Life goals and well-being : towards a positive psychology of human striving

Life goals and well-being : towards a positive psychology of human striving / Peter Schmuck & Kennon M. Sheldon, editors.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schmuck, Peter, 1956-, Sheldon, Kennon M. (Kennon Marshall)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, c2001.
Subjects:
Goal (Psychology)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Life goals and well-being: to the frontiers of life goal research / Peter Schmuck, Kennon M. Sheldon
  • pt. 1. Goal perceptions and well-being
  • Self-concordance model of healthy goal striving: when personal goals correctly represent the person / Kennon M. Sheldon
  • Person/society value congruence and well-being: the role of acculturation strategies / Claudia Stromberg, Klaus Boehnke
  • Future time perspective and subjective well-being in adolescent samples / Zbigniew Zaleski, Anna Cycoń, Alexandre Kurc
  • pt. 2. Goal content and well-being
  • Agency- and communion-orientation in life goals: impacts on goal pursuit strategies and psychological well-being / Karin Pöhlmann
  • Values and well-being: the mediating role of worries / Klaus Boehnke, Daniel Fuss, Mandy Rupf
  • Aspirations and well-being in old age / Sylvie Lapierre ... [et al.]
  • Be careful what you wish for: optimal functioning and the relative attainment of intrinsic and extrinsic goals / Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic life goals preferences as measured via inventories and via priming methodologies: mean differences and relations with well-being / Peter Schmuck
  • Self-focused goals: what they are, how they function, and how they relate to well-being / Katariina Salmela-Aro, Riikka Pennanen, Jari-Erik Nurmi
  • Life values and mental health in adolescence / Patricia Cohen, Jacob Cohen
  • pt. 3. Ecological goals and well-being
  • Relationship between "protecting the environment" as a dominant life goal and subjective well-being / Swantje Eigner
  • Eco-activism and well-being: between flow and burnout / Sven Sohr
  • Conclusion
  • Suggestions for healthy goal striving / Kennon M. Sheldon, Peter Schmuck.

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