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Flourishing positive psychology and the life well-lived /

by Keyes Corey L. M.

Synopsis

Psychology has made great strides in understanding mental illness, but how much has it learned about mental health? When people want to reflect upon the good life and how to live it, they turn to philosophers and novelists, not psychologists. The emerging field of positive psychology aims to redress this imbalance. In Flourishing, distinguished scholars apply scientific analyses to study the good life, expanding the scope of social and psychological research to include happiness, well-being, courage, citizenship, play, and the satisfactions of healthy work and healthy relationships. Their findings reveal that a sense of meaning and a feeling of richness emerge in life as people immerse themselves in activities, relationships, and the pursuit of intrinsically satisfying goals like overcoming adversity or serving one's community through volunteering.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2003
ISBN-13 9781557989307
ISBN-10 1557989303
Class Copyright
Publisher American Psychological Association
Subject PSYCHOLOGY
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 332
Shelf No. HB519