A life worth living
Subtitle: contributions to positive psychology
By: edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi.
Contributors: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly.; Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega.
Series: Series in positive psychology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Positive psychology.
Description: "A Life Worth Living brings together the latest historical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives on what matters for personal happiness and well-being and demonstrates that subjective experience can be studied scientifically and measured accurately."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Positive traditions in Western psychology / Csaba Pléh; title: The VIA classification of strengths / Christopher Peterson; title: Positive personality development : approaching personal autonomy / Dmitry Leontiev; title: Spirituality : recent progress / Robert A. Emmons; title: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions / Barbara L. Fredrickson; title: Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal, Peter Salovey; title: Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry; title: Adaptive resources in later life / Jochen Brändstadter; title: The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life / Antonella Delle Fave; title: What works makes you happy / Jari-Erik Nurmi, Katariina Salmela-Aro; title: Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser; title: Getting older, getting better / Kennon Sheldon; title: Afterword: breaking the 65% barrier / Martin E. P. Seligman.