Art-of-living : a concept to enhance happiness /: a concept to enhance happiness. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernhard Schmitz.
• Authors: Schmitz, Bernhard, 1950-
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Ways for Living a Good Life; References; 1 Introduction: Advantages of Using the Concept Art-of-Living; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Background: Veenhoven's Discrimination for Ways to Lead a Good Life and its Results; 1.2 Criteria for Happiness as Indirect Advice for Ways to Achieve Happiness; 1.2.1 Subjective Well-Being (SWB); 1.2.2 Psychological Well-Being (PBW); 1.2.3 Eudaimonia and Hedonia; 1.2.4 Flourishing; 1.3 Research to Ways of Living a Good Life; 1.3.1 Veenhoven's Classic Views; 1.3.2 Wisdom; 1.3.3 Self-Determination Theory (SDT). 1.3.4 Strengths and Virtues1.3.5 Orientations to Happiness (OTH); 1.3.6 Conclusion: Research About Ways to Happiness; 1.4 Behavior and Strategies to Enhance Well-Being; 1.4.1 Fordyce; 1.4.2 Happiness Increasing Strategies (HIS); 1.4.3 Happiness Inducing Behaviors (HIB); 1.4.4 Meta-Analyses of Interventions of PP; 1.4.5 Conclusion; 1.5 Our Own Concept: Overview; 1.5.1 Our Criteria for a Concept for Art-of-Living; 1.5.2 Philosophical Background: Wilhelm Schmid; 1.5.2.1 Body; 1.5.2.2 Soul; 1.5.2.3 Mind; 1.5.3 Our Model of the Art-of-Living; 1.6 Summary and Conclusion; References. 2 Development of a Questionnaire Measuring Art-of-Living2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Questions Regarding the Concept; 2.1.2 Questions Regarding the Instrument and Its Validity, Reliability and Factorial Structure; 2.1.3 Sequence of Studies; 2.2 Study 1: Preliminary Combined Qualitative and Quantitative Survey: How Do People Think About Art-of-Living?; 2.2.1 Method Study 1; 2.2.2 Results of Study 1; 2.2.2.1 Research Question 1, 2, 3; 2.3 Study 2: The Questionnaire Measuring Art-of-Living; 2.3.1 Method of Study 2; 2.3.1.1 Art-of-Living Questionnaire; 2.3.1.2 Sample; 2.3.1.3 Measures for Validation. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)Social Desirability; 2.3.2 Results of Study 2; 2.3.2.1 Overall Art-of-Living-Score; 2.3.2.2 Demographic Variables; 2.3.2.3 Research Questions 5, 6, and 7; 2.3.2.4 Research Questions 8 and 9; 2.3.2.5 Research Question 4: Are There Different Types of Art-of-Living?; 2.3.2.6 Research Question 2: Can Art-of-Living Be Learned?; 2.3.2.7 Research Question 3: Is There Only One Way to Live a Full Life?; 2.4 Discussion Study 1 and 2; 2.4.1 Limitations Study 1 and 2; 2.4.2 Outlook Study 1 and 2; 2.5 Study 3; 2.5.1 Art-of-Living Questionnaire: Revised Edition. 2.5.1.1 Was the Revision's Outcome Satisfactory?2.6 Study 4; 2.6.1 A Shortened Form of the Art-of-Living Questionnaire; 2.7 Overall Discussion; References; 3 Validation Studies for Art-of-Living; 3.1 Relationships of Art-of-Living to Different Constructs of Well-Being; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.1.1 Concept of Authentic Happiness (AHI); 3.1.1.2 Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS); 3.1.1.3 Depression; 3.1.2 Method; 3.1.2.1 Sample; 3.1.2.2 Instruments; Authentic Happiness Inventory (AHI); Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS); Questionnaire for Psychological Wellbeing (PWB).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 158; Psychology; Happiness; Quality of life -- Research; Social indicators; PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- General; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness; SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success; Happiness; Quality of life -- Research; Social indicators; Psychology; Positive Psychology; Quality of Life Research; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social issues & processes; Psychology -- Movements -- General; Humanistic psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319453248; 3319453246
• Related ISBNs: 9783319453231; 3319453238
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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