Chapters
Chapters and abstracts are now available for download in PDF format.
Yair Amichai-Hamburger & Shir Etgar (IDC Herzliya,
Israel)
Internet and wellbeing
Roy Baumeister (Florida State University and
the University of Queensland)
Happiness and Meaningfulness as Two
Different and Not Entirely Compatible Versions of the Good Life
William D. Crano & Candice D. Donaldson
(Claremont Graduate University)
Positive Parenting, Adolescent Substance
Use Prevention, and the Good Life
Elizabeth Dunn & Ryan Dwyer (University of
British Columbia)
The Future of Happiness
Klaus Fiedler (University of Heidelberg,
Germany)
From a Hedonic Perspective on Good
Life to an Analysis of Underlying Adaptive Principles
J. P. Forgas (University of New South Wales,
Sydney)
Negative Affect and the Good Life: On
the Cognitive, Motivational and Interpersonal Benefits of Negative
Mood
Barbara Fredrickson (University of North
Carolina)
Biological Underpinnings of
Positive Emotions and Purpose
Shelly L. Gable (University of California,
Santa Barbara)
Satisfying and meaningful close
relationships
Felicia Huppert (Cambridge University, UK)
Living life well: the role of
mindfulness and compassion
Doug Kenrick (University of Arizona)
Fundamental motives and fulfillment:
The good life from an evolutionary life history perspective
Sonja Lyubomirsky & Megan M. Fritz (University of California,
Riverside)
Wither Happiness? When, How, and
Why Might Positive Activities Undermine Well-Being
David G. Myers (Hope College)
Religious Engagement and the Good Life
Constantine Sedikides (University of
Southampton, UK)
Nostalgia Shapes and Potentiates the
Future
James Shah (Duke University)
For what it’s worth: The regulatory
pleasure and purpose of a good life
Ken Sheldon (University of Missouri)
Understanding the good life:
eudaimonic living involves well-doing, not well-being
Jeffry A. Simpson, Allison K. Farrell, Chloe Huelsnitz &
Jamie Eller
(University of Minnesota)
Early social experiences and living
well: A longitudinal view of adult physical health
Y. Trope, D. Kalkstein & A. Hubbard (New York
University)
Expansive and Contractive Learning
Experiences: Mental Construal and Living Well
William Von Hippel (University of
Queensland) & Karen Gonsalkorale
(University of Sydney)
Evolutionary imperatives and the
good life