Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 369 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1590 g
Social Empowerment Through Personal Growth
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 369 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1590 g
Reihe: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology
ISBN: 978-90-481-9875-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
People grow and live in cultures that deeply influence their values, aspirations and behaviors. However, individuals in their turn play an active role in building their own goals, growth trajectories and social roles, at the same time influencing culture trends. This process, defined psychological selection, is related to the individual pursuit of well-being People preferentially select and cultivate in their lives activities, interests, and relationships associated with optimal experience, a state of deep engagement, concentration, and enjoyment. Several cross-cultural studies confirmed the positive and rewarding features of optimal experience. Based on these evidences, this book offers a new perspective in the study of human behavior. Highlighting the interplay between individual and cultural growth trajectories, it conveys a core message: educating people to enjoy engagement and involvement in activities that can be relevant and meaningful for social welfare is a premise to foster the harmonious development of human communities, and the peaceful cohabitation of cultures.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnopsychologie, Kulturpsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction.- Part I Theory and methods.- Chapter 1: Hedonism and eudaimonism in positive psychology.- Chapter 2: Biology, culture and human behavior.- Chapter 3: Psychological selection and optimal experience.- Chapter 4: Instruments and methods in flow research.- Chapter 5: The phenomenology of optimal experience in daily life.- Chapter 6: Optimal experience and meditation: Western and Asian approaches to well-being.- Part II Applications.- Chapter 7: Optimal experience across cultures.- Chapter 8 Work: A paradox in flow research.- Chapter 9: Free time: an opportunity for growth, recreation, or stagnation.- Chapter 10: Relationships: safe harbor for flow explorers.- Chapter 11: Education, learning and cultural transmission.- Chapter 12: Optimal experience and religious practice.- Chapter 13: Acculturation and optimal experience.- Chapter 14: Flow and health: a bio-psycho-social perspective.- Chapter 15: Psychosocial maladjustment and mimetic flow.- References.- Epilogue.