Psychological Perspective on Joy and Emotional Fulfillment

This book takes a unique psychological approach to understanding the powerful emotion of joy, and provides a framework within which the study of human joy and other related positive fulfillment experiences can fit in a meaningful schema. A key feature of this book is its development of an experiential phenomenology of joy, based on more than three hundred descriptions of joy experiences which were recounted by subjects in an empirical study executed by the author. Types of joy experiences are distinguished such as excited vs. serene joy, anticipatory vs. completed joy, and affiliative vs. individuated joy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Theories of Joy 2. The Facial and Linguistic Expression of Joy 3. The Role of Positive Emotion in Evolution 4. The Subjective World of Joy 5. The Relation of Happiness and Joy 6. Ecstasy and Joy 7. Joy and Manic Euphoria

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Chris M. Meadows, Ph.D. taught at Vanderbilt University where his teaching and research were in the areas of emotion, personality theory, psychotherapy, and health psychology. He also served as the head of a hospital counseling center, founded a career development center, was a neuropsychologist on an inpatient unit of a major rehabilitation institute, and a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist for over 30 years.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Chris Meadows, Chris (Independent Practitioner Meadows
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415841238
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84123-8
• Seiten: 308
• Serie: Explorations in Mental Health
• Themen: Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy