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In the past decade there has been an explosion of research into the psychology of well-being. However, it is only recently that researchers have started to investigate the specific genetic factors that influence well-being. This landmark book summarizes the state of knowledge regarding heritability and molecular genetics in positive psychology.
List of contents
- BASIC CONCEPTS
- 1: Corey Keyes: Human Flourishing and Salutogenetics
- 2: Robert A. Philibert and Steven R. H. Beach: The Genetic and Epigenetic Essentials of Modern Humans
- 3: Susan C. South and Amber Jarnecke: Behaviour Genetics: Introduction to Methodology
- 4: Bjørn Grinde: Evolution and Well-Being
- BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
- 5: Ragnhild Nes and Espen Røysamb: The Heritability of Subjective Well-Being: Review and Meta-Analysis
- 6: C. Robert Cloninger and Danilo Garcia: The Inheritance and Development of Positive Affect and Emotionality
- 7: Richard Ebstein, Rachel Bachner-Melman, Yunfeng Lu, Soo Hong Chew, and Qiang Shen: Virtue, Values, Genes and Psychological Well-Being
- 8: Elaine Fox and Charlotte Booth: The Heritability of Optimism, Spiritualty, and Meaning in Life
- 9: Alexander Weiss and Michelle Luciano: The Genetics and Evolution of 'Covitality'
- MOLECULAR GENETICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
- 10: Meike Bartels and Bart M. L. Baselmans: The Molecular Genetics of Subjective Well-Being
- 11: Sierra Clifford and Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant: The Molecular Genetics of Resilience
- 12: Michael Pluess and Jay Belsky: Vantage Sensitivity: Genetic Susceptibility to Effects of Positive Experiences
- 13: Moshe Szyf and Michael Pluess: Epigenetics and Well-Being: Optimal Adaptation to the Environment
- 14: Adam Anderson and Hans Melo: Imaging Genetics of Positive Psychology
- APPLICATION AND IMPLICATION
- 15: Michael Pluess and Michael Meaney: Genes, Environment and Psychological Well-Being
- 16: Michael Pluess: Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: Current State and Future Directions
About the author
Michael Pluess, PhD, is an Associate Professor of developmental psychology at the Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. Initially trained in chemistry and music he spent several years working in the lab and on stage before pursuing his interests in psychology. In his research Dr Pluess combines the disciplines of psychology and molecular genetics in order to investigate how environmental and genetic factors influence each other in shaping psychological development across the life course. Dr Pluess' research has been published in the leading journals of the field.
Summary
In the past decade there has been an explosion of research into the psychology of well-being. However, it is only recently that researchers have started to investigate the specific genetic factors that influence well-being. This landmark book summarizes the state of knowledge regarding heritability and molecular genetics in positive psychology.
Foreword
Highly commended in the basic and clinical sciences section of the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016
