Includes bibliographic references and index

in English

Conceptual explorations: courage ; humility ; strengths ; eudaimonia ; work ; culture and identity ; purpose ; spirituality -- Experiments: positive emotion ; positive health ; relationships ; empathy ; culture and subjective well-being ; wealth and subjective well-being ; mindfulness ; forgiveness ; flow -- Self-reflections: gratitude ; curiosity ; happiness promotion ; hope ; materialism ; savoring ; motivation ; engagement. I. Conceptual Explorations -- -- Courage -- What Makes an Action Courageous? / Cynthia L.S. Pury -- Humility -- Humility, the Modest Strength / Robert A. Emmons -- Strengths -- Using a Strengths Approach to Build Perspective-Taking Capacity / Michelle C. Louis -- Eudaimonia -- Contrasting Two Conceptions of Happiness : Hedonia and Eudaimonia / Alan S. Waterman --Work -- The Value(s) of Work / Christopher Michaelson --Culture and Identity -- Integrating an Understanding of Cultural Context Into a Discussion of Positive Traits / Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti -- Purpose -- Understanding Purpose Through Interviews / Timothy S. Reilly and William Damon -- Spirituality -- Spiritual Struggles as a Fork in the Road to the Sacred / Maria R. Gear Haugen and Kenneth I. Pargament -- -- II. Experiments -- -- Positive Emotion -- How Positive Emotions Broaden and Build / Bethany E. Kok and Barbara L. Fredrickson -- Positive Health -- Heart Rate Variation With Positive Psychology Exercises / Sarah D. Pressman and Tara L. Kraft -- Relationships -- Capitalizing on Positive Events / Shelly L. Gable -- Empathy -- Perspective Taking and Prosocial Behavior : Caring for Others Like We Care for the Self / Michael W. Myers and Sara D. Hodges -- Culture and Subjective Well-Being -- Culture Influences the Ingredients of a Good Life and Conceptualizations of Happiness / Christie Napa Scollon, Derrick Wirtz, and Xuan-yi Wei -- Wealth and Subjective Well-Being -- Spending Money on Others Leads to Higher Happiness Than Spending on Yourself / Lara B. Aknin and Elizabeth W. Dunn -- Mindfulness -- Cultivating Mindfulness Through Listening / Shauna L. Shapiro and Timothy R. Mariels -- Forgiveness -- Teaching Forgiveness in Positive Psychology / Everett L. Worthington Jr., Aubrey L. Gartner, David J. Jennings II, and Don E. Davis -- Flow -- Flow and Optimal Learning Environments / David J. Shernoff and Brett Anderson -- -- III. Self-Reflections -- -- Gratitude -- Taking Care of Business With Gratitude / Philip C. Watkins, Amy Sparrow, and Amy C. Webber -- Curiosity -- Curiosity as a Social Lubricant : Transforming Conversations to Be Interesting, Engaging, and Meaningful / Todd B. Kashdan and Paul J. Silvia -- Happiness Promotion -- Using Mindful Photography to Increase Positive Emotion and Appreciation / Jaime L. Kurtz and Sonja Lyubomirsky -- Hope -- Hope Projects to One`s Future Self / Jeana L. Magyar-Moe -- Materialism -- A Teaching Tool for Disengaging From Materialism : The Commercial Media Fast / Yuna L. Ferguson and Tim Kasser -- Savoring -- The Savoring Expedition : An Exercise to Cultivate Savoring / Patrick R. Harrison, Jennifer L. Smith, and Fred B. Bryant -- Motivation -- Internalized Motivation in the Classroom / Kennon M. Sheldon -- Engagement -- Civic Engagement / Constance Flanagan and Brian D. Christens.

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