Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures Social Empowerment through Personal Growth

Psychological Selection and Optimal Experience Across Cultures Social Empowerment through Personal Growth / by Antonella Delle Fave, Fausto Massimini, Marta Bassi.

Studies on well-being derive from two main perspectives: hedonism and eudaimonism. The former emphasizes the human search for pleasure and satisfaction while the latter focuses on fulfillment of one’s true nature that includes both self-actualization and commitment to socially shared goals. Operatin...

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Main Authors: Delle Fave, Antonella (Author), Massimini, Fausto (Author), Bassi, Marta (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 2
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Positive psychology.
Quality of life.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I Theory and methods
  • Chapter 1: Hedonism and eudaimonism in positive psychology
  • Chapter 2: Biology, culture and human behavior
  • Chapter 3: Psychological selection and optimal experience
  • Chapter 4: Instruments and methods in flow research
  • Chapter 5: The phenomenology of optimal experience in daily life
  • Chapter 6: Optimal experience and meditation: Western and Asian approaches to well-being
  • Part II Applications
  • Chapter 7: Optimal experience across cultures
  • Chapter 8 Work: A paradox in flow research
  • Chapter 9: Free time: an opportunity for growth, recreation, or stagnation
  • Chapter 10: Relationships: safe harbor for flow explorers
  • Chapter 11: Education, learning and cultural transmission
  • Chapter 12: Optimal experience and religious practice
  • Chapter 13: Acculturation and optimal experience
  • Chapter 14: Flow and health: a bio-psycho-social perspective
  • Chapter 15: Psychosocial maladjustment and mimetic flow
  • References
  • Epilogue.   .

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