Personal Peacefulness examines the existing theories and knowledge about the peacefulness of individuals, including inner peace, interpersonal peacefulness, and peaceful attitudes towards groups and nations. It uses the term personal peacefulness to refer to the peaceful states, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals, and it discusses the phenomena and determinants of personal peacefulness in the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup domains. Also addressed is the relationship between personal peacefulness and well-being, describing various methods for enhancing the peacefulness of individuals. Within the framework of a scholarly and scientific approach to the study of personal peacefulness, various psychological perspectives are represented: personality, social, clinical, and positive psychology perspectives, peacefulness as nonviolence, attachment theory and the development of affect regulation, a human needs theory approach, Buddhist conceptions of compassion and mindfulness, a natural science perspective describing physiological foundations for personal peacefulness, phenomenological perspectives, and peacefulness as the promotion of conflict resolution. The book is an important resource for scholars, researchers, and educators in psychology, political science and in a variety of other areas who study and teach topics such as empathy, prosocial behavior, personality, psychological well-being, mental health, personal development, peace and conflict and conflict resolution.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461493655
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189438013
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Experimental Psychology, Personality Psychology
Author
Gregory K. Sims, Mindy R. Puopolo, Linden L. Nelson
Publication Name
Personal Peacefulness: Psychological Perspectives
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
285 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
20
Item Weight
5738g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Peace Psychology Book Series
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Gregory K. Sims, Mindy R. Puopolo, Linden L. Nelson