This volume looks at the most successful existing strategies to promote wellbeing and mental health. It examines the latest research in the science of wellbeing and discusses the practical implications for improved learning, creativity, productivity, relationships, and health.
Using an evidence-based approach and case studies from a wide range of life domains, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing examines the most successful existing strategies to promote wellbeing and mental health.
* Discusses the results of the latest research in the science of wellbeing and their implications for improved learning, creativity, productivity, relationships, and health
* Covers interventions for individuals across the lifespan, as well as those for organizations, communities, and entire populations
* Looks at policy initiatives and approaches with a focus on the integration of new technology and the role of the media
* Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Editors ix
Contributors xi
Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xiii
Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xxvii
Introduction to this Volume xxxv
1 The State of Wellbeing Science: Concepts, Measures, Interventions, and Policies 1
Felicia A. Huppert
Part 1 Individual and Group Interventions across the Life Course 51
2 Parenting Interventions to Promote Wellbeing and Prevent Mental Disorder 53
Sarah Stewart-Brown
3 Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools 93
Katherine Weare and Melanie Nind
4 An Exploration of the Effects of Mindfulness Training and Practice in Association with Enhanced Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Practice 141
Christine Burke
5 MindMatters: Implementing Mental Health Promotion in Secondary Schools in Australia 185
Louise Rowling and Trevor Hazell
6 A Systematic Review of Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace 221
Czes aw Czabä a and Katarzyna Charzy ska
7 Wellbeing Begins with ''We'': The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Interventions that Increase Social Closeness 277
Bethany E. Kok and Barbara L. Fredrickson
8 The Experience Corps ® : Intergenerational Interventions to Enhance Wellbeing Among Retired People 307
George W. Rebok, Michelle C. Carlson, Kevin D. Frick, Katherine D. Giuriceo, Tara L. Gruenewald, Sylvia McGill, Jeanine M. Parisi, William A. Romani, Teresa E. Seeman, Elizabeth K. Tanner, and Linda P. Fried
9 Enhancing Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing in Older People: Important Concepts and Effective Psychosocial Interventions 331
Anna K. Forsman, Eija Stengå rd, and Kristian Wahlbeck
Part 2 Interventions to Create Positive Organizations and Communities 355
10 Wellbeing as a Business Priority: Experience from the Corporate World 357
Catherine Kilfedder and Paul Litchfield
11 The Power of Philanthropy and Volunteering 387
Sara Konrath
12 Community Change: The Complex Nature of Interventions to Promote Positive Connections 427
Sue Roffey and Jacqueline Barnes
13 The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Active Labor Market Programs 465
Adam P. Coutts, David Stuckler, and David J. Cann
Part 3 The Policy Perspective 483
14 Creating Good Lives Through Computer Games 485
Daniel Johnson, Peta Wyeth, and Penny Sweetser
15 Retooling for Wellbeing: Media and the Public's Mental Health 511
Marten W. deVries
16 Policy and Wellbeing: The U. K. Government Perspective 541
David Halpern
17 Measuring what Matters 561
Juliet Michaelson, Charles Seaford, Saamah Abdallah, and Nic Marks
18 Mental Health and Wellbeing at the Top of the Global Agenda 599
Eva Jané -Llopis, Peter Anderson, and Helen Herrman
19 How can Subjective Wellbeing be Improved? 611
John F. Helliwell
Index 633
