Table of Contents

1. Introduction ; SECTION 1: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HAPPINESS ; 2. Introduction to Psychological Approaches to Happiness ; 3. The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions: Form, Function and Mechanisms ; 4. The Endowment-Contrast Model: A Lens for Happiness Research ; 5. Past, Present and Future of Flow ; 6. Emotionally Intelligent Happiness ; 7. Religious Engagement and Well-Being ; 8. Positive Psychological Experiences and Psychopathology: A Self-Regulatory Perspective ; 9. The Rewards of Happiness ; 10. Happiness Experienced: The Science of Subjective Well-Being ; SECTION 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS OF HAPPINESS ; 11. Introduction to Psychological Definitions Of Happiness ; 12. Notions of the Good Life ; 13. Subjective Well-Being ; 14. Measuring Happiness and Subjective Well-Being ; 15. Eudaimonia ; 16. What Makes for a Life Well Lived?: Autonomy and its relation to full functioning and organismic wellness ; 17. Functional Well-Being: Happiness as feelings, evaluations, and functioning ; SECTION 3: PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES TO HAPPINESS ; 18. Introduction to Philosophical Approaches to Happiness ; 19. The Pursuit of Happiness in History ; 20. Happiness in Early Chinese Thought ; 21. Continental Contributions to our Understanding of Happiness and Suffering ; 22. The Seductions of Happiness ; 23. The Nature and Significance of Happiness ; 24. Philosophical Methods in Happiness Research ; 25. Happiness and its Opposites ; SECTION 4: SPIRITUAL APPROACHES TO HAPPINESS ; 26. Introduction to Spiritual Approaches to Happiness ; 27. A Buddhist View of Happiness ; 28. Relational Buddhism: An integrative psychology of happiness amidst existential suffering ; 29. Well-being from the Hindu/Sanatana Dharma Perspective ; 30. Flourishing Through Meditation and Mindfulness ; 31. Heaven on Earth: beneficial effects of sanctification for individual and interpersonal wll-being ; 32. Quieting the Mind and Low Arousal Routes to Happiness ; SECTION 5: HAPPINESS AND SOCIETY ; 33. Introduction to Happiness and Society ; 34. Economics and the Study of Individual Happiness ; 35. Comparing Well-Being Across Nations: Conceptual and empirical issues ; 36. The Geography of Happiness ; 37. Well-Being in Consumer Societies ; 38. Well-being and Sustainable Development ; 39. Well-being and Public Policy ; SECTION 6: POSITIVE EDUCATION ; INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE EDUCATION ; 41. Education and Well-being ; 42. Should Education have Happiness Lessons? ; 43. Wellbeing and Resilience in Education ; 44. Happiness in the Classroom ; 45. Applying Happiness and Well-Being Research to the Teaching and Learning Process ; 46. Resilience Education ; 47. Teaching for Wisdom ; 48. Going Beyond the Accidental: Happiness, education, and the Wellington College Experience ; 49. Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School ; SECTION 7: HAPPINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS ; 50. An Introduction to Happiness and Organizations ; 51. Virtuousness as a Source of Happiness in Organizations ; 52. How Work Shapes Well-Being ; 53. Work Design and Happiness: An Active, Reciprocal Perspective ; 54. Jobs and Job-Holders: Two Sources of Happiness and Unhappiness ; 55. Managing Psychological Capital in Organizations: Cognitive, affective, conative and social mechanisms of happiness ; 56. Reflected Best Self Engagement at Work: Positive identity, alignment, and the pursuit of vitality and value creation ; 57. Encouraging Employee Happiness ; 58. Executive Well-Being ; SECTION 8: RELATIONSHIPS AND HAPPINESS ; 59. Introduction to Relationships and Happiness ; 60. Close Relationships and Happiness ; 61. Adult Attachment and Happiness: Individual differences in the experience and consequences of positive emotions ; 62. Perceived Social Support and Happiness: The role of personality and relational processes ; 63. Friendship and happiness ; SECTION 9: DEVELOPMENT, STABILITY AND CHANGE OF HAPPINESS ; 64. Introduction to Development, Stability and Change of Happiness ; 65. An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Happiness ; 66. Set-Point Theory May Now Need Replacing: Death of a paradigm? ; 67. Variety is the Spice of Happiness: The hedonic adaptation prevention (HAP) model ; 68. Promotion and Protection of Positive Mental Health: Towards complete mental health in human development ; 69. Post-traumatic Growth: Eudaimonic Happiness in the Aftermath of Adversity ; 70. Creating a Stable Architectural Framework of Existence: Proposing a Model of Lifelong Meaning ; SECTION 10: HAPPINESS INTERVENTIONS ; 71. Introduction to Happiness Interventions ; 72. Increasing Happiness in the General Population: Empirically Supported Self-Help? ; 73. Positive Psychology in Practice: Positive psychotherapy ; 74. Happiness in Valued Living: Acceptance and commitment therapy as a model for change ; 75. Coaching and Well-Being: A brief review of existing evidence, relevant theory and implications for practitioners ; 76. Mindfulness and Cultivating Well-Being in Older Adults ; 77. Well-Being Therapy: Theoretical background, clinical implications and future directions ; 78. The Collaborative Recovery Model: Developing positive institutions to facilitate recovery in enduring mental illness ; 79. Conclusion: The future of happiness

About the Author

Dr Susan David is a founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard University. She holds Bachelors, Honours, two Masters Degrees, and a PhD in Psychology. She completed her postdoctoral studies at Yale University, USA and the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on employee engagement, emotional skills, leadership, and coaching effectiveness. She has been awarded sixteen prizes and scholarships, including two for research on emotions in coaching and wellbeing. As the co-chair of the Institute of Coaching's Research Forum, she convenes an annual gathering of global leaders in coaching with the directive of advancing the research and application of coaching in organisations. She was an invited member of the Harvard/World Economic Forum Breakthrough Ideas meeting, and is a frequent guest contributor to Harvard Business Review's best practice articles.

Ilona Boniwell is a Principal Lecturer in Positive Psychology at the University of East London, UK and the Programme Leader for the first Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) in Europe. She also instructs on the Executive Certificate in Positive Leadership at l'Ecole Centrale Paris and carries out research in collaboration with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Her research and applied interests include: psychology of time, resilience, eudaimonic well-being and applications of positive psychology to leadership, coaching and education. Ilona received her PhD from the Open University. Prior to joining UEL, she worked at Oxford Brookes and City Universities.

Dr Boniwell founded the European Network of Positive Psychology, organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology (June 2002, Winchester) and was the first vice-chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), currently serving as its board member.

Amanda Conley Ayers holds a Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology (MAPP) program where she investigated positive psychology and meaning in life under the direction of Dr. Martin Seligman. For 5 years she has been a researcher with Evidence Based Psychology, a leadership development and management consultancy focused on providing strategic advice in the areas of positive leadership development and people practices. In this role she researched the underpinnings and impact of emotional skills, employee engagement, resilience, coaching, and leadership on individual and organizational excellence. Prior to joining the Evidence Based Psychology team, she was a researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, USA.

Reviews

This handbook will be useful to academics, practitioners, teachers, students, and all those interested in theory and research on human happiness. R. B. Stewart Jr., CHOICE ...instead of relying upon others' opinions and advice on what makes them happy, or trying to figure out for yourself how to find happiness, I believe that a better method is to look at the facts and research outcomes presented in this book.[It] contains up-to-date information from "happiness research;" provides descriptions of the various components of happiness including importantly, eudaimonia; uses a multi-disciplinary approach to what constitutes happiness; gives you the theoretical basis of happiness, as well as how it is measured and developed; and offers suggestions on how you can apply the findings from research to your own personal situation. Finally, we have a science of happiness revealed in this book for your benefit! Bizindia, May 2013 With 10 sections and 79 chapters, the handbook has something for anyone that is interested in the study and application of happiness. It also provides an opportunity to revisit existing areas of interest, or a jumping off point to explore new areas, all with the intent to expand readers' "learning edge." Doody's Notes, May 2013