Positive Psychology

Book Review: The search for fulfillment: revolutionary new research that reveals the secret to long-term happiness by Susan Krauss Whitbourne

A Book Review of The search for fulfillment: revolutionary new research that reveals the secret to long-term happiness by Susan Krauss Whitbourne.

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Subjective temporal trajectories for subjective well-being

Based on Diener’s (Diener E. (1984). Subjective well-being....

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Maturity is explicit: Self-importance of traits in humanitarian moral identity

Development of humanitarian moral identity may correspond with the growing self-importance of moral traits.  This study considered the extent to which moral traits become explicit in novice and expert humanitarian moral identity narratives....

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Coaching with self-determination in mind: Using theory to advance evidence-based coaching practice

The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However a review of the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively uninformed by relevant psychological theory....

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Book Review: The pursuit of happiness: a review of ''Buddha's Brain''

A Book Review of The pursuit of happiness: a review of ''Buddha's Brain'' by Rick Hanson.

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Is a life without meaning satisfying? The moderating role of the search for meaning in satisfaction with life judgments

Results from two studies revealed that the relation between meaning in life and life satisfaction was moderated by the extent to which the rater was searching for meaning in his or her life....

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Book Review: Curious? by Todd Kashdan

Curious?, by Todd Kashdan, New York, William Morrow, 2009, 352 pp by Acacia C. Parks, Department of Psychology, Reed College

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Transhumanism and the Wisdom of Old Genes: Is Neurotechnology a Source of Future Happiness?

Technological progress seems to open ways for redesigning the human organism. This means that the affective system that is built into the brain by evolution...

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Diminishing Returns to Income Companionship - and Happiness

From philosophical and intuitive sources I find three goods that should serve as ultimate ends in assessing a high quality of life: subjective well-being human development and justice....

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How happy can you be? - Movie Review

Movie Review: How happy can you be?, Icarus Films, Brooklyn, NY, USA. DVD (2006), 52 minutes, US$390. www.icarusFilms.com

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