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Author:   Charles T. Hill ,  Kâmile Bahar Aydın
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783032064301

ISBN 10:   3032064309
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   07 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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1. INTRODUCTION: Why was this book written?.- PART I - THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO WELL-BEING.- 2. What are the components of well-being?.- 3.  How are human needs relevant to well-being?.- 4.  How are relationships relevant to well-being?.- 5.  How are cultures relevant to well-being?.- 6.  How is time relevant well-being?.- PART II - COMPARISONS OF ROMANTIC PARTNERS AND SINGLES.- 7. What statistics are used in the analyses?.- 8.  The Boston Couples Study and its follow-ups.- 9.  The Multiple Identities Study.- 10.  The Intimate Relationships Across Cultures Study.- 11. The Importance of Possessions Study.- 12.  The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Study.- PART III - WAYS OF PROMOTING WELL-BEING.- 13. How can individuals promote well-being?.- 14. How can communities promote well-being?.- 15. How can therapists promote well-being?.- 16. How can researchers promote well-being?.

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Charles T. Hill is Professor of Psychology at Whittier College, California, USA, where he won the Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award.  He has a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University, an M. A. in Sociology and an M. S. in Physics from the University of Washington, and a B. A. in Physics from the Honors College at the University of Oregon. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Association, and the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. K. Bahar Aydın is Associate Professor of Psychology at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye. She has a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Ankara, Türkiye, and was a research scholar at Georgia State University, USA. She has founded Singles Counseling Theory (2017). She is the founder and president of the Singles Counseling Association, and she is a member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.

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