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This anthology focuses on empirical studies comparing cultures in relation to central positive psychological topics. It contains selected papers from the 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology held in 2010 in Denmark. The book starts out with an introductory chapter that brings together the main ideas and findings within an integrative perspective, based on a broad theoretical framework encompassing interdisciplinary and methodological issues. It gives special emphasis to some open issues in the theory and assessment of culture-related dimensions, and to the potential of positive psychology in addressing them. The introductory chapter is followed by two chapters that examine theoretical approaches and instruments developed to assess happiness and well-being across cultures. Following that examination, five chapters are devoted to the relationship between well-being, cultures and values. The second half of the book prominently investigates well-being across cultures in the light of socio-economic factors. This book shows that positive psychology, now officially well into its second decade, is providing still finer-grained perspectives on the diversity of cultures along with insights about our shared human nature, uniting us for better or worse.

Applied psychology. --- Philosophy (General). --- Positive psychology -- Cross-cultural studies. --- Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies. --- Psychology, Applied --- Positive psychology --- Quality of life --- Social Sciences --- Psychology --- Well-being. --- Culture. --- Positive psychology. --- Psychology. --- Medical research. --- Quality of life. --- Cross-cultural psychology. --- Positive Psychology. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Cross Cultural Psychology. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Welfare (Personal well-being) --- Wellbeing --- Happiness --- Health --- Wealth --- Social aspects --- Quality of Life --- Research. --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- National characteristics