Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Larsen, Knud
• Larsen, Knud S.

Titel

Adaptation and Well-Being: Meeting the challenges of life

Auflage

First Edition

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Knowing how to live a long, happy and healthy life is a universal desire of humankind. Adaptation and Well-Being is a narrative of the human journey, from the formation of identity to the end of life, which explores several key issues related to well-being and the challenges we face. Combining positive psychology and a social psychological evolutionary perspective with colourful, anecdotal evidence from his full and varied experiences, the author interprets research from various stages of human development in order to meet the challenges of life and achieve optimal health and well-being. The book examines how an integrated identity and a healthy self-concept are key to successful adaptation and living. The author also discusses how emotional intelligence and communication are essentially linked to issues of culture and gender. The importance of understanding gender differences is a central theme that runs through chapters on sexuality, gender and intimacy. The book also looks at the relationship of stress to well-being, the challenges of midlife and the end of life, as well as the search for meaning and purpose. Integrating classical and recent research and including cross-cultural perspectives, Adaptation and Well-Being will provide valuable reading for students in lifespan courses in counselling and therapy, developmental psychology and social gerontology. Those in tertiary courses, such as social work, welfare and nursing, will also find this useful, along with practitioners in these fields.