The Pursuit of Happiness

Between Prosperity and Adversity
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-43712-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

The Pursuit of Happiness: Between Prosperity and Adversity looks at activities, practices, and experiences that are instrumental in changing one’s level of well-being. This book was originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hermans, Hubert J. M.

Meijers, Frans

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Pursuit of Happiness 2. Finding Happiness and Wellbeing in the Face of Extreme Adversity 3. Renewal and Multi-Voicedness: In Search of Narrative Conscience 4. Minimalist Life Orientations as a Dialogical Tool for Happiness 5. The Search for Inner Silence as a Source for Eudemonia 6. Creating Space for Happiness to Emerge: The Processes of Emotional Change in the Dialogical Stage Model 7. Honesty and Genuine Happiness: Or Why Soft Healers Make Stinking Wounds (Dutch proverb) 8. Functions of Internal Temporal Dialogues 9. Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy: An Integration of Positive Psychology and Psychotherapy 10. The Effect of Positive Psychology Interventions on Hope and Wellbeing of Adolescents Living in a Child and Youth Care Centre 11. The Broader Aims of Career Development: Mental Health, Wellbeing and Work 12. Happiness Is Not A Luxury: Interview with Ed Diener

Über Autor(innen)

Hubert J.M. Hermans is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is a Creator of Dialogical Self Theory and honorary president of the International Society for Dialogical Science.

Frans Meijers was an Associate Professor at The Hague University, the Netherlands, and a Co-editor of the Journal of Guidance and Counselling, International Symposium Series.