文档介绍：Title: Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived.
Author(s): Keyes, Corey L. M., (Ed), Emory U, Atlanta, GA, US. Haidt, Jonathan, (Ed), U Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, US.
Publisher Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association, 2003. xx, 335 pp.
Information:
ISBN: 1-55798-930-3
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Publication Edited Book
Type:
Subjects: Health; Positive Psychology; Positivism; Psychology; Well Being; Happiness; Satisfaction
Language: English
Abstract: The purpose of this volume is to begin to study "that which makes life worthwhile," and to
investigate some possible mechanisms for promoting the ranks of healthy, productive,
happy, and flourishing individuals. The authors categorize the volume's four sections and
indicate wherein each chapter falls. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights
reserved)
Table of
Contents: Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword: The past and future of positive psychology [by] Martin E. P. Seligman
Introduction: Human flourishing--the study of that which makes life worthwhile
Corey L. M. Keyes and Jonathan Haidt
I. Rise to life's challenges
Flourishing under fire: Resilience as a prototype of challenged thriving
Carol D. Ryff and Burton Singer / 15-36
Turning points as opportunities for psychological growth
Elaine Wethington / 37-53
Optimism and flourishing
Christopher Peterson and Edward C. Chang / 55-79
II. Engage and relate
The construction of meaning through vital engagement
Jeanne Nakamura and Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi / 83-104
Personal goals, life meaning, and virtue: Wellsprings of a positive life
Robert A. Emmons / 105-128
Toward a positive psychology of relationships
Harry T. Reis and Shelly L. Gable / 129-159
III. Find fulfillment in creativity and productivity
Creativity and genius
Vincent J. Cassandro and Dean K