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Book SynopsisMajor Theoretical Questions Theories about subjective well-being have grown over the past several decades, but have been re ned only slowly as adequate data have been compiled to test them. We can characterize the theories describing happiness along several dimensions. The rst dimension is whether the theory places the locus of happiness in external conditions such as income and status, as many sociological theories do, or within the attitudes and temperament of the individual, as many psychological theories do. Some have maintained that people adapt to all circumstances over time, so that only individual personality matters for producing happiness, whereas others believe that economicandothersocietalfactorsarethedominantforcesinproducingwell-being. Throughout my writings there is a mix of both the internal and external factors that in uence well-being. A second dimension that characterizes scholarship on well-being is the issue of whether the factors affecting well-being are relative or absolute. That is, are there standards used by people at all times and places in judging their lives and in reacting to events? Or are standards dependent on what other people possess, on expec- tions,andonadaptationlevelsbasedonpastcircumstances?Again,thereisevidence supporting the role of both universal and relative standards. People around the globe are probably in uenced by common factors such as friendship versus loneliness, but even these universal in uences on happiness are probably subject to some degree of comparison depending on what the person is used to and what others have. However, some factors might be much more comparative than other in uences, as Hsee, Yang, Li, and Shen (in press) have described.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: “The Science of Well-Being, is a potpourri of papers—literature reviews and theory pieces—that overview the field that Diener helped establish. … Certainly academic researchers interested in well-being will find them extremely useful. … The audience should extend beyond research psychologists and include policy makers as well as interested members of the general public. … the collected works of Ed Diener are timely, impressive, and useful.” (Christopher Peterson, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 54 (50), 2009)Table of Contents1. Introduction - Diener 2. Subjective Well-Being - Diener 3. In Pursuit of Happiness: Empirical Answers to Philosophical Questions - Kesebir & Diener 4. Personality and Subjective Well-Being - Diener & Lucas 5. Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill: Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being - Diener, Lucas & Scollon 6.Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being? - Diener & Biswas-Diener 7. The Well-Being of Nations: Linking Together Trust, Cooperation, and Democracy - Tov & Diener 8. The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy? - Oishi, Diener & Lucas 9. Beyond Money: Toward an Economy of Well-Being - Diener & Seligman 10. Conclusion - Diener

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Book SynopsisWhat if happiness isn''t a distant dream, but a choice within your reach? Is there an effective way to tackle being demotivated by an intimidating world? Are you ready to abandon the fruitless quest for fleeting joy and discover the pleasure of being always content? Having enthralled millions with her captivating novels, bestselling author Savi Sharma answers the most searched question of our times: How do I achieve lasting happiness? Packed with true stories that are as moving as they are enriching, this uplifting book will inspire you to pursue your passions, fuel your ambitions and script your own destiny.

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Book SynopsisThe contributions gathered in this volume present the state of the art in key areas of current social ontology. They focus on the role of collective intentional states in creating social facts, and on the nature of intentional properties of groups that allow characterizing them as responsible agents, or perhaps even as persons. Many of the essays are inspired by contemporary action theory, emotion theory, and theories of collective intentionality. Another group of essays revisits early phenomenological approaches to social ontology and accounts of sociality that draw on the Hegelian idea of recognition. This volume is organized into three parts. First, the volume discusses themes highlighted in John Searle’s work and addresses questions concerning the relation between intentions and the deontic powers of institutions, the role of disagreement, and the nature of collective intentionality. Next, the book focuses on joint and collective emotions and mutual recognition, and then goes on to explore the scope and limits of group agency, or group personhood, especially the capacity for responsible agency.The variety of philosophical traditions mirrored in this collection provides readers with a rich and multifaceted survey of present research in social ontology. It will help readers deepen their understanding of three interrelated and core topics in social ontology: the constitution and structure of institutions, the role of shared evaluative attitudes, and the nature and role of group agents.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Contributions to Social Ontology—Institutions, Emotions, and Group Agents; Anita Konzelmann Ziv and Hans Bernhard Schmid.- Part I: Intentionality and Institutions.- Chapter 2. Document Acts; Barry Smith.- Chapter 3. Searlean Reflections on Sacred Mountains; Filip Buekens.- Chapter 4. Social Objects without Intentions; Brian Epstein.- Chapter 5. The Logical Form of Totalitarianism; Jennifer Hudin.- Chapter 6. Groups, Normativity and Disagreement; Rodrigo E. Sànchaz Brigido.- Chapter 7. Joint Actions, Social Institutions and Collective Goods: A Teleological Account; Seumas Miller.- Chapter 8. Three Types of Heterotropic Intentionality: A Taxonomy in Social Ontology; Francesca De Vecchi.- Part II: Shared Emotions and Recognition.- Chapter 9. Emergence and Empathy; Ronald De Sousa.- Chapter 10. The Functions of Collective Emotions in Social Groups; Mikko Salmela.- Chapter 11. Feelings of Being-Together and Caring With; H. Andrés Sànchez Guerrero.- Chapter 12. Joining the Background: Habitual Sentiments behind We-Intentionality; Emanuele Caminada.- Chapter 13. Collective Intentionality and Recognition from Others; Arto Laitinen.- Chapter 14. The Conditions of Collectivity: Joint Commitment and the Shared Norms of Membership; Titus Stahl.- Part III: Collective Reasons and Group Agency.- Chapter 15. Acting Over Time, Acting Together; Michael E. Bratman.- Chapter 16. How Where We Stand Constrains Where I Stand: Applying Bratman’s Account of Self-Governance to Collective Action; Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko.- Chapter 17. Team Reasoning and Shared Intention; Abraham Sesshu Roth.- Chapter 18. Collective Intentionality and Practical Reason; Juliette Gloor.- Chapter 19. The SANE Approach to Real Collective Responsibility; Sara Chant.- Chapter 20. Are Individualist Accounts of Collective Responsibility Morally Deficient?; András Szigeti.- Chapter 21. Can Groups Be Autonomous Rational Agents? A Challenge to the List-Pettit-Theory; Vuko Andric.- Chapter 22. Direct and Indirect Common Belief; Emiliano Lorini and Andreas Herzig.​

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of the Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health features theory-driven reviews of recent research with a comprehensive approach to the investigation of the ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members and the lives of those who have been diagnosed as having a mental illnessThe award-winning Handbook is distinctive in its focus on how the organization and functioning of society influences the occurrence of mental disorder and its consequences. A core issue that runs throughout the text concerns the differential distribution of mental illness across various social strata, defined by status characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. The contributions to this volume shed light on the social, cultural, and economic factors that explain why some social groups have an elevated risk of disorder. They also address the social repercussions of mental disorder for individuals, including stigmatization within the larger society, and for their families and social networks.The second edition of this seminal volume includes substantial updates to previous chapters, as well as seven new chapters on: -The Individual’s Experience of Mental Illness.--The Medicalization of Mental Illness.---Age, Aging, and Mental Health.- -Religion and Mental Health.- -Neighborhoods and Mental Health.- -Mental Health and the Law—and Public Beliefs about Mental Illness. Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition:“Aneshensel, Phelan, and Bierman have compiled an anthology of academic essays showing how mental illness plays out within these social spaces … . the handbook project is readable, and as comfortable with theory as with the complex human qualities of mental illness. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (E. A. Danto, Choice, Vol. 51 (6), February, 2014) Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1. The Sociology of Mental Health: Surveying the Field; Carol S. Aneshensel.- I. CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS.- Chapter 2. Listening to Voices: Patient Experience and the Meanings of Mental Illness; David A. Karp and Lara B. Birk.- Chapter 3. Mental Illness as Psychiatric Disorder; Martha L. Bruce amd Patrick J. Raue.- Chapter 4. The Medicalization of Mental Disorder; Peter Conrad and Caitlin Slodden.- Chapter 5. Public Beliefs about Mental Illness; Jason Schittker.- Chapter 6. The Sociological Study of Mental Illness:A Critique and Synthesis of Four Perspectives; Allan V. Horwitz.-II. METHODOLOGY.- Chapter 7. Issues in Mental Health Assessment; Galan E. Switzer, Mary Amanda Dew and Evelyn J. Bromet.- Chapter 8. Analyzing Associations between Mental Health and Social Circumstances; John Mirowsky.- III. THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS.- Chapter 9. Overview of Descriptive Epidemiology of Mental Disorders; Ronald C. Kessler.- Chapter 10. Age, Aging and Mental Health; Kenneth F. Ferraro and Lindsay A. Rinaldo.- Chapter11. Social Stratification, Social Closure and Social Class as Determinants of Mental Health Disparities; Charles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Christophe Vanroelen, Sharon Christ, and William W. Eaton.- Chapter 12. Social Stratification and Inequality; Jane D. McLeod.- Chapter 13. Race, Nativity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health; Tony N. Brown, Katharine M. Donato, Mary Therese Laske, and Ebony M. Duncan.- Chapter 14. Gender and Mental Health; Sarah Rosenfield and Dawne Mouzon.- IV. SOCIAL ANTECEDENTS.- Chapter15. Social Stress in the 21st Century; Blair Wheaton, Shirin Montazer, Marisa Young, and Catherine Stuart.- Chapter 16. Current Issues and Future Directions in Research into the Stress Process; Leonard I. Pearlin and Alex Bierman.- Chapter 17. Social Relations, Social Integration, and social Suppoort; J. Blake Turner.- Chapter 18. Self, Identity, Stress and Mental Health; Peggy A. Thoits.- Chapter 19. The Sense of Personal Control: Social Structural Causes and Emotional Consequences; Catherine E. Ross and John Mirowsky.- V. INSTITUTIONAL ANTECEDENTS.- Chapter 20. Family Status and Mental Health: Recent Advances and Future Directions; Debra Umberstone, Mieke Beth Thomeer, and Kristi Williams.- Chapter 21. The Sociology of Work and Well-Being; Mark Tausig.- Chapter 22. Religion and Mental Health; Scott, Schieman, Alex Bierman, and Christopher G. Ellison.- Chapter 23. Neighborhood Context and Mental Health; Terrence D. Hill and David Maimon.- VI. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES.- Chapter 24. The Social Dynamics of Responding to Mental Health Problems: Past, Present and Future Challenges to Understanding Individuals' Use of Services; Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer and Tait R. Medina.- Chapter 25. Labeling and Stigma; Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan.- Chapter 26. The Impact of Mental Illness on the Family; William R. Avison and Jinette Comeau.- Chapter 27. Mental Health and the Law; Virginia Aldigé Hiday and Heathcote W. Wales.- VII. SOCIAL CONTINUITIES.- Chapter 28. Life Course Perspectives on Mental Health; Linda K. George.- Chapter 29. Mental Illness as a Career: Sociological Perspectives; Carol S. Aneshensel.-

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Book SynopsisThis casebook provides an overview of two increasingly related aspects of contemporary applied psychology: the exploration of computer-based psychological assessment strategies across cultures and the cross-cultural generalization of psychological constructs and procedures, particularly psychological assessment. In particular, the book is devoted to exploring the cultural generalizability in a Chinese context of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and the use of the Minnesota Report for the MMPI-2, the most widely used computer-based MMPI-2 interpretive system. Clinical case examples highlight the cultural convergences and divergences in the use of the Chinese version of the MMPI-2 and the Minnesota Report.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains the latest computational intelligence methodologies and applications. This book is a collection of selected papers presented at International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Intelligent Systems (SCIS 2021), held in Jaipur, India, during February 5–6, 2021. It includes novel and innovative work from experts, practitioners, scientists, and decision-makers from academia and industry. It covers selected papers in the area of artificial intelligence and intelligent systems, intelligent business systems, machine intelligence, computer vision, Web intelligence, big data analytics, swarm intelligence, and related topics.Table of ContentsOntological Simulation of Quality Test Concepts in Seafood Domain.- Moroccan Stock Market Prediction Using LSTM Model on A Daily Data.- A Fog-Cloud Computing assisted Lung-Cancer Diagnosis System using Deep Learning.- Performance Analysis of Power System Stability of Four Machine System by Using MBPSS and Static Compensator.- Performance Analysis of Sigmoid and Relu Activation Functions in Deep Neural Network.- CNC_Vision: Integrated Tool for Automated Creation of 2D Profiles for CNC Machine

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Book SynopsisThis book on business psychology—particularly organizational leadership—crosses industries, continents, and business environments: it includes 45 précis on emerging theories of leadership; ethical and cultural considerations; group and team leadership; leadership self-development; management philosophy and practice; organizational diagnosis and cultural dynamics; personality and lifespan in the workplace; professional development; qualitative research methods; psychological, socio-cultural, and political dimensions of organizations; the role of technology in organizations; strategic change management; and systems theory. The material ranges widely but is pithy: each précis offers in easy bites the latest "take" on the subject, drawing from popular textbooks, recommended readings, case studies, group exercises, personal experience, and self-reflection; each was written as a key to understanding and change with an eye to re-imagining leadership in the 21st century. Both rigorously researched and entertaining, this book addresses the fast-changing realities of organizational leadership in domestic and international settings across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors: it will serve as a valuable quick-access resource for practitioners and students.Table of ContentsEthical and Relational Leadership.- Paradox and Neuroscience: Emerging Theories of Leadership.- Personal Leadership Development Plans: Essentials and Practicum.- Personal Philosophy of Leadership.- Personal Philosophy of Leadership (2nd Edition).- Review of Situational Leadership® After 25 Years - A Retrospective.- Ethics: My Own Perspective.- Life-Markers and Personal Values.- Reflections on Four Case Studies in Ethics.- The Self in Teams.- The Self in Teams (Coda).- The Self in Teams (Continued).- Establishing Your Fundamental Self.- The Challenges of Learning from Experience.- The Full Range Leadership Model: Essentials and Practicum.- A Taxonomy of Management Theories.- Mintzberg's Managing: Implications for Coaching and Training.- Mintzberg's Model of Managing: Random Thoughts from an Observation.- Synergizing the Competing Values Framework and the Six-Box Model.- Blustein's Psychology of Working: A Very Short Introduction.- Contextual Factors in Working.- Developing Expert Leadership.- Identity Processes in Leader Development.- Leader Development Through Work Experience.- Moral Development for Authentic Leadership Effectiveness.- Seven Entries on 21st Century Working.- The Reflective Judgment Model: What Role in Leader Development?.- Analyzing the Logic of Articles and Textbooks: Essentials and Practicum.- Reading Research Articles.- Scholarly Argument: Linking Doctoral Research to Practice.- Critical Psychology and Organizations: The Case of the United Nations.- Development of Critical Psychology.- Minority Population Analysis: The Aeta of the Philippines.- Minority Populations: There Are More Than Meets the Eye.- Book Analysis of Interviewing as Qualitative Research (Seidman, 2013).- Research Concept Paper for Leading Organizations of the Future.- Change Management Strategy in Action: Independent Evaluation for Learning.- Schein's Process Consultation: Three Reactions.- Five Notes on Systems Theory.- Idealized Design for Virtual Teaming: A Modest Proposal.- Idealized Design: Three Reactions.- Mental Models In and Of Organizations.- The Learning Organization Needs No Apology.- Planning and Driving a Digital Strategy.- Information and Communication Technology in Organizations: An Evolutionary Perspective.

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