Well-Being and Cultures Perspectives from Positive Psychology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Knoop, Hans Henrik. (Editor), Delle Fave, Antonella. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 3
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Quality of Life.; Quality of Life > Research.; Applied psychology.; Psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Cross Cultural Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4611-4

This anthology focuses on empirical studies comparing cultures in relation to central positive psychological topics. It contains selected papers from the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology held in 2010 in Denmark. The book starts out with an introductory chapter that brings together the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Positive Psychology and cros-cultural research; Hans Henrik Knoop and Antonella Delle Fave
• Chapter 2. VIA Character Strenghts -Research and Practice: The First 10 Years; Ryan M. Niemiec
• Chapter 3. Addressing current challenges in cross-cultural measurement of well-being: The Pemberton Happiness Index; Carmelo Vazquez and Gonzalo Hervas
• Chapter 4. Comnunal values and individualism in our era of globalization: A comparative longitudinal study of different societies; Holde Eileen Nafstad and Erland Sand Bruer
• Chapter 5. The Relation of Basic Psychological Needs, Intrinsic and Extrinsicc Life Goals and Collectivism with Subjective Well-Being; A Case in Macedonia
• Chapter 6. The Ubiquity of the Character Strenghts in African Traditional Religion: A Thematic Analysis
• Chapter 7. Culture, Environmental Psychology and Well-Being: An Emergent Theoretical Framework; Nicola Rainisio
• Chapter 8. Religion, Spirituality and Well-Being across Nations: The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation; Antonella Delle Fave, Ingrid Brdar, Dianne Vella-Brodrick and Marie P. Wissing
• Chapter 9. The Relationship of South African consumers' living standards and demographic variables with their life satisfaction
• Chapter 10. Circumstances of Well-Being among Czech College Students; Iva Solcava and Vladimir Kebza
• Chapter 11. Income is Not Associated with positive Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Happiness among Japanese Workers; Yasumasa Otsuka, Masashi Hori, and Junko Kawahito
• Chapter 12. Relationships between self Serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-being among Danish and Spanish Women; Pilar Sanjuana and Kristine Jensen de Lopez
• Chapter 13.�Optimistic�Attributional�Style�and Parental Behaviour�in the Educational Framework: A Cross-Cultural�Perpective;�Loredana Ruxandra Gherasim,�Simona�Butnaru, Alin�Gavreliuc�and�Luminita�Mihaela Iacob.-��.