Positive Psychology as Social Change

Abstract

1 What People Really Want in Life and Why It Matters: Contributions from Research on Folk Theories of the Good Life Christie Napa Scollon and Laura A. King Part I Some Cautionary Thoughts 2 Think Before You Think Nic Marks 3 Socially Responsible Cheermongery: On the Sociocultural Contexts and Levels of Social Happiness Policies Neil Thin Part II Positive Psychology and Public Policy 4 Monitoring Psychosocial Prosperity for Social Change Ed Diener and Carol Diener 5 Gross National Happiness: A Gift from Bhutan to the World George W. Burns 6 Ecological Challenges, Materialistic Values, and Social Change Tim Kasser 7 Positive Psychology and Public Health Dora Gudrun Gudmundsdottir Part III Positive Psychology and Poverty 8 Positive Psychology and Poverty Robert Biswas-Diener and Lindsey Patterson xiii xiv Contents 9 Strengthening Underprivileged Communities: Strengths-Based Approaches as a Force for Positive Social Change in Community Development P. Alex Linley, Avirupa Bhaduri, Debasish Sen Sharma, and Reena Govindji Part IV Positive Psychology and Organizations 10 Creating Positive Social Change Through Building Positive Organizations: Four Levels of Intervention Nicky Garcea and P. Alex Linley 11 Organizational Democracy as a Force for Social Change Traci L. Fenton Part V Positive Psychology and a Focus on Others 12 Better Living Through Perspective Taking Sara D. Hodges, Brian A.M. Clark, and Michael W. Myers 13 Investing in Others: Prosocial Spending for (Pro)Social Change Lara B. Aknin, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton Part VI Positive Psychology and Social Change Interventions 14 How Does Coaching Positively Impact Organizational and Societal Change? Sunny Stout Rostron 15 Positive Psychotherapy and Social Change Antonella Delle Fave and Giovanni A. Fava 16 Recreate or Create? Leisure as an Arena for Recovery and Change Joar Vitterso 17 Positive Computing Tomas Sander Part VII Change theWorld 18 Changing the World: The Science of Transformative Action Scott Sherman Editor's Afterword Index Contributors