Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science
Description
In the face of an urgent need to build stronger, sustainable and more resilient communities, this book demonstrates how wellbeing science can link the individual with the community through appropriate health and wellbeing policies and offers a guide to a new way for individuals to connect with the world. It will appeal to researchers and professionals working across the fields of psychology, environmental science, public health and public policy.
Reviews / Votes
"I heartily welcome the focus here on extending, possibly even shifting, the focus of Wellbeing research to embed it in an eco-social framework which thoroughly challenges modernist and Western assumptions about what it means to be human ." (Paul Hoggett, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at University of the West of England, and Co-Founder of the Climate Psychology Alliance, UK).
"In
Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science
, the editors capture the richness of the emerging discipline of wellbeing science. Through the perspectives of experts across several disparate disciplines, the volume provides the basis for a rich, integrative science of wellbeing that expands the original focus of positive psychology from the individual to a collective experience that is independent of cultural and geographical diversity." (Stephen W. Porges, Distinguished University Scientist, Kinsey Institute Indiana University; Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, USA; Author of
Polyvagal Safety
(2021))
"How long can humans
be well
if planetary boundaries are kept being crossed? From an ecological point of view, all wellbeing science needs to take into account 'planetary wellbeing'. In this insightful volume edited by Drs Kemp and Edwards, experts chart such an agenda including a multifaceted exploration of eco-psycho-social wellbeing. Highly recommended." (Panu Pihkala, Researcher in eco-anxiety, University of Helsinki, Finland)
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Darren J. Edwards is a BPS Chartered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in The Department of Public Health at Swansea University, Wales. Dr Edwards has considerable experience both as a researcher and trainer of ACT. His published work includes several policy briefs for the Welsh Government and The Textbook of Health and Social Care (Co-edited with Stephanie Best 2020).
Content
1. An Introduction to the Complex Construct of Wellbeing, Societal Challenges and Potential Solutions.- 2. Shifting the Paradigm of Positive Psychology: Toward an Existential Positive Psychology of Wellbeing.- 3. Beyond Us: Building Collective Wellbeing.- 4. Towards a Culture of Care for Societal Wellbeing: A Perspective from the Healthcare Sector.- 5. ACTing for Society: The Promotion and Nurturance of Prosocial Behaviour at Scale.- 6. The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Human and Planetary Wellbeing: Implications for Promoting Wellbeing, Tackling Anthropogenic Climate Change and Overcoming Biodiversity Loss.- 7. A Modern Framework of Wellbeing from the Perspective of Positive Environments.- 8. A Public Health Perspective on Wellbeing.- 9. The Economics of Individual Wellbeing and the Transformation of Society.- 10. Social and Material Foundations of Wellbeing: Beyond the Neoliberal Model of Development.- 11. Discussion: Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science.