• Chapter 16. How Are Positve and Negative Peer Relations Related to Positive and Negative Affect in Adolescents over Time? (New Zealand); Paul E. Rose
• Chapter 17. Friendship, Needs Satisfaction and Happiness among College Students in France and Lebanon; Melikşah Demir, Frédérique Cuisiner and Brigitte Khoury
• Chapter 18. I Am So Happy 'Cause My Best Friend Is There for Me When Things Are Go Right: Friendship and Happiness among Emerging Adults in Algeria and Slovakia; Melikşah Demir, Mustapha Achoui and Jaromir Simonek.