Embracing well-being in diverse African contexts : research perspectives

Embracing well-being in diverse African contexts : research perspectives / Lusilda Schutte, Tharina Guse, Marié P. Wissing, editors.

This is the first volume providing a research platform to showcase research in the field of positive psychology and well-being science in African contexts. Next to enhancing context-sensitive theory and practice on the African continent, it also contributes to the global discourse in positive psycho...

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Other Authors: Schutte, Lusilda (Editor), Guse, Tharina (Editor), Wissing, Marié P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Series:Cross-cultural advancements in positive psychology ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Well-being > Africa.
Positive psychology > Africa.
Positive psychology
Well-being
Benestar.
Psicologia positiva.
Africa
Àfrica.
Llibres electrònics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I Theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 1 Embracing Well-Being in Diverse Contexts: The Third Wave of Positive Psychology and African Imprint
  • Chapter 2 Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology
  • Chapter 3 Socially Influenced Health Norms: Their Construction and Enactment in African Culture Settings
  • Part II Measuring well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 4 Factorial Validity of the Twi Version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and Prevalence of Mental Health in a Rural Ghanaian Sample
  • Chapter 5 Conceptualising and Measuring Hospitality in Relation to Wellbeing in Kenya: Is Hospitality a Character Strength?
  • Chapter 6 The factor structure of the Peer and Community Relational Health Indices in two South African samples: A bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling approach
  • Part III Manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 7 Resilience in the Context of Chronic, Complex Stressors: An Emerging Adults Account
  • Chapter 8 Psychological Well-being among Yung People Living with HIV: Role of Social Support, Self-esteem and Socio-demographic Variables
  • Chapter 9 Exploring Protective Resources that Facilitate Positive Outcomes Among Married Girls in the Northern Region of Ghana
  • Chapter 10 Factors Contributing to Student Wellbeing: Student Perspectives
  • Chapter 11 Nature and Role of Student Hope and Meaning in Goal Setting: Implications for Higher Education in South Africa
  • Chapter 12 Virtues and Character strengths, Subjective Well-being and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Study with Angolan University Students
  • Chapter 13 Adult Attachment and Well-Being in the Medical Education Context: Attachment Security is Associated with Psychological Well-being through Self-Efficacy
  • Chapter 14 Exploration of Harmony as a Quality of Happiness: Findings from South Africa and Ghana
  • Chapter 15 Concordance of Goals and Meaning with Reference to the Interpersonal Relationships Domain: Associations with Sociodemographic Variables and Well-being in a Multicultural South African Group
  • Part IV Well-being promotion in Africa
  • Chapter 16 Positive Psychological Interventions in African Contexts: A Scoping Review
  • Chapter 17 Community-based Interventions to Improve Well-being of Youth in a High-risk Community in South Africa: Researchers Experiences and Implementation Outcomes.

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