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The publication follows two main objectives: to explain why quality of life is not a topic of simple or unambiguous answers and why it is possible to perceive it from different points of view and then to give the reader basic starting points for understanding, interpretation and measurement of this extraordinarily complex and increasingly popular concept. The book brings an overview of basic characteristics of quality of life and then it proceeds to a detailed discussion of content aspect and definition of this phenomenon on the basis of its dualisms and multidimensionality. By means of simple examples it demonstrates basic principles and procedures used in the measurement of quality of life. The final chapter is dedicated to selected problems of interdisciplinary research and to a brief introduction to geography of quality of life.

Quality of life. --- Human geography.

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Learn how to have "more time in your life, more life in your time" with easy and profound methods and tools which will enhance not only your time management but also the quality of your life. This book is strongly based on the most recent evolutions of personal and professional development so that what you will find inside is really applicable for effective change in your life. Save more time, discover what you really want and get the best out of your time.

Quality Of Life --- Time Management --- Philosophy --- Self-Help

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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 presents new research which sheds light on why alexithymia is characterized by poor well-being. The research strongly suggests that people who score high in alexithymia are low in aspects of positive well-being such as happiness, life satisfaction, and positive affect, and high in aspects of negative well-being, such as depression and negative affect.  Next, the book examines the correlates of alexithymia and the latter’s relation with personality and subjective well-being. Although there has been an increased interest in human flourishing, and even though research in positive psychology has included personality, there has been little application of positive psychology to people with deficits in emotional processing including people with alexithymia. This briefs fills that gap.

Philosophy --- Psychology --- Qualitative methods in social research --- Sociology --- psychologie --- sociologie --- filosofie --- levenskwaliteit --- Alexithymia --- Happiness --- Quality of Life --- Research --- Positive Psychology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Research. --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Positive psychology. --- Quality of life. --- Quality of Life - Research --- Philosophy. --- Quality of life

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Most people strive for happiness, or subjective well-being (SWB), and a high quality of life (QoL) in all areas of their lives. To do so, many have to overcome adversity on a frequent basis. The field of positive psychology, which focuses on human strengths and positive emotions, not only offers people tools to help achieve optimal levels of subjective well-being and quality of life regardless of their circumstances, it also enables us to understand how people utilize such qualities as hope, optimism, resilience, interest, wisdom, altruism, religiosity and spirituality to best cope with adversity. By exploring the latest research in subjective well-being and quality of life, this book shows how qualities of positive psychology interact in a wide variety of contexts in the everyday lives of people. It details evidence from children to the elderly, from marital to professional to school life, from healthy people to those suffering some sort of malediction. And the studies are presented by researchers from various parts of the globe, thereby offering an international and cross-cultural perspective to subjective well-being, quality of life and positive psychology.

Positive psychology. --- Positive psychology --- Quality of life --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Psychology --- Social Conditions --- Psychological aspects --- Quality of life. --- Life, Quality of --- Psychology. --- Medical research. --- Positive Psychology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Quality of Life --- Research. --- Biomedical research --- Medical research

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Human beings --- Human capital. --- Menschenwürde. --- Overpopulation --- Quality of life --- Spätkapitalismus. --- Philosophy. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Philosophy.