Positive psychology Books
Springer International Publishing AG Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and
Book SynopsisThis handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the authoritative guide to the intersections among religion, spirituality, and positive psychology and includes the following sections: (1) historical and theoretical considerations, (2) methodological considerations, (3) cultural considerations, (4) developmental considerations, (5) empirical research on happiness and well-being in relation to religion and spirituality, (6) empirical research on character strengths and virtues in relation to religion and spirituality, (7) clinical and applied considerations, and (8) field unification and advancement. Leading positive psychologists and psychologists of religion/spirituality have coauthored the chapters, drawing on expertise from their respective fields. The handbook is useful for social and clinical scientists, practitioners in helping professions, practitioners in religious and spiritual fields, and students of psychology and religion/spirituality.This is an open access book.Trade Review“We encourage you to approach this book as an intellectual meal to savor slowly and mindfully. … We encourage you to approach this handbook with that vista of possibility in mind. Search for reasons that might be beneficial for positive psychology to integrate R/S more into its theorizing, empirical research, and practical applications. … Ultimately, we hope this chapter’s suggestions will inform what you “eat” and digest from this book … .” (, Scriptable, rtreview.org, Vol. 116, November, 2023)Table of ContentsPart I: Historical and Theoretical Considerations1) Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Transcending Coexistence to Potentiate Coevolution2) Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality in Historical Perspective3) On the Integration of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Logical, Normative, and Methodological Questions4) Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality5) Theories of Health and Well-Being Germane to a Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality6) Meaning as a Framework for Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religiousness and SpiritualityPart II: Methodological Considerations7) Measurement at the Intersection of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality8) Methodological Diversity in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and SpiritualityPart III: Cultural Considerations9) Cultural Considerations in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality10) Positive Psychology and Christianity11) Positive Psychology and Judaism12) Living the Good Life: An Islamic Perspective on Positive Psychology13) Positive Psychology and Hinduism14) Positive Psychology and Buddhism15) "Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Europe, Non-U.S. North America, and South America"16) Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Africa, Asia, and OceaniaPart IV: Developmental Considerations17) Religion, Spirituality, and Youth Thriving: Investigating the Roles of the Developing Mind and Meaning-Making18) Religious/Spiritual Development and Positive Psychology: Toward an Integrative TheoryPart V: Happiness and Well-Being19) The Scientific Study of Life Satisfaction and Religion/Spirituality20) The Scientific Study of Positive Emotions and Religion/Spirituality21) The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Physical Health22) The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Mental HealthPart VI: Character Strengths and Virtues23) The Scientific Study of Religion/Spirituality, Forgiveness, and Hope24) Religion/Spirituality and the Twin Virtues of Humility and Gratitude25) Theological Virtues, Health, and Well-Being: Theory, Research, and Public HealthPart VII: Clinical and Applied Considerations26) Integrating Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and a Virtue Focus Within Culturally Responsive Mental Healthcare27) Meaningfulness and Religious/Spiritual Meaning Systems at Work: A Multilevel Framework28) Positive Psychology and Religiousness/Spirituality in the Context of Couples and Families29) Positive Psychology in the Context of Religious Communities30) Building Spiritual Fortitude and Resilience Following Disaster: Synthesizing the Contributions of Positive Psychology and Religion/SpiritualityPart VIII: Field Unification and Advancement 31) Future Directions for the Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
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Springer International Publishing AG Positive Leadership: Using Positive Psychology
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how leaders can use research from positive psychology to increase work engagement and wellbeing, improve relationships, and increase performance and productivity in the workplace. Specifically, it teaches leaders how to use psychology to understand their own contributions to their leadership style as well as to understand how their employees are being motivated to increase their engagement and productivity. Suitable for leaders, human resource personnel, consultants and coaches, this book gives research-based theory and insight into how leaders’ own attitudes, mind-sets and authenticity are influencing their employees level of performance, emotions and creativity. Readers learn how to motivate, bring meaning into the workplace, improve communication and relationships as well as how to use strength-based leadership. The book features examples from successful companies like Microsoft, Google and Disney and provides practical interventions and techniques in every chapter that can immediately be implemented into the workplace.Table of Contentsintroduction.- What is positive psychology, and why shall we use it in the workplace?.- Research results from the use of positive psychology in organizations.- The leader role.- Positive leadership.- Factors in the leader.- Factors in the leadership tasks.- Results in the employees.- The strength-based leader.- Organizational development with Appreciative Inquiry.
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Springer International Publishing AG Positive Leadership: Using Positive Psychology
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how leaders can use research from positive psychology to increase work engagement and wellbeing, improve relationships, and increase performance and productivity in the workplace. Specifically, it teaches leaders how to use psychology to understand their own contributions to their leadership style as well as to understand how their employees are being motivated to increase their engagement and productivity. Suitable for leaders, human resource personnel, consultants and coaches, this book gives research-based theory and insight into how leaders’ own attitudes, mind-sets and authenticity are influencing their employees level of performance, emotions and creativity. Readers learn how to motivate, bring meaning into the workplace, improve communication and relationships as well as how to use strength-based leadership. The book features examples from successful companies like Microsoft, Google and Disney and provides practical interventions and techniques in every chapter that can immediately be implemented into the workplace.Table of Contentsintroduction.- What is positive psychology, and why shall we use it in the workplace?.- Research results from the use of positive psychology in organizations.- The leader role.- Positive leadership.- Factors in the leader.- Factors in the leadership tasks.- Results in the employees.- The strength-based leader.- Organizational development with Appreciative Inquiry.
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Springer International Publishing AG Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science:
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading researchers on wellbeing science to provide a multidisciplinary approach to psychological wellbeing with implications for the interconnected societal challenges we face today, including loneliness, neoliberalism, inequality and anthropogenic climate change. Its authors present new and innovative models for understanding, building and improving our understanding of the complex construct of wellbeing. The capacity for individual positive change is explored, as well as the scope for such change to impact on the communities and environments within which we live. Further, the book places individual wellbeing within a broader context that also addresses societal needs and challenges. In doing so, it provides a novel synthesis of individual, societal and environmental perspectives on wellbeing and human flourishing.In the face of an urgent need to build stronger, sustainable and more resilient communities, this book demonstrates how wellbeing science can link the individual with the community through appropriate health and wellbeing policies and offers a guide to a new way for individuals to connect with the world. It will appeal to researchers and professionals working across the fields of psychology, environmental science, public health and public policy.Table of Contents1. An Introduction to the Complex Construct of Wellbeing, Societal Challenges and Potential Solutions2. Shifting the Paradigm of Positive Psychology: Toward an Existential Positive Psychology of Wellbeing3. Beyond Us: Building Collective Wellbeing4. Towards a Culture of Care for Societal Wellbeing: A Perspective from the Healthcare Sector5. ACTing for Society: The Promotion and Nurturance of Prosocial Behaviour at Scale6. The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Human and Planetary Wellbeing: Implications for Promoting Wellbeing, Tackling Anthropogenic Climate Change and Overcoming Biodiversity Loss7. A Modern Framework of Wellbeing from the Perspective of Positive Environments8. A Public Health Perspective on Wellbeing9. The Economics of Individual Wellbeing and the Transformation of Society10. Social and Material Foundations of Wellbeing: Beyond the Neoliberal Model of Development11. Discussion: Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science
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Springer International Publishing AG Project-Based Leisure: Toward Personal Well-Being
Book SynopsisThis short book discusses the relatively new concept of project-based leisure in leisure research, and relates it to individual and community well-being and quality of life. The book defines PBL as a short-term, reasonably complicated, one-off or occasional, though infrequent, creative undertaking carried out in free time, or time free of disagreeable obligation. Such leisure requires considerable planning, effort, and sometimes skill or knowledge. The book discusses how PBL contributes to subjective well-being, though doing so more modestly than serious leisure and occupational devotion. The book surveys existing field research of the author’s own and other studies, and provides original insights on how PBL activities can be used to generate community involvement and subjective well-being. Table of ContentsProject-Based Leisure: Theory and Application.- Opportune Activities.- Project-Based Leisure as Agreeable Obligation.- One-Off Contributions to the Community.- Sharing Project-Based Leisure.
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Springer International Publishing AG Flow Experience: Empirical Research and
Book SynopsisThis volume provides updates and informs the reader about the development of the current empirical research on the flow experience. It opens up some new research questions at the frontiers of the field. The book offers an overview on the latest findings in flow research in several fields such as social psychology, neuropsychology, performing arts and sport, education, work and everyday experiences. It integrates the latest knowledge on experimental studies of optimal experience with the theoretical foundation of psychological flow that was laid down in the last decades.Table of ContentsPreface.- PART I. Flow Experience: General Introduction.- Chapter 1. Flow and Psychological Selection; Antonella Delle Fave and Marta Bassi.- Part II. Flow in Arts and Sports.- Chapter 2. Finding Flow in Music Practice: An Exploratory Study about Self-Regulated Practice Behaviours and Dispositions to Flow in Highly Skilled Musicians; Ajauró M.V. and Heim C.F.- Chapter 3. The Experience of Flow in Artistic Creation; Tatiana Chemi.- Chapter 4. Flow in Sport; Christian Swann.- Chapter 5. Running and Flow. Does Controlled Running lead to Flow-States?: Testing the Transient Hypofrontality Theory; Oliver Stoll and Jan M. Pithan.- Part III. Flow, Creativity and Productivity.- Chapter 6. Flow in Creativity: A Review of Potential Theoretical Conflict; Genevieve M. Cseh.- Chapter 7. Intuition and Flow; Lauri Järvilehto.- Chapter 8. Flow at Work as a Moderator of the Self-Determination Model of Engagement; Daniela De Fraga and Giovanni B. Moneta.- Part IV. Flow in Education.- Chapter 9. The EduFlow Model: A Contribution Toward the Study of Optimal Learning Environments; Jeanne Heutte, Fabien Fenouillet, Jonathan Kaplan, Charles Martin-Krumm and Rémi Bachelet.- Chapter 10. Using ESM to Study Flow in a STEM Project; Frans Ørsted Andersen.- Chapter 11. Flow, Leisure, and Positive Youth Development; Teresa Freire, Dionísia Tavares, Eliana Silva and Ana Teixeira.- Part V. Flow in Every Day Experiences.- Chapter 12. Flow in the Context of Daily Experience Fluctuation; Marta Bassi and Antonella Delle Fave.- Chapter 13. Flow Within Everyday Emotions and Motivations: A Reversal Theory Perspective; Jon Wright.- Part VI. The Social Flow.- Chapter 14. Social Psychology of Flow: A Situated Framework for Optimal Experience; Marco Boffi, Eleonora Riva, Nicola Rainisio and Paolo Inghilleri.- Chapter 15. The Application of Team Flow Theory; Jef J.J. van den Hout, Orin C. Davis and Bob Walrave.- Chapter 16. New Technologies as Opportunities for Flow Experience: A Framework for the Analysis; Stefano Triberti, Alice Chiroco and Giuseppe Riva.- Part VII. Flow and Personality.- Chapter 17. Flow and Individual Differences: A Phenotypic Analysis of Data from More than 10,000 Twin Individuals; Fredrik Ullén, László Harmat, Töres Theorell and Guy Madison.- Chapter 18. Optimal Experience and Optimal Identity: A Multinational Examination at the Personal Identity Level; Yanhui Mao, Scott Roberts and Marino Bonaito.- Chapter 19. The Flow Experience in Clinical Settings: Applications in Psychotherapy and Mental Health Rehabilitation; Eleonora Riva, Teresa Freire and Marta Bassi.- Part VIII. Psychological Correlates of the Flow Experience.- Chapter 20. Experimental Paradigms to Investigate Flow-Experience and Its Psychophysiology - Inspired from Stress Theory and Research; Tahmine Tozman and Corinna Peifer.- Chapter 21. The Flow Experience Revisited: The Influence of Skills-Demands-Compatibility on Experiential and Psysiological Indicators; Johannes Keller.- Chapter 22. Towards a Neorobiological Understanding of Reduced Self-Awareness during Flow: An Occupational Science Perspective; Gaynor Sadlo.
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Springer International Publishing AG Economics of Happiness
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on what makes people happy. The author explains methods for measuring subjective life satisfaction and well-being by discussing economic and sociodemographic factors, as well as the psychological, cultural and political dimensions of personal happiness. Does higher income increase happiness? Are people in rich countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries, happier than those living elsewhere? Does losing one’s job make one unhappy? What is the role of genetic endowments inherited from our parents? How important are physical and emotional health to subjective life satisfaction? Do older people tend to be happier, or younger people? Are close social relationships necessary for happiness? Do political conditions, such as respect for human rights, democracy and autonomy, play a part? How can governments contribute to the population’s happiness? This book answers these questions on the basis of extensive interdisciplinary research reflecting the current state of knowledge. The book will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the various dimensions of personal well-being beyond the happiness-prosperity connection, as well as to policymakers looking for guidance on how to improve happiness in societies.Trade Review“Frey’s book is a good piece of scholarly work and leads readers to think about new developments such as the transition to a digital economy, rarely studied topics such as war (including such sub-topics as combat flow and afterglow post-traumatic stress disorder), prison inmates, the use of happiness pills, and complicated decision-making processes (cognitive biases) and their possible effect on the happiness of individuals.” (Devrim Dumludag, Journal of Economics, Vol. 126, 2019)“The book is well structured; after having a short introduction about the concept of happiness, we are guided through all the major economic questions, namely how to measure happiness, the possible determinants of happiness, and the relation of happiness to governments, consumption, management, religion, war, television and the digital world in general.” (Adam Tamas Tuboly, Journal of Economic Methodology, Vol. 26 (2), 2019)
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Social and Emotional Learning in Australia and
Book SynopsisAround the globe, there is a growing awareness of the importance of addressing students’ social and emotional development and wellbeing during schooling. Although the bulk of the work in this area has been conducted in North America and Europe, there is now a burgeoning interest in this topic in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific. This book is the first ever to provide a timely and important collection of diverse perspectives on and approaches to social and emotional learning in the Australian and Asia Pacific context. Adopting a broad view of social and emotional learning, the book explores positive psychology, belonging, teachers’ professional development, pre-service training and post-initial training in Australia and in neighbouring communities such as China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Fiji, and other Pacific nations. "Frydenberg, Martin, and Collie have provided an incredible service by bringing together in a single well planned scholarly volume an incredible and well balanced group of senior and early career cutting edge researchers from Australia, Asia and the Asia Pacific area tackling approaches and key issues of social and emotional learning. Their much needed volume links research on key factors, such as differing perspectives, measurement issues, the identification of at-risk children, teachers' social and emotional development, and these and other across the cultures of an increasingly vibrant and developing geographic region. It is indeed encouraging to gain the sense of depth and breadth of ongoing research that the volume gives. " John Roodenburg PhD FAPS MCEDP MCCOUNSP, Monash University Melbourne"Social and Emotional Learning is understood to be a crucial part of the school curriculum. This book covers the field, with a refreshing focus on work being done in Australia and in neighbouring countries. For school psychologists, the book helps us to understand how SEL can help at every level – from working with individuals, small groups, whole classes, or with the entire school. Our work with vulnerable students, individually or in small groups, is always more effective when embedded in the broader context of Social and Emotional Learning." Paul Bertoia FAPS MCEDP, Senior School Psychologist“This collected volume of researchers from Australia and the Asia-Pacific provides a thorough review of important educational, social, and emotional development issues for practitioners and researchers around the world. Readers will greatly benefit from the breadth and depth of treatment in each of the topics covered.”Kit-Tai Hau, PhD, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.Table of ContentsPerspectives from the Australian Context.- Introduction.- Positive Education in Australia: Practice, Research, Implications, and Future Directions.- School Belonging in Australia.- Social and Emotional Learning and Students’ Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement: The Roles of Need Satisfaction, Adaptability, and Buoyancy.- Assessment of SEL Learning Outcomes: A Review of the Literature.- Building Teacher Capacity to Promote Social and Emotional Learning in Australia.- Social-Emotional Learning and Teachers: Implications of Teachers’ Beliefs, Competence, and Well-being.- Section 2: Perspectives from the Asian Context.- SINGAPORE: Social Emotional Learning in Singapore Education: Theory, Research, and Practice in Singapore.- HONG KONG: Personal Best Goals and Social Emotional Learning in Hong Kong: Profiles, Antecedents, Correlates and Outcomes.- KOREA: The Character Education Promotion Act: Social Emotional Learning as a Solution for Adolescent Problems in Korea.- CHINA: Social Emotional Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice in China.- Section 3: Programs and Approaches from the Australian Context.- KidsMatter: Building the Capacity of Australian Primary Schools and Early Childhood Services to Foster Children’s Social and Emotional Skills and Promote Children’s Mental Health.- Respect for Culture - Social and Emotional Learning with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth.- Positive Approaches to Social and Emotional Learning in a School Context: The Mindfields High School Junior Program.- From Evidence to Practice: Preparing Teachers for Wellbeing.- The Geelong Grammar Positive Psychology Experience.- SEL Programs and Approaches that Have Worked: Successive Evaluations.- Measures of Success - Exploring the Importance of Context in the Delivery of Social Emotional Learning Programs in Australian Primary and Secondary Schools.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Psychological Perspectives on Identity, Religion
Book SynopsisThis book takes a social psychological perspective to study the ways in which identity, religious beliefs and well-being are related to and affect each other in the contemporary world. It simultaneously draws upon intellectual resources from the extant interdisciplinary literature to build connections within the broader societal context. In view of the social diversity and changes in post-globalization India, issues of identity, religion and well-being emerge as dynamic and vibrant aspects of social reality in both individual and group contexts, across age groups and genders. The current social-cultural-political scenario in the India, therefore, points to the need to investigate the outcome of personal and social well-being in relation to identity and religion. As contexts change, these issues take different shades and influence human conditions differentially. This book undertakes the investigation by going beyond the traditional tropes of behavioral science and discussing the dynamic interplay and confluence of socio-cultural-political variables in changing times. It draws from a large sample from the four major religious faiths in India—Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism—and enables readers to understand significant interactions among facets of identity (personal and social), religious beliefs and practices and well-being (personal and social) with age and gender in an important segment of the global population. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Facets of Identity.- 3. Religion , Identity and Well-being.- 4. The Challenge of Understanding Religious Diversity in India.- 5. The Problem and Approach.- 6. Religion and Self-construal.- 7. Religious beliefs and practices.- 8. Religion and Well-being.- 9. Patterns of Relationships.- 10. Conclusions and Implications.
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