Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing

Topically organized Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing presents a highly engaging up-to-date introduction to positive psychology. Authors William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman invite students to apply practices to their own lives contexts and experiences to ensure understanding. The text examines how positive psychology applies to stressors and health within such traditional research areas as developmental clinical personality motivational social and behavioral psychology. Furthermore the text offers perspectives on positive emotional states research and theory on positive traits coverage of positive institutions and a look at the future of positive psychology. The Third Edition reflects significant growth in field with hundreds of new references and expanded content on topics including mindfulness money and subjective well-being and romantic love.