Table of Contents

Part 1: The Definition and Measurement of Psychological Wealth. Chapter 1: Definition. Chapter 2: Measurement. Part 2: The Psychological Wealth of Individuals. Chapter 3: Material Wealth. Chapter 4: Relational Wealth. Chapter 5: Personality. Chapter 6: Interventions. Chapter 7: Benefits of Psychological Wealth. Chapter 8: Optimal levels of Psychological Wealth. Part 3: The Psychological Wealth of Society. Chapter 9: What is a Good Society? Chapter 10: Material Wealth and Psychological Wealth of Nations Chapter 11: Psychological Wealth of Nations: Beyond Material Wealth. Chapter 12: Happy People, Happy Society? Part 4: Summary and Conclusions. Chapter 13: Summary and Conclusion.

About the Author

Shigehiro Oishi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. A personality and social psychologist, he is also an Associate Editor for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology .

Reviews

"This book is successful in its aim of providing an overview of happiness research that is linked to the psychological wealth of nations and addressing various angles on questions of conceptualization and measurement." (P sycCRITIQUES , 6 February 2013)