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Download this eBook Emotional Processing Deficits and Happiness
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Emotional Processing Deficits and Happiness


Mark D. Holder , Linden R. Timoney


This briefs reviews the literature on alexithymia with a particular focus on the relation between positive well-being and alexithymia. It starts by exploring the definition, history and etiology of the construct. The briefs then discusses the importance of research and...

Publication date: 2013-07-26
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Download this eBook Studies in the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain and Ireland
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Studies in the Quality of Life in Victorian Britain and Ireland


Thomas E. Jordan


This work examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this...

Publication date: 2013-05-24
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Download this eBook An Anthropological Journey into Well-Being
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An Anthropological Journey into Well-Being


Melania Calestani


This volume is a unique contribution to the exploration of a new perspective in the study of well-being, which tries to overcome the quantification bias by creating an account of ‘the good life’ in a specific place. Rather than numbers, this research focuses on local...

Publication date: 2012-11-06
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Download this eBook Accomplishing Permanency: Reunification Pathways and Outcomes for Foster Children
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Accomplishing Permanency: Reunification Pathways and Outcomes for Foster Children


Elizabeth Fernandez


Reunification is a primary goal of foster care systems and the most common permanency planning decision. It is defined as the return of children placed in protective care to the home of their birth family and used to describe the act of restoring a child in out-of-home...

Publication date: 2012-09-13
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Download this eBook Quality of Life and Mortality Among Children
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Quality of Life and Mortality Among Children


Thomas E. Jordan


This birefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this...

Publication date: 2012-04-25
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Happiness in Children


Mark D Holder


This briefs summarizes the research on positive well-being in children, with a particular focus on their happiness. It starts with a discussion of the constructs of positive psychology (i.e., well-being, happiness and life satisfaction), and then outlines the research...

Publication date: 2012-04-05
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Download this eBook The Biology of Happiness
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The Biology of Happiness


Bjørn Grinde


The brief presents a model for happiness based on current knowledge in evolutionary biology and neurobiology. Briefly, the primary purpose of nervous systems is to direct an animal toward behaviour relevant for survival and procreation. In primitive animals actions are...

Publication date: 2012-03-30
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Download this eBook Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship
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Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship


Graciela Tonon


The study of quality of life refers to the material environment (social welfare) and psychosocial environment (wellbeing). It has been defined as a concept that implies the objective and subjective dimension that Cummins (1997) first studied in seven domains.The use of...

Publication date: 2012-01-05
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