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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “jan delhey”
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  • Human Happiness and the Pursuit of Maximization

    Is More Always Better?

    Edited by Hilke Brockmann, Jan Delhey ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book tests the critical potential of happiness research to evaluate contemporary high-performance societies. These societies, defined as affluent capitalist societies, emphasize competition and success both institutionally and culturally. Growing affluence improves life in many ways, for a large number of people. We lead longer, safer, and more comfortable lives than previous generations. But ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Social Cohesion in the Western World

    What Holds Societies Together: Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar

    by Klaus Boehnke, Zsófia S. Ignácz, Jan Delhey, Kai Unzicker, Jan Lorenz, Georgi Dragolov ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Many people in the Western world are concerned that the social fabric of societies is fraying. This book constitutes the first-of-its-kind systematic account of social cohesion, from theory through methodology to empirical evidence. Readers are introduced to the academically developed Social Cohesion Radar of Bertelsmann Stiftung, a globally active non-governmental organization. The Social ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

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  • Trauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective

    Not Just a North American Phenomenon

    Edited by George F Rhoades Jr, Vedat Sar ...
    An international look at the similarities and differences of long-lasting traumaTrauma and Dissociation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective examines the psychological, sociological, political, economic, and cultural aspects of trauma and its consequences on people around the world. Dispelling the myth that trauma-related dissociative disorders are a North American phenomenon, this unique book travels ... Read more

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  • Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

    by Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Early in this century, most empirically oriented psychologists believed that all motivation was based in the physiology of a set of non-nervous system tissue needs. The theories of that era reflected this belief and used it in an attempt to explain an increasing number of phenomena. It was not until the 1950s that it became irrefutably clear that much of human motivation is based not in these ... Read more

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  • The Positive Side of Occupational Health Psychology

    Edited by Marit Christensen, Per Øystein Saksvik, Maria Karanika-Murray ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book serves as an introduction to the Nordic approach to Occupational Health Psychology and illustrates how this perspective can be transferred to a global audience. It discusses a joining of attitudes from Positive Psychology accompanied by experiences drawn from the Nordic work/life context. Over the decades, Nordic countries have gathered a great deal of experience on the meaningfulness of ... Read more

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  • Bullying in the Workplace

    Causes, Symptoms, and Remedies

    Edited by John Lipinski, Laura M. Crothers ...
    Series series Applied Psychology Series
    Bullying in the workplace is a phenomenon that has recently intrigued researchers studying management and organizational issues, leading to such questions as why it occurs and what causes such harassment. This volume written by experts in a wide range of fields including Industrial and Organizational psychology, Counseling, Management, Law, Education and Health presents research on relational and ... Read more

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  • Studies In Expressive Movement

    by Gordon W. Allport ...
    Investigations of personality may be focused upon any one of three different levels of phenomena. The first is the level of traits, interests, attitudes, or sentiments considered as composing an "inner" personality; the second is the level of behaviour and expression; the third is the level of impression, the perception and interpretation of behaviour by another. Since a discovery on one of these ... Read more

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  • What Would Freud Do?

    How the greatest psychotherapists would solve your everyday problems

    by Sarah Tomley ...
    What Would Freud Do? uses the key ideas of more than 80 psychological thinkers, past and present, to shine new light onto today's everyday problems.Ever wondered what a great therapist like Freud or Jung would have to say about your horrible boss, your phone-checking addiction or an occasional wish to cheat on your partner? Ever wished someone would explain why you sometimes act like an idiot just ... Read more

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    by Alex C. Michalos ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from about 600 BCE to 300 BCE, the book explores the earliest ideas in recorded western philosophical and ... Read more

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  • Well-Being and Cultures

    Perspectives from Positive Psychology

    Edited by Hans Henrik Knoop, Antonella Delle Fave ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This anthology focuses on empirical studies comparing cultures in relation to central positive psychological topics. The book starts out with an introductory chapter that brings together the main ideas and findings within an integrative perspective, based on a broad theoretical framework encompassing interdisciplinary and methodological issues. It gives special emphasis to some open issues in the ... Read more

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