ISBN:
9789400744059
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 622 p. 14 illus, digital)
Edition:
2nd ed. 2012
Series Statement:
Social Indicators Research Series 50
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Quality of Life
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Psychology, clinical
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
Quality of Life
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Psychology, clinical
Abstract:
The second edition will be an update and further elaboration of the literature related to subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. It will have a new substantial section that focuses on reviewing much of the literature of subjective well-being within specific life domains (social life, material life, leisure life, work life, community life, spiritual life, family life, health life, sex life, travel life, etc.) In the 1st edition the research in these various life domains was discussed only briefly. The second edition will maintain the same organizational structure of the first edition; that is, Part 1 will focus on introduction (definitions and distinctions; examples of measures of subjective well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction; and motives underlying subjective well-being). Part 2 will focus on psychological strategies that are allow people to optimize subjective well-being by engaging in psychological processes related to the relationship between and among life domains (e.g., social life, family life, love life, spiritual life, community life, financial life, etc.) This part will contain four chapters related to these various inter-domain processes: bottom-up spillover, top-down spillover, horizontal spillover, and compensation. Part 3 of the book will focus on intra-domain psychological strategies designed to optimize subjective well-being. These include re-evaluation based on personal history, re-evaluation based on self-concept, re-evaluation based on social comparison, goal selection, goal implementation and attainment, and re-appraisal. Part 4 of the book will focus on balance processeshow people attempt to create balance in their lives using psychological processes within specific life domains (intra-domain strategies) and processes that relate one domain to another (inter-domain strategies).
Description / Table of Contents:
The Psychology of Quality of Life; Preface; Contents; Author Biography; Part I: Introduction; References; Chapter 1: Philosophical Foundations, Definitions, and Measures; 1 Happiness Is Both a Philosophical and Psychological Concept; 2 Happiness as a Strong and Universal Motive; 3 Bentham Versus Aristotle; 4 Three Philosophical Views of Happiness; 4.1 Psychological Happiness (Hedonic or Emotional Well-Being); 4.1.1 Psychological Happiness as Positive and Negative Affect; 4.1.2 Psychological Happiness as Hedonic Sensations of Momentary Pleasures
Description / Table of Contents:
4.1.3 Psychological Happiness as Neuronal Chemical Release of Dopamine in the Brain4.1.4 Psychological Happiness as Utility; 4.1.5 Psychological Happiness as Emotional Well-Being; 4.1.6 Philosophical Objections to Happiness as Sensory Hedonism; 4.2 Prudential Happiness (Life Satisfaction or the Cognitive Component of Subjective Well-Being); 4.2.1 Prudential Happiness as Life Satisfaction; 4.2.2 Prudential Happiness as Domain Satisfaction; 4.2.3 Prudential Happiness as Flow and Engagement; 4.2.4 Prudential Happiness as Desire Satisfaction; 4.2.5 Prudential Happiness as Attitudinal Pleasure
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 Perfectionist Happiness (Eudaimonia or Psychological Well-Being)4.3.1 Perfectionist Happiness as Eudaimonia; 4.3.2 Perfectionist Happiness as Purpose and Meaning in Life; 4.3.3 Perfectionist Happiness as Positive Mental Health or Flourishing; 4.3.4 Perfectionist Happiness as Satisfaction of the Full Spectrum of Human Needs (Basic and Growth Needs); 5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Further Distinctions Among Major Subjective QOL Concepts; 1 Subjective Versus Objective QOL; 2 Inputs Versus Outcomes of QOL; 3 Inner Versus Outer Aspects of QOL; 4 Happiness Versus Life Satisfaction
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Subjective Well-Being as an Umbrella Concept5.1 Cognitive Versus Affective; 5.2 Positive Versus Negative; 5.3 Short Term Versus Long Term; 6 Subjective Well-Being Versus Eudaimonia; 7 Subjective Well-Being Versus Psychological Well-Being; 8 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Consequences of Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia; 1 QOL Effects on Health; 2 QOL Effects on Achievement and Work; 3 QOL Effects on Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Trust, and Future Happiness; 4 How Much Happiness Is Optimal?; 5 Happiness Is Adaptive; 6 Summary; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Part II: Objective Reality and Its Effects on Subjective QOLReferences; Chapter 4: Effects of Socioeconomic, Political, Cultural, and Other Macro Factors on QOL; 1 A Theoretical Model Linking Socioeconomic, Political, and Cultural Factors with QOL; 2 Macro Effects on QOL; 2.1 Economic Effects on QOL; 2.2 Political Effects on QOL; 2.3 Sociocultural Effects on QOL; 3 Summary; References; Chapter 5: Effects of Income and Wealth on Subjective QOL; 1 Effect of Wealth on Subjective QOL: Individual Level and Short Term; 2 Effect of Wealth on Subjective QOL: Individual Level and Long Term
Description / Table of Contents:
3 Effect of Wealth on Subjective QOL: National Level and Short Term
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-4405-9
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