The best within us : positive psychology perspectives on eudaimonia
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The best within us : positive psychology perspectives on eudaimonia
American Psychological Association, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Best Within Us explores the many ways the philosophic concept of eudaimonia is being employed in psychology.
Eudaimonia is an ancient philosophy that today informs the field of positive psychology, specifically in the study of flourishing and the fulfillment of potentials, identity development, happiness, and well-being. Eudaimonic functioning not only yields quality of life benefits to the individual, it also contributes to caring, intimate personal relationships, and engagement in prosocial activities.
This book is for personality and social psychologists with teaching and research interests in positive psychology, happiness, well-being, self-acceptance and self-esteem, identity, meaning in life, self-determination and autonomy, and motivation. It is also for graduate students seeking research ideas pertaining to quality of life.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Considering the Nature of a Life Well Lived - Intersections of Positive Psychology and Eudaimonist Philosophy
Alan S. Waterman
Recipes for a Good Life: Eudaimonism and the Contribution of Philosophy
Valerie Tiberius
Feelings, Meanings and Optimal Functioning: Some Distinctions Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being
Joar Vitterso
What Humans Need: Flourishing in Aristotelian Philosophy and Self-Determination Theory
Richard M. Ryan, Randall R. Curren, and Edward L. Deci
Eudaimonic Well-Being and Health: Mapping Consequences of Self-Realization
Carol D. Ryff
Eudaimonic Identity Theory
Alan S. Waterman and Seth J. Schwartz
Individual Daimon, Universal Needs, and Subjective Well-Being: Happiness as the Natural Consequence of a Life Well Lived
Kennon M. Sheldon
Pursuing Eudaimonia Versus Hedonia: Distinctions, Similarities, and Relationships
Veronika Huta
Is Meaning in Life a Flagship Indicator of Well-Being?
Michael F. Steger, Joo Yeon Shin, Yerin Shim, and Arissa Fitch-Martin
Passion and Optimal Functioning in Society: A Eudaimonic Perspective
Robert J. Vallerand
The Importance of Who You Really Are: The Role of the True Self in Eudaimonia
Rebecca J. Schlegel, Kelly A. Hirsch, and Christina M. Smith
Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Meaning and Goals in Adulthood: Their Roots and Relations With Happiness
Antonella Delle Fave, Marie Wissing, Ingrid Brdar, Dianne Vella-Broderick, and Teresa Freire
Discovering Positive Lives and Futures: Adolescent Eudaimonic Expression Through Activity Involvement
J. Douglas Coatsworth and Erin Hiley Sharp
Human Strengths and Well-Being: Finding the Best Within Us at the Intersection of Eudaimonic Philosophy, Humanistic Psychology, and Positive Psychology
P. Alex Linley
Index
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