Embracing Well-Being in Diverse African Contexts: Research Perspectives

by Guse, Tharina Schutte, Lusilda Wissing, Marié P.

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Full title :Embracing Well-Being in Diverse African Contexts: Research Perspectives / edited by Lusilda Schutte, Tharina Guse, Marié P. Wissing.

Summary

This is the first volume providing a research platform to showcase research in the field of positive psychology and well-being science in African contexts. Next to enhancing context-sensitive theory and practice on the African continent, it also contributes to the global discourse in positive psychology and facilitates the development of a science that reflects and is relevant to complexity and diversity in a globalising society. This volume brings together work from African scholars, featuring research on theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa, measurement of well-being in Africa, manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa, and well-being promotion in Africa. It stimulates further research in positive psychology and well-being science in the African context and globally, and emphasises the interconnectedness and situatedness of human functioning and well-being, contributing to a more balanced perspective on well-being in an international perspective. The volume benefits researchers, students and practitioners in Africa and other international contexts who study or apply the science of positive psychology and well-being in diverse contexts. Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. <p>< p="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </p>^.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Imprint: Springer, Springer International Publishing
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2022.

The Physical Object

Description:XIX, 423 p. 13 illus., 4 illus. in color. : online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030859244, 303085924X
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-85924-4
oclc:on1340458584
LC Classification:BF204.6
Dewey Decimal:150.1988

Preface -- Part I Theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa -- Chapter 1 Embracing Well-Being in Diverse Contexts: The Third Wave of Positive Psychology and African Imprint -- Chapter 2 Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology -- Chapter 3 Socially Influenced Health Norms: Their Construction and Enactment in African Culture Settings -- Part II Measuring well-being in Africa -- Chapter 4 Factorial Validity of the Twi Version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and Prevalence of Mental Health in a Rural Ghanaian Sample -- Chapter 5 Conceptualising and Measuring Hospitality in Relation to Wellbeing in Kenya: Is Hospitality a Character Strength? -- Chapter 6 The factor structure of the Peer and Community Relational Health Indices in two South African samples: A bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling approach -- Part III Manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa -- Chapter 7 Resilience in the Context of Chronic, Complex Stressors: An Emerging Adult's Account -- Chapter 8 Psychological Well-being among Yung People Living with HIV: Role of Social Support, Self-esteem and Socio-demographic Variables -- Chapter 9 Exploring Pr…