Happiness and wellness: biopsychosocial and anthropological perspectives / edited by Floriana Irtelli, Fabio Gabrielli

1. Contagious Laughter as an Innate Acoustic Stimulus That Provokes Positive Emotions and Affects Possible Relationships of This Laughter with Happiness / Guillermo Arévalo-Pachón and Julio Eduardo Cruz .-- 2. Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children: A Keystone for Happiness in Society / Eleni Hadjigeorgiou.-- 3. The Well-Being in the Children and Adolescents with ADHD: Possible Influencing Factors and How to Improve It / Jenson Yin and Jie Luo.-- 4. Well-Being and Happiness Feelings in Sports-Active and Sports-Inactive Adolescents / Janka Peráčková and Pavol Peráček.-- 5. Happiness at Work: A Psychological Perspective / Nishi Misra and Shobhna Srivastava .-- 6. Values-Flow in Contextual Psychotherapy: The 'What', 'Why', and 'How' of Sustainable Values-Based Behaviour / Cedomir Ignjatovic, Margaret L. Kern and Lindsay G. Oades .-- 7. Focusing on Gratitude: Implications for Mental Health / Mark S. Rye, Kristen R. Schiavo and Anna Tsaligopoulou .-- 8. Enacting Happiness from Emotions and Moods / Éric Laurent, Kévin Bague, Colin Vegas and Jonathan Dartevelle .-- 9. Predictors of Child Well-Being or What Makes Children Happy / Zhanna Bruk and Svetlana Ignatjeva. --10. Nondual Well-Being The Evolution of Happiness / Patrick Jones .-- 11. Presence and Self-Learning: An Evolutionary Hypothesis / Fabio Vanni.-- 12. Gratitude and Happiness: The Causes and Consequences of Gratitude / Philip C. Watkins, Michael Frederick and Alexander W. Dodson.-- 13. Selected Well-Being Interventions for Hybrid-Working Employees / Christian Ehrlich, Giulia Rossetti, Robert van der Veen and Jeremy Zwiegelaar.-- 14. Measuring Well-Being in School and University: Approaches and Challenges / Tatjana Kanonire, Alena Kulikova and Ekaterina Orel .-- 15. Positive Psychology and Healthy Lifestyles for Health and Happiness / Liana Lianov .-- 16. The Pursuit of Happiness: Cultural and Psychological Considerations / Vanda Vitali and John A. Moran .-- 17. Subjective Well-Being at the Workplace as a Social Action: Opportunities for Management and Self-Management / Lyudmila Zakharova, Zaretkhan Saralieva and Irina Leonova .-- 18. (Material) Well-Being in Economics: Beyond GDP / Marisol Manfredi. -- 19. The Relationship between Fandom and Well-Being / Kei Aoki .-- 20. Thanks for Asking! How UAE-Based University Students Conceptualize Happiness and How Institutions Can Improve It / Louise Lambert, Yasmeen Khadri, Suhina Mayet, Jessica Vedanayagam, Vaishnavi Varma and Kevin S. Kertechian .-- 21. Understanding Happiness in the Pacific Islands: A Qualitative Study with University Staff in Fiji / Annie Crookes and Meg A. Warren .-- 22. Factors Affecting the Happiness of Korean University Students / Soo-Koung Jun .-- 23. Psychosocial Factors Associated with Happiness / Chloe R. Grabanski, Adedoyin Gloria Okanlawon, Raina V. Lamade and Katherine J. Goulden .-- 24. Socio-Cultural Basis of Happiness: African Existential Perspective / Purissima Emelda Egbekpalu .-- 25. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) as an Indicator of General Well-Being / Rodger K. Bufford, Jessica Cantley, Jaycee Hallford, Yadira Vega and Jessica Wilbur .-- 26. Happiness, Value, and Organizational Toughness: Three Concepts in Search of a Theory / Célio A.A. Sousa and João M.S. Carvalho .-- 27. Amartya Sen and the Capabilities versus Happiness Debate: An Aristotelian Perspective / Tony Burns .-- 28. Identifying the Gaps between Biopsychosocial Research and Human Behavior: Implications for Happiness and Well-Being / Charlotte Shelton and Sarah Hon .-- 29. A Path to Happiness / Sara Spowart.

This book is a collection of chapters on happiness and well-being. It includes contributions from scientists from all over the world, who present different, multifaceted, dialectically open perspectives and sensitivities regarding happiness. The authors discuss happiness and well-being from biological, biopsychosocial, anthropological, and philosophical points of view.