Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and researches some of the most difficult and painful experiences. This textbook explores a variet…
Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and researches some of the most difficult and painful experiences. Second Wave Positive Psychology…
Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and researches some of the most difficult and painful experiences. This textbook explores a variet…
Positive psychology is currently equated with theory and research on the positive aspects of life. The reality could not be further from the truth. Positive psychology investigates and researches some of the most difficult and painful experiences. This textbook explores a variet…
There is a prominent discourse in academic literature, and society at large, that presents men as ‘damaged and damage doing’ (Mac an Ghaill and Haywood, 2012: 483). Incorporated within this idea is the notion that ‘masculinity’ itself is problematic and represents a ‘risk factor…
by Lomas, Tim
fromMIT Press Ser
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Mapping Well-Being -- Experiential Cartography -- The Impact of Language and Culture -- Exploring Well-Being -- 2 Feelings -- Introduction -- Positive Feelings -- Ambivalent Feelings -- Summary -- 3 Relationships -- Introduction -- Love -- Proso…
How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being-from the Finnish 'sisu' to the Yiddish 'mensch'-can enrich our emotional understanding and experience.0Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from…
How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being - from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch - can enrich our emotional understanding and experience. Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from…
Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this frame of reference? Certain terms not easily translatable into English - for example, nirvāṇa (from Sanskrit), or agápē (from Classical Gre…
