Positive Psychology 2/e

John M. Zelenski is a Professor of Psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. As a researcher and director of the Carleton University Happiness Laboratory, he studies individual differences in happiness, and how personality manifests itself 'in the moment' as emotional, behavioural, and cognitive processes. John's recent work has focused on two areas: the causes and consequences of social behaviour (e.g., in relation to the personality trait of introversion-extraversion), and the links among nature, people's sense of connection to nature (nature relatedness), happiness, and environmentally sustainable behaviour. John also teaches on a range of Personality, Social and Positive Psychology courses at Carleton.

Part I Introduction 1 Describing the Science of Positive Psychology Part II Happiness and Positive States 2 Positive Emotions 3 Happiness Part III Personality Processes 4 Personality 5 The Self 6 Thinking Part IV Social, Psychological, and PhysicalEnvironments 7 Social and Physical Environments 8 Close Relationships Part V Towards Increasing Positivity 9 Stability and Change 10 Looking Forward