Well-Being

This interdisciplinary book indicates the need to address well-being from individual, community and social perspectives in an integrated manner. The book complements the harm-based focus of much social scientific research into health. Chapters by a wide range of academics present a new dynamic view of well-being for the Twenty-First Century.

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: J. Haworth & G. Hart PART 1 Positive Psychology and the Development of Well-Being; J. Henry Individual Development and Community Empowerment: Suggestions from Studies on Optimal Experience; A. Delle Fave Webs of Well-Being: The Interdependence of Personal, Relational, Organizational and Communal Well-Being; I. Prilleltensky & O. Prilleltensky Health, Well-Being and Social Capital; J. Sixsmith & M. Boneham Psychology in the Community; C. Kagan & A. Kilroy Art, Health and Well-Being; D. Haley & P. Senior Sense and Solidarities: Politics and Human Well-Being; Perri 6 PART 2 Is Well-Being Local or Global? A Perspective from Ecopsychology; J. Pickering Societal Inequality, Health and Well-Being; D. Ballas, D. Dorling & M. Shaw A Life Course Approach to Well-Being; S. Hatch, F. Huppert, R. Abbott, T. Croudace, G. B. Ploubidis, M. E. J. Wadsworth, M. Richards & D. Kuh Organizational Commitment: A Managerial Illusion? ; M. White Well-Being, Paid Work and Personal Life; S. Lewis & C. Purcell Work, Leisure and Well-Being in Changing Social Conditions; J. Haworth Friendship, Trust and Mutuality; R. Pahl Index