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The Psychological Wealth of Nations

Do Happy People Make a Happy Society?

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Buch | Hardcover
260 Seiten
2012
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-9211-8 (ISBN)
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What exactly does it mean to be "happy"? Can we measure it? And if individuals are happy, does this necessarily make for a more content and healthy society? In answering these questions and others, The Psychological Wealth of Nations reviews the range of scientific research related to individual and societal happiness.
The Psychological Wealth of Nations reviews the range of new scientific research related to individual and societal happiness.



Presents a comprehensive review of happiness, from conceptual and measurement issues to an exploration of predictors and consequences of happiness
Explores the psychology and economics of happiness and examines the correlations between societal wealth, productivity, and happiness in different countries
Offers compelling insights into the ways individual happiness impacts the psychological wealth of overall society
Features a highly interdisciplinary approach, with considerations of philosophy, sociology, economics, political sciences, as well as psychology

Shigehiro Oishi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. A personality and social psychologist, he is also an Associate Editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Part 1: The Definition and Measurement of Psychological Wealth. Chapter 1: Definition.

Chapter 2: Measurement.

Part 2: The Psychological Wealth of Individuals.

Chapter 3: Material Wealth.

Chapter 4: Relational Wealth.

Chapter 5: Personality.

Chapter 6: Interventions.

Chapter 7: Benefits of Psychological Wealth.

Chapter 8: Optimal levels of Psychological Wealth.

Part 3: The Psychological Wealth of Society.

Chapter 9: What is a Good Society?

Chapter 10: Material Wealth and Psychological Wealth of Nations

Chapter 11: Psychological Wealth of Nations: Beyond Material Wealth.

Chapter 12: Happy People, Happy Society?

Part 4: Summary and Conclusions.

Chapter 13: Summary and Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.2.2012
Reihe/Serie Contemporary Social Issues
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 236 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-4051-9211-9 / 1405192119
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-9211-8 / 9781405192118
Zustand Neuware
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