Positive Psychology and the Body: The Somatopsychic Side to Flourishing

by Kate Hefferon

As positive psychology continues to make leaps and bounds in terms of scientific advancement, the focus on the importance of the body within optimal functioning is still lagging. Positive Psychology and the Body provides a critical reflection on this omission, highlighting the mounting corpus of scientific research completed on the physical mechanisms which assist either momentary experiences of pleasure or longer-lasting feelings of meaning and self...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335247717
• ISBN13: 9780335247714
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"