Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-138-83976-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Introduction
Part I – Happiness and Wellbeing
Chapter one: Concepts of happiness and wellbeing
1.1. Happiness: subjective or objective?
1.2. Different accounts of wellbeing: hedonism, eudemonia, preference satisfaction, objective list account.
1.3. Can we measure happiness?
Chapter two: How to be happy
2.1. Wealth, religious or political affiliation
2.2. Identity and relatedness
2.3. Experience: joy and flow
Chapter three: The meaningful life
3.1. Mortality and boredom
3.2. Family life
3.3. Consumerism and existentialism
Chapter four: Happiness, rationality and wise choices
4.1. Epistemic and pragmatic rationality
4.2. Positive illusions and enhanced memories
4.3. Intuition and reflection in decision making
Chapter five: Happiness and adversities
5.1. Resilience
5.2. Wellbeing and the environment
5.3. Places of safety and therapeutic environments
Part II – Disease, distress and disability
Chapter six: Concepts of disease, distress and disability
6.1. Diseased bodies and disordered minds
6.2. Disability
6.3. Distress and loss of control
Chapter seven: Illness, disability and happiness
7.1. Happiness in chronic illness
7.2. Happiness and disability
7.3. Post-traumatic growth
Chapter eight: Health and the self
8.1. Health, autonomy and emotions
8.2. False and fragmented selves
8.3. Story-telling and physical and psychological health
Chapter nine: Recovery
9.1. Adaptation and acceptance
9.2. Redemption narratives
9.3. Agency lost and regained
Chapter ten: Benefits and costs of illness
10.1. Emotional benefits and costs
10.2. Cognitive benefits and costs
10.3. Adaptive advantages
Conclusion
References