The Exploration of Happiness Present and Future Perspectives

This specially selected collection of landmark work from the Journal of Happiness Studies maps the current contours, and the likely future direction, of research in a field with a fast-rising profile. This volume, which inaugurates a series aiming to expl

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Antonella Delle Fave Editor

The Exploration of Happiness Present and Future Perspectives

Happiness Studies Book Series

For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10117

Happiness Studies Book Series Series Editor: Antonella Delle Fave University of Milano, Milan, Italy

Editorial Board: Andrew Clark Paris School of Economics, Paris France Jan Delhey Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany Carol Ryff University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Jukka Varelius University of Turku, Turku, Finland Ulrich Wiesmann Greifswald University, Greifswald Germany

Aims and Scope Exploring features and implications for personal and social empowerment from a substantially interdisciplinary point of view. Like the Journal of Happiness Studies, the series explores happiness through both objective and subjective indicators. Subjective aspects comprise cognitive evaluations (like life satisfaction), positive affect and emotions, development of meanings, competences, and goals. Key issues include appraisal of life, work conditions, mental and physical health, developmental trajectories throughout the life span, socio-economic conditions, cultural aspects, and their impact on individual and social wellbeing.

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Editor Antonella Delle Fave Department of Pathophysiology   and Transplantation University of Milano Milan Italy

ISSN  2213-7513 ISSN  2213-7521  (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-5701-1 ISBN 978-94-007-5702-8  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5702-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London

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