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מסע אל האושר : הפילוסופיה, הפסיכולוגיה והמתמטיקה של האושר / יורם קירש ; [עריכה - רותי נויגרטן].
קירש, יורם, 1945-
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The happiness compass
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How happy are you? This naive question proved to be so powerful as to shake up social sciences and attract the attention of media and policy makers around the globe. Everybody wants to be happy. Thanks to the recent progress in measuring subjective well-being, social sciences have asserted that people's own evaluation about their well-being must be taken seriously. The opportunity of measuring happiness in a consistent and reliable way provides new impulse to a joint effort from a variety of disciplines to improve people's quality of life and potentially change the way modern societies are org
| Title |
The happiness compass : theories, actions and perspectives for well-being / Francesco Sarracino, editor. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's |
| Creation Date |
2013 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
""THE HAPPINESS COMPASS: THEORIES, ACTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR WELL-BEING"" ""THE HAPPINESS COMPASS: THEORIES, ACTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR WELL-BEING"" ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data"" ""CONTENTS"" ""PREFACE"" ""REFERENCES"" ""ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS"" ""PART I. PSYCHOLOGY OF WELL-BEING"" ""Chapter 1: INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING PREDICT PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING: BEYOND THE BIG FIVE"" ""ABSTRACT"" ""INTRODUCTION"" ""THE STRUCTURE AND CORRELATES OF LAY CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING"" ""LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING RESEARCH"" ""PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH""""METHOD"" ""RESULTS"" ""CONCLUSION"" ""LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS"" ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS"" ""Chapter 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE AND HAPPINESS: A STUDY AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES IN ISRAEL"" ""DEFINING AND MEASURING HAPPINESS"" ""DEFINING AND MEASURING PERSONALITY"" ""PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE THEORY AND HAPPINESS"" ""RESEARCH QUESTION"" ""METHODS"" ""DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION"" ""Chapter 3: HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED STABLE EXTRAVERSION: TESTING EYSENCK�S THESIS AMONG THREE SAMPLES IN AUSTRALIA""""ABSTRACT"" ""Chapter 4: LOVE AS THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS"" ""INTRODUCTION: THE MANY FACES OF LOVE"" ""THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOVE AND HUMAN HAPPINESS ALONG THE LIFE SPAN"" ""ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE HAPPINESS � PERHAPS EVEN TOO MUCH?"" ""KEYS TO HAPPINESS IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS"" ""LOVE DOES NOT RETIRE"" ""CONCLUSION: LOVE MAY BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE HAPPINESS BUT NOT PERFECTION""""REFERENCES"" ""Chapter 5: LOVE OF LIFE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS"" ""LOVE OF LIFE AS A NEW CONCEPT"" ""PERSONALITY AND SWB"" ""METHOD"" ""DISCUSSION"" ""APPENDIX"" ""Chapter 6: SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIP, CROSS-SEX FRIENDSHIP, PERSONALITY AND HAPPINESS: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON"" ""EMERGING ADULTHOOD IN TURKEY AND THE U.S."" ""PERSONALITY AND HAPPINESS"" ""FRIENDSHIP""""FRIENDSHIP AND HAPPINESS"" ""CULTURE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING"" ""THE PRESENT RESEARCH"" ""PART II. ACTIONS FOR WELL-BEING"" ""Chapter 7: HAPPINESS DECREASES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON EARLY ADOLESCENTS"" ""MEASURING CHILDREN�S HAPPINESS"" ""PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS"" ""SCHOOL-RELATED FACTORS"" ""SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS"" ""DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS"" ""TRANSITION FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE"" ""Chapter 8: CHILDHOOD CORRELATES OF PROTRACTED LIFE DISSATISFACTION: NOT ALL ADVERSITY HURTS THE SAME"" |
| Series |
Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions |
| Extent |
1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997012334656505171 |
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