Well-Being

This interdisciplinary book indicates the need to address well-being from individual, community and social perspectives in an integrated manner. The book complements the harm-based focus of much social scientific research into health. Chapters by a wide range of academics present a new dynamic view of well-being for the Twenty-First Century.

'...an important contribution to positive psychology. John Haworth and Graham Hart have brought together a panel of international experts to authoritatively outline the state of the science of well-being and the implications of this for research, policy and practice.' - Alan Carr, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

'This is a book that should be widely read. Whilst undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of disciplines and professional areas including leisure, psychology, health and medicine will find it a scholarly and well researched contribution to their studies, this book deserves a wider audience.'- Andy Smith, Managing Leisure

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JOHN HAWORTH is Visiting Research Fellow in the Research Institute for Health and Social Change at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published extensively on work, leisure and well-being. Formerly at Manchester University, he co-founded the Leisure Studies Association, and the international journal Leisure Studies.

GRAHAM HART is Professor Sexual Health and Director of the Division of Population Health at University College London, UK. His main research interests are in risk behaviours for and interventions to prevent unwanted sexual health outcomes, including HIV infection. He has published widely in these areas.

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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: J.Haworth & G.Hart PART 1 Positive Psychology and the Development of Well-Being; J.Henry Individual Development and Community Empowerment: Suggestions from Studies on Optimal Experience; A.Delle Fave Webs of Well-Being: The Interdependence of Personal, Relational, Organizational and Communal Well-Being; I.Prilleltensky & O.Prilleltensky Health, Well-Being and Social Capital; J.Sixsmith & M.Boneham Psychology in the Community; C.Kagan & A.Kilroy Art, Health and Well-Being; D.Haley & P.Senior Sense and Solidarities: Politics and Human Well-Being; Perri 6 PART 2 Is Well-Being Local or Global? A Perspective from Ecopsychology; J.Pickering Societal Inequality, Health and Well-Being; D.Ballas, D.Dorling & M.Shaw A Life Course Approach to Well-Being; S.Hatch, F.Huppert, R.Abbott, T.Croudace, G.B.Ploubidis, M.E.J.Wadsworth, M.Richards & D.Kuh Organizational Commitment: A Managerial Illusion?; M.White Well-Being, Paid Work and Personal Life; S.Lewis & C.Purcell Work, Leisure and Well-Being in Changing Social Conditions; J.Haworth Friendship, Trust and Mutuality; R.Pahl Index