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Author Seligman, Martin E. P., author.

Title Authentic happiness : using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment / Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph. D.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Atria Paperback, 2013.
©2002

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  150.198 S465AA    Check Shelf
Edition Atria paperback edition.
Description xii, 321 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-304) and index.
Contents Part I. Positive emotion -- 1. Positive feeling and positive character -- 2. How psychology lost its way and I found mine -- 3. Why bother to be happy? -- 4. Can you make yourself lastingly happier? -- 5. Satisfaction about the past -- 6. Optimism about the future -- 7. Happiness in the present -- Part II. Srength and virtue -- 8. Renewing strength and virtue -- 9. Your signature strengths -- Part III. In the mansions of life -- 10. Work and personal satisfaction -- 11. Love -- 12. Raising children -- 13. Reprise and summary -- 14. Meaning and purpose.
Summary Argues that happiness can be a learned and cultivated behavior, explaining how every person possesses at least five of twenty-four profiled strengths that can be built on in order to improve life.
Subject Positive psychology.
Happiness.
Optimism.
Conduct of life.
Happiness.
Vie professionnelle.
Vie privée.
Développement personnel.
Qualité de la vie.
Aspects psychologiques.
Positive psychology. (OCoLC)fst01200515
Geluk.
Optimisme.
Genre/Form Happiness.
Other Editions: Originally published as: Seligman, Martin E.P. Authentic happiness. New York : Free Press, 2002 0743222970 (DLC) 2002069288 (OCoLC)49681324
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