Embracing Well-Being in Diverse African Contexts: Research Perspectives

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلف مشترك: SpringerLink (Online service)
مؤلفون آخرون: Schutte, Lusilda (المحرر), Guse, Tharina (المحرر), Wissing, Marié P. (المحرر)
الملخص:XIX, 423 p. 13 illus., 4 illus. in color.
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اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
الطبعة:1st ed. 2022.
سلاسل:Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 16
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85924-4
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
جدول المحتويات:
  • Preface
  • Part I Theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 1 Embracing Well-Being in Diverse Contexts: The Third Wave of Positive Psychology and African Imprint
  • Chapter 2 Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology
  • Chapter 3 Socially Influenced Health Norms: Their Construction and Enactment in African Culture Settings
  • Part II Measuring well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 4 Factorial Validity of the Twi Version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and Prevalence of Mental Health in a Rural Ghanaian Sample
  • Chapter 5 Conceptualising and Measuring Hospitality in Relation to Wellbeing in Kenya: Is Hospitality a Character Strength?
  • Chapter 6 The factor structure of the Peer and Community Relational Health Indices in two South African samples: A bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling approach
  • Part III Manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa
  • Chapter 7 Resilience in the Context of Chronic, Complex Stressors: An Emerging Adult’s Account
  • Chapter 8 Psychological Well-being among Yung People Living with HIV: Role of Social Support, Self-esteem and Socio-demographic Variables
  • Chapter 9 Exploring Protective Resources that Facilitate Positive Outcomes Among Married Girls in the Northern Region of Ghana
  • Chapter 10 Factors Contributing to Student Wellbeing: Student Perspectives
  • Chapter 11 Nature and Role of Student Hope and Meaning in Goal Setting: Implications for Higher Education in South Africa
  • Chapter 12 Virtues and Character strengths, Subjective Well-being and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Study with Angolan University Students
  • Chapter 13 Adult Attachment and Well-Being in the Medical Education Context: Attachment Security is Associated with Psychological Well-being through Self-Efficacy
  • Chapter 14 Exploration of Harmony as a Quality of Happiness: Findings from South Africa and Ghana
  • Chapter 15 Concordance of Goals and Meaning with Reference to theInterpersonal Relationships Domain: Associations with Sociodemographic Variables and Well-being in a Multicultural South African Group
  • Part IV Well-being promotion in Africa
  • Chapter 16 Positive Psychological Interventions in African Contexts: A Scoping Review
  • Chapter 17 Community-based Interventions to Improve Well-being of Youth in a High-risk Community in South Africa: Researcher’s Experiences and Implementation Outcomes.