What is the Good Life? Positive Psychology and the Renaissance of Humanistic Psychology

By B. Robbins. 2008

133 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. L. Waters
2. A. Ashfield
3. Edward Bonner
4. R. Diessner
5. H. Friedman
6. K. Hefferon
7. Rico Pohling
8. J. Synard

In Social Psychology

1. L. Waters
2. Rico Pohling
3. A. Ashfield
4. Edward Bonner
5. R. Diessner
6. H. Friedman
7. K. Hefferon
8. J. Synard

Citations in the corpus

• Moral Elevation and Moral Beauty: A Review of the Empirical Literature (2016, result): “This is in line with eudaimonic accounts of well-being and happiness (cf. Aristotle, 2009; Robbins, 2008) insofar that well-being and other types of health indicators are connected to the practice of virtues—in this case, the appreciation of moral beauty.”
• Positive Psychology, Happiness, and Virtue: The Troublesome Conceptual Issues (2010, background): “If it were true, for example, as one humanist insists (Robbins, 2008), that what Aristotelians call “eudaimonic well-being,” Maslow later called “self-actualization,” and positive psychologists now call “happiness,” we would end up with an unappetizing mish-mash of theories that in no way does justi”
• What is Existential Positive Psychology (2011, background): “Schumaker (2007) laments that many psychologists and coaches have become merchants of happiness, promising people the moon: instant transformation, success and happiness.”
• A Conceptual Clarification of the Experience of Awe: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2011, background): “Awe is an important concept within both humanistic (eg, Robbins, 2008 ) and transpersonal (eg, Hartelius, Caplan, & Rardin, 2007 ) psychology, as well as in related fields, such as positive psychology (eg, Gable, & Haidt, 2005) and the psychology of religion (Emmons & Paloutzian, 2003 ).”
• Understanding optimal human functioning – The ‘call for qual’ in exploring human flourishing and well-being (2017, background): “Some researchers argue that there are topics within positive psychology that ultimately require using both qualitative than quantitative designs (e.g. eudaimonia; Robbins, 2008).”
• Eastern Conceptualizations of Happiness: Fundamental Differences with Western Views (2013, unknown): “…(consisting in part of the absence of negative emotions) is that such a conceptualization, which seems to be dominant in the West, makes it difficult to accept hardship, negative affect, and unhappiness as possible integral parts of a good life (e.g., Held 2002; Robbins 2008; Shamasundar 2008).”