Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of

Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness. shares the results of three decades of research on our notions of happiness covers the most important advances in our understanding of happiness offers readers unparalleled access to the world's leading experts on happiness provides "real world" examples that will resonate with general readers as well as scholarsWinner of the 2008 PSP Prose Award for Excellence in Psychology, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers

Ed Diener. Ph.D., is the Joseph R. Smiley Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a senior scientist for the Gallup Organization.

Robert Biswas-Diener, Program Director at the Center for Applied Positive Psychology (UK) and part-time lecturer at Portland State University, lives in Milwaukie, Oregon. He is known as the “Indiana Jones of positive psychology” for his research on subjective well-being in remote cultures around the world.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Understanding True Wealth	p. 1
Psychological Wealth: The Balanced Portfolio	p. 3
Two Principles of Psychological Wealth	p. 13
Happy People Function Better	p. 27
Health and Happiness	p. 29
Happiness and Social Relationships: You Can't Do Without Them	p. 47
Happiness at Work: It Pays To Be Happy	p. 68
Causes of Happiness and Genuine Wealth	p. 89
Can Money Buy Happiness?	p. 91
Religion, Spirituality, and Happiness	p. 112
The Happiest Places on Earth: Culture and Well-Being	p. 127
Nature and Nurture: Is There a Happiness Set Point, and Can You Change It?	p. 145
Our Crystal Balls: Happiness Forecasting	p. 165
Take AIM on Happiness: Attention, Interpretation, and Memory	p. 182
Putting It All Together	p. 205
Yes, You Can Be Too Happy	p. 207
Living Happily Ever After	p. 221
Measuring Psychological Wealth: Your Well-Being Balance Sheet	p. 234
Epilogue: About the Science of Happiness	p. 244
Further Reading	p. 254
References	p. 256
Index	p. 278
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Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth

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