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1 online resource (334 pages) |
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Front Cover; Stability of Happiness; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Is It Possible to Become a Permanently Happier Person?; References; 2 Well-Being: Heritable and Changeable; Introduction; Can Happiness Change?; Heritability; Twin Research and Biometric Modeling; Findings: Univariate Studies; Findings: Bi- and Multivariate Studies; Findings: Stability and Change; Gene-Environment Interplay; What Heritability Is (Not) About; Caveats and Criticism; Toward an Integrated Model of Genes, Environment, and Change; Genes, Set Points, and Change |
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4 Is Lasting Change Possible? Lessons from the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention ModelHedonic Adaptation; What Is Hedonic Adaptation?; What Is Not Hedonic Adaptation?; Evidence Supporting Hedonic Adaptation; Adaptation to Negative Events; Adaptation to Positive Events; Hedonic Adaptation Prevention Model; Mediators of the Hedonic Adaptation Process; Moderators of the Hedonic Adaptation Process; Hedonic Adaptation to Negative Life Changes; Future Directions and Questions; Conclusion; References; 5 Can Happiness Change? Theories and Evidence; Introduction; Problems of Nomenclature |
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6 National Panel Studies Show Substantial Minorities Recording Long-Term Change in Life Satisfaction: Implications for Set ...A Crucial Definitional Issue: How to Define the Set Point?; Operational Definitions; The German (GSOEP), British (BHPS), and Australian (HILDA) Household Panel Surveys; Measures; The Dependent/Outcome Variable: Life Satisfaction; Explanatory Variables; Personality Traits of Self and Partner; Life Priorities, Goals, or Values; Behavioral Choices: Partner Personality Traits, Social Participation, the Work-Leisure Trade-off, Regular Exercise, and Chu. |
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Positive Gene-Environment InterplayConclusions; References; 3 Symptoms of Wellness: Happiness and Eudaimonia from a Self-Determination Perspective; The Stability of Happiness; Variability Amidst Stability; The Significance of Happiness; Self-Determination Theory; The Self-Determination Theory Approach to Happiness and Wellness; SDT and the Eudaimonic Tradition; Emotions and Wellness in SDT; Motivational Considerations; Awareness and Autonomous Regulation: The Role of Mindfulness; Goals and Aspirations; Social and Environmental Factors; Conclusions; References |
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The Personality ConnectionSet Points for Mood Happiness; Subjective Well-being Homeostasis; Returning Overly High SWB to Set Point; Returning Low SWB to Set Point; Challenges to Set Point Theory; One Set Point or Many?; Joy, Misery, and Myth of Changing Set Points; Individual Differences in Adaptation; Can Levels of Happiness Change?; Return to Set Point After a Strong Positive Event Is Inevitable; Return to Set Point Following a Strong Negative Event Is not Inevitable; Any Demonstration of SWB Change Is Baseline-Dependent; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References |
| Summary |
The right to ""pursue happiness"" is one of the dominant themes of western culture, and understanding the causes of happiness is one of the primary goals of the positive psychology movement. However, before the causality question can even be considered, a more basic question must be addressed: CAN happiness change? Reasons for skepticism include the notion of a ""genetic set point"" for happiness, i.e. a stable personal baseline of happiness to which individuals will always return, no matter how much their lives change for the better; the life-span stability of happiness-related traits such |
| Notes |
Choice of Partner-Especially His/Her Personality Traits |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Happiness -- Psychology.
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Happiness.
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Positive psychology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lucas, Richard E. (Richard Eric), 1971-
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| ISBN |
0124105386 (electronic bk.) |
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9780124105386 (electronic bk.) |
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