Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life Course (Crosscurrents in Contemporary Psychology Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805840354 ISBN 13: 9780805840353

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2003

Synopsis

This volume derived from original presentations given at a conference in Atlanta, Georgia, under the auspices of the Center for Child Well-Being. Scholars, practitioners, public health professionals, and principals in the child development community convened to address a science-based framework for elements of well-being and how the elements might be developed across the life course.

Integrating physical, cognitive, and social-emotional domains, Well-Being is the first scientific book to consider well-being holistically. Focusing on a set of core strengths grouped within these three domains, the book also includes a fourth section on developmental strengths through adulthood that broadly examines a continuum of health and development, as well as transitions in well-being. This volume takes a developmental perspective across the life course, describing foundational strengths for well-being--the capacities that can be actively developed, supported, or learned. These foundational strengths--problem solving, emotional regulation, and physical safety--are the positive underpinnings of early child health and development, as well as ongoing well-being across the life course. Working together and blending their respective disciplinary perspectives and expertise, 53 experts in psychology, sociology, child development, and medicine have contributed to the book.

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About the Author

Marc H. Bornstein, Lucy Davidson, Corey L.M. Keyes, Kristin A. Moore

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805840354
• ISBN 13: 9780805840353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 618
• Editor: Bornstein Marc H., Davidson Lucy, Keyes Corey L.M., Moore Kristin A.