A Positive Psychology Perspective on Quality of Life

Chapter 1 Introduction: Looking at Quality of Life and Well-Being from a Positive Psychology Perspective

Chapter 2 Hierarchical Needs, Income Comparisons, and Happiness Levels

Chapter 3 Goals and Plans: Their Relationship to Well-Being

Chapter 4 Living in Accordance with One’s Implicit Motives: Cross-Cultural Evidence for Beneficial Effects of Motive-Goal Congruence and Motive Satisfaction

Chapter 5 Positive Psychology and Subjective Well-Being Homeostasis: A Critical Examination of Congruence

Chapter 6 Life Satisfaction in Adults: The Effect of Religiosity, Worry, and Perceived Physical Health State

Chapter 7 Altruism and Health: Theoretical Perspectives

Chapter 8 Marital Quality and Well-Being: The Role of Gender, Marital Duration, Social Support and Cultural Context

Chapter 9 The Role of Dispositional Optimism in Physical and Mental Well-Being

Chapter 10 The Relation of Optimism to Cardiac Patients’ Subjective Health Through Illness Representations: Does the Level of Optimism Matter?

Chapter 11 Wise Thinking, Hopeful Thinking, and Positive Aging: Reciprocal Relations of Wisdom, Hope, Memory, and Affect in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

Chapter 12 Dispositional Hope and Action-State Orientation: Their Role in Self-Regulated Learning

Chapter 13 One Ingredient in the Mix: Interest and Psychological Well-Being

Chapter 14 From Burnout to Engagement During Transition from School to Work