Knud Larsen

Adaptation and Well-Being (eBook, ePUB)

Meeting the Challenges of Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 and developing a healthy self-concept, to end of life issues of death and dying. Combining psychological, evolutionary and sociological approaches, the author interprets research from various stages of human development and adaptation. The focus of the book is on how to meet the challenges of life and achieve optimal health and well-being. It is valuable reading for students on life-span courses in counselling and therapy, developmental psychology and social gerontology, tertiary courses such as social work/ social welfare and nursing, and practitioners in these fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351606189
• Artikelnr.: 49994810

Autorenporträt

Knud S Larsen is Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University and academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He taught widely at universities across the world and is the recipient of senior Fulbright awards in both Vietnam and Bulgaria. The author received the St. Kliment Blue Ribbon Medal for contributions to social science at Sofia. On Research Gate the author is ranked higher than 90 percent of scholars listed.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Identity and Meaning: Moving Toward a Healthy Self-Concept
Chapter 2 Developing Emotional Maturity and Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3 Communication: The Key to Effective Living
Chapter 4 Human Sexuality
Chapter 5 Gender and Human Happiness
Chapter 6 Friends
Lovers and Marriage: Is Lasting Love Possible?
Chapter 7 Stress and Illness: Maladaptation or Coping Rationally with Adversity
Chapter 8 Rational or Irrational Appraisal of the Situation: Stress and Post-Traumatic Disorder
Chapter 9 The Search for Meaning and Living Life to the Fullest
Chapter 10 Finding the Balance: Meeting the Challenges of Midlife
Chapter 11 Death and Dying: Denial and Acceptance
Chapter 12 Living a Long and Healthy Life: Socio-Economic Status and Positive Human Psychology