This edited volume focuses on different views of happiness and well-being, considering constructs like meaning and spirituality in addition to the more standard constructs of positive emotion and life satisfaction. A premise of the volume is that being happy consists of more than having the right things happen to us; it also depends on how we interpret those events as well as what we are trying to achieve. Such considerations suggest that cognitive-emotional factors should play a fairly pronounced role in how happy we are. The present volume pursues these themes in the context of 25 chapters organized into 5 sections. The first section centers on cognitive variables such as attention and executive function, in addition to mindfulness. The second section considers important sources of positive cognition such as savoring and optimism and the third section focuses on self-regulatory contributions to well-being. Finally, social processes are covered in a fourth section and meaning-related processes are covered in the fifth. What results is a rich and diverse volume centering on the ways in which our minds can help or hinder our aspirations for happiness.
Chapter
1. Introduction; Michael D. Robinson and Michael Eid.- Part I.
The Mind.
Chapter
2. Attention, Emotion, and Well-Being: An Adult Lifespan
Perspective; Kimberley M. Livingstone and Derek Isaacowitz.
Chapter
3.
Autobiographical Memory; Dieter Ferring.
Chapter
4. Mindfulness and
Well-being; Hooria Jazaieri and Shauna Shapiro.
Chapter
5. The Quiet Ego:
Concept, Measurement, and Well-Being; Heidi A. Waymen and Jack J. Bauer.-
Chapter
6. Staying Happier; Megan M. Fritz, Lisa C. Walsh and Sonja
Lyubomirsky.- Part II. Positive Cognitions.
Chapter
7. Beyond Hedonic and
Eudaimonic Well-Being: Inspiration and the Self-Transcendence Tradition; Will
C.M. Belzak, Yoon Young Sim and Lena M. Wadsworth.
Chapter 8. Savoring and
Well-Being: Mapping the Cognitive-Emotional Terrain of the Happy Mind;
Jennifer L. Smith and Fred B. Bryant.
Chapter 9. Cognitive Aspects of
Positive Emotions: A Broader View for Well-Being; Laura G. Kiken and Barbara
L. Fredrickson.
Chapter 10. Positive Illusions and the Happy Mind; Astrid
Schütz and Roy F. Baumeister.
Chapter 11. Optimism; Suzanne C. Segerstrom,
Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier.- Part III. Self-Regulation.-
Chapter
12. Perspectives on Studying Perceived Control in the 21st Century;
Judith G. Chipperfield, Jeremy M. Hamm, Raymond P. Perry and Joelle C.
Ruthig.
Chapter 13. Means, Ends, and Happiness: The Role of Goals for
Subjective Well-Being; Marie Hennecke and Veronika Brandstätter.
Chapter
14. Coping, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being: Intrapersonal and
Interpersonal Processes; Brett Marroquķn, Howard Tennen and Annette L.
Stanton.
Chapter
15. Autobiographical Memory, Self-Regulation, and
Well-Being; Dieter Ferring and Isabelle Tournier.
Chapter
16.
Self-Affirmation: Protecting the Self and Protecting Subjective Well-Being;
Natalie Schüz and Benjamin Schüz.- Part IV. Social Processes.
Chapter
17.
Social Comparisons and Well-Being; Abraham P. Buunk and Pieternel Dijkstra.-
Chapter
18. Prosocial Behavior and Empathy-Related Responding: Relations to
Childrens Well-Being; Tracy L. Spinrad and Nancy Eisenberg.
Chapter 19. On
the Road to Social Well-Being; Giulia Weyrich, Alex Zautra and Eva Zautra.-
Part V. Meaning.
Chapter 20. The Functionality of Emotional Clarity: A
Process-Oriented Approach to Understanding the Relation Between Emotional
Clarity and Well-Being; Tanja Lischetzke and Michael Eid.
Chapter
21. Can
Affectively Negative Experiences Contribute to Well-Being? The Affectively
Negative Need-Fulfillment Model; Jacob Juhl, Clay Routledge and Joshua A.
Hicks.
Chapter 22. Making Sense: Meaning in Life in a Cognitive Context;
Sarah Ward and Laura King.
Chapter 23. Nostalgia as a Psychological Resource
for a Meaningful Life; Andrew A. Abeyta and Clay Routledge.
Chapter
24. Religious Cognitions and Well-Being: A Meaning Perspective; Crystal L.
Park.
Chapter
25. Wiser But Not Sadder, Blissful But Not Ignorant: Exploring
the Co-Development of Wisdom and Well-Being Over Time; Nic. M. Weststrate and
Judith Glück.
Michael D. Robinson is a Professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California, Davis, in 1996. He is a prolific researcher in the areas of personality, assessment, self-regulation, cognition, and emotion whose work has been funded by NSF and NIH. He has been or is an Associate Editor for a number of journals, including Cognition and Emotion, Emotion, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In addition, he has edited two published books: Handbook of Cognition and Emotion (Robinson, Watkins, & Harmon-Jones, 2013; Guilford Press) and The Power of Metaphor (Landau, Robinson, & Meier, 2014; American Psychological Association). He is considered an expert in implicit approaches to personality and in cognitive approaches to emotion and self-regulation. Michael Eid is professor of psychology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. He received his doctorate from the University of Trier (Germany) in 1994, and has been professor and visiting professor at several German universities and the University of Geneva (Switzerland). His main research interests concern the analysis of multimethod data, longitudinal data analysis, structural equation modeling, and item response theory. His more applied research focuses on subjective well-being and health psychology. He has been editor and associate editor of several journals including Methodology and the Journal of Positive Psychology.
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