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Spirituality and Happiness: A Neuroscientific Perspective
Spiritual practices lead to untold benefits, particularly leading to a tranquil and happy mind, besides manifesting a plethora of holistic health...
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Religion, Spirituality, and Happiness: Through an Indian Lens
Religion and spirituality (R/S) form an essential part of an individual’s identity. About 80% of people around the world are believed to be...
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Moral Competence, Religiosity, and Spirituality
Context: There is a relationship between religiosity and spirituality (SR) in moral decision-making, which refers to competence. Objectives:...
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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
This handbook aims to bridge the gap between the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality. It is the...
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Happiness and Health: An Intricate Relationship
Health and happiness influence each other. However, the relationship is quite complex, as a healthy person may be unhappy, and a seriously ill...
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Gross National Happiness: The Interdependent Domains of Happiness
The chapter discusses Gross National HappinessGross National Happiness (GNH) (GNH) from its origin and its implication to criticism as a measure. GNH...
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Gratitude Vs. Yoga Intervention to Increase Happiness Among Women
This study compares a gratitude intervention with an Indian yoga intervention to determine its efficacy to raise happiness levels. A randomized...
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Yogic Spirituality and Positive Psychology vis-à-vis the Mental Health of Adolescents During COVID-19
COVID-19 ushered in a period of uncertainty and insecurity. It has affected the mental well-being of all, but certain groups are more vulnerable,...
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The Relationship Between Spirituality and Resilience and Well-being: a Study of 529 Care Leavers from 11 Nations
Research has found that individuals who were separated from parental care and experienced alternative care settings during childhood are more likely...
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Communication, Happiness, and Wellbeing
The chapter focuses on understanding how communication behaviour relates to constructing happiness and wellbeingHappiness And Wellbeing. Today, we...
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Happiness-Driven Growth: Achieving Business Prosperity Through Happiness
Combining her philosophical, psychological, and economic knowledge with her experience in business driving change using objective measurements, in...
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Hope Is Happiness
After going through the essentials of the most relevant philosophical positions on happiness offered by the history of thought, the author...
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Spirituality as a Factor of Resilience in the Witness of Adult Survivors of Clerical Child Sexual Abuse
For Viktor Frankl, it is not possible to pursue happiness—happiness must ensue. Frankl’s approach to happiness is to understand it as the indicator...
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The Scientific Study of Life Satisfaction and Religion/Spirituality
One way in which religion and spirituality are relevant to the science and practice of positive psychology is through their links to life...
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Indigenous Perspectives on Happiness: Insights from Indian Traditions
While the quest for happiness has been a perennial global concern, it’s meaning and ways to pursue it differ widely. The traditional Indian worldview...
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The Scientific Study of Positive Emotions and Religion/Spirituality
This chapter considers the role of positive emotions in religion/spirituality. We begin by reviewing key conceptual frameworks of positive emotions...
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The Quest for Happiness: Applying Positive Psychology Principles to Foster Happiness in Midlife and Older Age
Happiness represents an important driving force for individuals at any life stage and continues to be so in midlife and older age. While ageing is...
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Happiness and Well-Being in Old Age
The topic of interest in the twenty-first century has shifted from ‘how long will I live’ to ‘if I am going to live a long time, how can I be happy...
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Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
In this chapter, we explore the overlap and intersections of research on virtue within the fields of positive psychology and the psychology of...
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Happiness-Enhancing Strategies Among Indians
Happiness is longed for by people from all walks of life and is construed as one of the most important attainments in life. The present chapter...