Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
by Diener, Ed; Biswas-Diener, RobertEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-09-16
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness. shares the results of three decades of research on our notions of happiness covers the most important advances in our understanding of happiness offers readers unparalleled access to the world's leading experts on happiness provides "real world" examples that will resonate with general readers as well as scholarsWinner of the 2008 PSP Prose Award for Excellence in Psychology, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers
Author Biography
Ed Diener. Ph.D., is the Joseph R. Smiley Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a senior scientist for the Gallup Organization.
Robert Biswas-Diener, Program Director at the Center for Applied Positive Psychology (UK) and part-time lecturer at Portland State University, lives in Milwaukie, Oregon. He is known as the “Indiana Jones of positive psychology” for his research on subjective well-being in remote cultures around the world.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiv |
| Understanding True Wealth | p. 1 |
| Psychological Wealth: The Balanced Portfolio | p. 3 |
| Two Principles of Psychological Wealth | p. 13 |
| Happy People Function Better | p. 27 |
| Health and Happiness | p. 29 |
| Happiness and Social Relationships: You Can't Do Without Them | p. 47 |
| Happiness at Work: It Pays To Be Happy | p. 68 |
| Causes of Happiness and Genuine Wealth | p. 89 |
| Can Money Buy Happiness? | p. 91 |
| Religion, Spirituality, and Happiness | p. 112 |
| The Happiest Places on Earth: Culture and Well-Being | p. 127 |
| Nature and Nurture: Is There a Happiness Set Point, and Can You Change It? | p. 145 |
| Our Crystal Balls: Happiness Forecasting | p. 165 |
| Take AIM on Happiness: Attention, Interpretation, and Memory | p. 182 |
| Putting It All Together | p. 205 |
| Yes, You Can Be Too Happy | p. 207 |
| Living Happily Ever After | p. 221 |
| Measuring Psychological Wealth: Your Well-Being Balance Sheet | p. 234 |
| Epilogue: About the Science of Happiness | p. 244 |
| Further Reading | p. 254 |
| References | p. 256 |
| Index | p. 278 |
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