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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dmitry Leontiev (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9780367738914ISBN 10: 0367738910 Pages: 126 Publication Date: 18 December 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Positive psychology in search for meaning: An introduction Dmitry A. Leontiev 2. Personal meaning: A challenge for psychology Dmitry A. Leontiev 3. On knowing more than we can tell: Intuitive processes and the experience of meaning Samantha J. Heintzelman and Laura A. King 4. Assessing meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events: Measurement tools and approaches Crystal L. Park and Login S. George 5. Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, Jennifer L. Aaker and Emily N. Garbinsky 6. Sources and motives for personal meaning in adulthood Antonella Delle Fave, Ingrid Brdar, Marié P. Wissing and Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 7. The mind’s eye: A photographic method for understanding meaning in people’s lives Michael F. Steger, Yerin Shim, Brenna R. Rush, Libby A. Brueske, Joo Yeon Shin and Leslie A. Merriman 8. Predicting meaning in work: Theory, data, implications Tatjana Schnell, Thomas Höge and Edith Pollet 9. Pride and the experience of meaning in daily life Jeanne NakamuraReviews'Positive Psychology in Search for Meaning reads and flows well, harnessing a structure that compels further reading with an interlocking and complementary approach to chapter organisation. The title follows the convention of academic journal writing and is well supported by empirical evidence, yet remains largely accessible, to the credit of the writers. The text is most suited for those with a background understanding of positive psychology and interest in wider philosophical questions of the human experience – but is equally accessible to curious newcomers to the field. An interesting interpretation of established and modern psychological principles.'- Rory McDonald, The Psychologist, June 2015 'Positive Psychology in Search for Meaning reads and flows well, harnessing a structure that compels further reading with an interlocking and complementary approach to chapter organisation. The title follows the convention of academic journal writing and is well supported by empirical evidence, yet remains largely accessible, to the credit of the writers. The text is most suited for those with a background understanding of positive psychology and interest in wider philosophical questions of the human experience - but is equally accessible to curious newcomers to the field. An interesting interpretation of established and modern psychological principles.'- Rory McDonald, The Psychologist, June 2015 Author InformationDmitry Leontiev, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., is head of the International research lab of positive psychology of personality and motivation at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. He is also Professor of Psychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia. Professor Leontiev has numerous publications in the psychology of personality and motivation and meaning. He won the Promotional Award of the Victor Frankl Foundation in 2004 and was distinguished in 2014 as an Honorary member of the Society of Logotherapy and existential analysis of Viktor Frankl Institute, Vienna. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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