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Title A life worth living : contributions to positive psychology / edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Series in positive psychology
Series in positive psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Positive psychology traditions in classical European psychology / Csaba Pléh -- The Values in Action (VIA) classification of strengths / Christopher Peterson -- Positive personality development : approaching personal autonomy / Dmitry Leontiev -- Spirituality : recent progress / Robert A. Emmons -- The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions / Barbara L. Fredrickson -- Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal and Peter Salovey -- Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry -- Adaptive resources in later life : tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment / Jochen Brandtstädter -- The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life : a central issue for health professionals / Antonella Delle Fave -- What works makes you happy : the role of personal goals in life-span development / Jari-Erik Nurmi and Katariina Salmela-Aro -- Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser -- Getting older, getting better? recent psychological evidence / Kennon Sheldon -- Afterword: breaking the 65 percent barrier / Martin E.P. Seligman.
Summary "A Life Worth Living brings together the latest historical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives on what matters for personal happiness and well-being and demonstrates that subjective experience can be studied scientifically and measured accurately."--Jacket.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Positive psychology.
Positive psychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly.
Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega.
Other Form: Print version: Life worth living. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195176790 (DLC) 2005027911 (OCoLC)61724430
ISBN 9780198039273 (electronic book)
0198039271 (electronic book)
128084499X
9781280844997
0195176790 (Cloth)
9780195176797