Mental Well-Being International Contributions to the Study of Positive Mental Health /

This book provides a new generation of research in which scholars are investigating mental health and human development as not merely the absence of illness or dysfunction, but also the presence of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a fundamental facet of the quality of life. Nations, c...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Keyes, Corey L.M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5195-8
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue; Corey Keyes
  • PART I. TOWARD AN INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH
  • Chapter 1. Promoting and �Protecting Positive Mental Health: Early and Often Throughout the Lifespan; Corey Keyes
  • Chapter 2. Complete Mental Health in South Australian Youth: Measurement, Prevalence and Promotion; Anthony Venning, Jaklin Eliott, Lisa Kettler and�Anne Wilson
  • �Chapter 3. The Complete Mental Health Model: The Social Distribution of Mental Health and Mental Illness in the�Dutch Population
  • Chapter 4. The Prevalence of Levels of Well-Being Revisited in an African Context; Marie Wissing and Michael Temane
  • Chapter 5. Prevalence and Correlates of Complete Mental Health�in the South Korean Adult Population; Young-Jin Lin, Young-Gun Ko, Hee-Cheon Shin, and Yongrae Cho
  • Chapter 6. Positive Mental Health: Measurement, Prevalence and Correlates in a Chinese Context; Keli Yin, Jiamei He and Yanfen Fu
  • Chapter 7. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scales (WEMWBS): Performance in Different Cultural and Geographical Groups.-�Sarah Stewart-Brown
  • PART II.� TOWARD AN INTERNATIONALIZED UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANISMS OF POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH
  • Chapter 8.�Universals and Cultural Differences in the Causes and Structure of Happiness: A Multilevel Review; Ed Diener
  • Chapter 9. Mental Well-Being in Iran: The importance of a Comprehensive Well-Being in Understanding the Linkages of�Personality and Values; Mohsen Joshanloo
  • Chapter 10. Emotional Well-Being and Self-Control�Skills of Children and Adolescents: The Israeli Perspectives; Michael Rosenbaum and Tammie�Ronen.-�Chapter 11. The Nature of Happiness: Nature Affiliation and Mental Well-Being; Andrew Howell and Holli-Anne Passmore
  • Chapter 12. Physiological Correlates of Mental Well-Being; Petra Lindfors
  • PART III. TOWARD THE APPLICATION OF POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH INTERNATIONALLY
  • Chapter 13. Recovery: A Complete Mental Health Perspective; Helene Provencher
  • Chapter 14. The Significance of Salutogenis and Well-Being in Mental Health Promotion: From Theory to Practice; Eva Langeland
  • Chapter 15. Positive Psychology Interventions: Research Evidence, Practical Utility, and Future Steps; Dianne Vella-Brodick
  • Chapter 16.� Promoting Positive Mental Health and Well-Being: Practice and Policy.; Margaret Barry.-.