Description
Topically organized, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing presents a highly engaging, up-to-date introduction to positive psychology. Authors William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman invite students to apply practices to their own lives, contexts, and experiences to ensure understanding. The text examines how positive psychology applies to stressors and health within such traditional research areas as developmental, clinical, personality, motivational, social, and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, the text offers perspectives on positive emotional states, research and theory on positive traits, coverage of positive institutions, and a look at the future of positive psychology. The Third Edition reflects significant growth in field with hundreds of new references and expanded content on topics including mindfulness, money and subjective well-being, and romantic love.
Author: William C. Compton, Edward L. Hoffman
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 02/18/2019
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781544322926
ISBN10: 1544322925
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Psychology | Clinical Psychology
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