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BL
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712211
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b534400
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| Title & Author
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A life worth living : : contributions to positive psychology /\ edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006
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| Series Statement
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Series in positive psychology
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| Page. NO
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ix, 253 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0195176790 (cloth)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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Positive psychology traditions in classical European psychology / Csaba Pléh -- The Values in Action (VIA) classification of strengths / Christopher Peterson -- Positive personality development : approaching personal autonomy / Dmitry Leontiev -- Spirituality : recent progress / Robert A. Emmons -- The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions / Barbara L. Fredrickson -- Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal and Peter Salovey -- Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry -- Adaptive resources in later life : tenabious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment / Jochen Brändstadter -- The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life / Antonella Delle Fave -- What works makes you happy : the role of personal goals in life-span development / Jari-Erik Nurmi and Katariina Salmela-Aro -- Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser -- Getting older, getting better? recent psychological evidence / Kennon Sheldon -- Afterword: breaking the 65 percent barrier / Martin E. P. Seligman
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| Abstract
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"A Life Worth Living brings together the latest historical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives on what matters for personal happiness and well-being and demonstrates that subjective experience can be studied scientifically and measured accurately."--Jacket
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| Subject
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Positive psychology
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| Dewey Classification
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150.19/8
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| LC Classification
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BF204.6.L54 2006
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| Added Entry
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Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
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