The International Handbook of Positive Psychology : A Global Perspective on the Science of Positive Human Existence / [E-Book]

Chapter 1. The Making of a Global Positive Science of Human Existence: From Appreciating Existential Foundations to Identifying WEIRD Research Trends (Edward C. Chang) -- Chapter 2. Region of Upper North America (United States and Canada) (Paul T. P. Wong) -- Chapter 3. Region of Mexico and Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama) (Margarita Tarragona) -- Chapter 4. Region of South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela) (Mar�a Elena Garassini) -- Chapter 5. Region of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and Ireland (Ilona Boniwell) -- Chapter 6. Region of Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) (Karolina Aleksandra Ścigała) -- Chapter 7. Region of Western Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland) (Claudia Harzer) -- Chapter 8. Region of Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) (Chiara Ruini) -- Chapter 9. Region of Eastern Europe (Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Turkey) (Ingrid Brdar) -- Chapter 10. Region of Russia (Dmitry Leontiev) -- Chapter 11. Region of Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) (Angelina Wilson) -- Chapter 12. Region of the Arab World (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen) (Habib Tiliouine) -- Chapter 13. Region of Israel (Anat Shoshani) -- Chapter 14. Region of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) (Girishwar Misra) -- Chapter 15. Region of Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste) (Weiting Ng) -- Chapter 16. Region of East Asia (Mainland China and Taiwan) (Hongfei Yang) -- Chapter 17. Region of East Asia (Japan and South Korea) (Christopher A. Sink) -- Chapter 18. Region of the Pacific Rim (Australia and New Zealand) (Yilma Woldgabreal) -- Chapter 19. A Final Reappraisal: Do We Really Need to Develop Positive Psychology Around the World? (Christina A. Downey).

This handbook discusses the latest findings from different fields of positive psychology from a global perspective by providing a coherent framework to get a better understanding of the development and practice of positive psychology. It starts with the parameters of positive psychology and a summary of the historical rise of positive psychology (both first wave and second wave of positive psychology) in the US, and its slow but steady growth on a global scale. This handbook highlights the major contributions of positive psychologists across 17 major regions of the world on theory, research, assessment and Practice. It discusses how positive psychology can progress human living in different countries and it shows the reasons why positive psychology has become an important source in research and education around the world. .