Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science (eBook)

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Flourishing and Wellbeing

Andrew H. Kemp, Darren J. Edwards (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XXIII, 168 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-18329-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book brings together leading researchers on wellbeing science to provide a multidisciplinary approach to psychological wellbeing with implications for the interconnected societal challenges we face today, including loneliness, neoliberalism, inequality and anthropogenic climate change. Its authors present new and innovative models for understanding, building and improving our understanding of the complex construct of wellbeing. The capacity for individual positive change is explored, as well as the scope for such change to impact on the communities and environments within which we live. Further, the book places individual wellbeing within a broader context that also addresses societal needs and challenges. In doing so, it provides a novel synthesis of individual, societal and environmental perspectives on wellbeing and human flourishing.

In the face of an urgent need to build stronger, sustainable and more resilient communities, this book demonstrates how wellbeing science can link the individual with the community through appropriate health and wellbeing policies and offers a guide to a new way for individuals to connect with the world. It will appeal to researchers and professionals working across the fields of psychology, environmental science, public health and public policy.

Andrew H. Kemp is Professor of Psychology and Personal Chair at Swansea University, Wales. Dr Kemp's research are broad in scope, spanning affective neuroscience through to epidemiology and public health. His current research interests relate to existential positive psychology, wellbeing science and climate psychology. He has received awards and fellowships from the British Psychological Society (2019) and the Association for Psychological Science (2017), and a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Melbourne (2019) in recognition of academic leadership, creative scholarship and innovative contributions to the field.

Darren J. Edwards is a BPS Chartered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in The Department of Public Health at Swansea University, Wales. Dr Edwards has considerable experience both as a researcher and trainer of ACT. His published work includes several policy briefs for the Welsh Government and The Textbook of Health and Social Care (Co-edited with Stephanie Best 2020).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 168 p. 8 illus., 4 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy • economics of wellbeing • global measures of wellbeing • Human Flourishing • nature connectedness • Neoliberalism • positive psychology • positive psychology of sustainability • psychological wellbeing • psychophysiological index of wellbeing • public health perspective of wellbeing • resilient communities • Societal challenges • Sustainable Development Goals • the healthcare sector and wellbeing • wellbeing science
• ISBN-10: 3-031-18329-0 / 3031183290
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-18329-4 / 9783031183294