Well-Being: Individual, Community and Social Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Positive Psychology and the Development of Well-Being....Pages 25-40
Individual Development and Community Empowerment: Suggestions from Studies on Optimal Experience....Pages 41-56
Webs of Well-Being: the Interdependence of Personal, Relational, Organizational and Communal Well-Being....Pages 57-74
Health, Well-Being and Social Capital....Pages 75-92
Psychology in the Community....Pages 93-109
Art, Health and Well-Being....Pages 110-126
Sense and Solidarities: Politics and Human Well-Being....Pages 127-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Is Well-Being Local or Global? A Perspective from Ecopsychology....Pages 149-162
Societal Inequality, Health and Well-Being....Pages 163-186
A Life Course Approach to Well-Being....Pages 187-205
Organizational Commitment: a Managerial Illusion?....Pages 206-224
Well-Being, Paid Work and Personal Life....Pages 225-240
Work, Leisure and Well-Being in Changing Social Conditions....Pages 241-255
Friendship, Trust and Mutuality....Pages 256-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-276