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About this reference work this work focuses on the ways wellbeing has been studied and can be applied across different aspects of the life course. Wellbeing is seen as lying at the opposite end of a spectrum to the common mental disorders depression, anxiety. Felicia huppert her research examines the causes and consequences of wellbeing across the life course, using data from large population samples, longitudinal cohorts, and intervention programs such as the mindfulness. Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing book, 2014.
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Felicia is the founding director of the wellbeing institute at cambridge university and a leading researcher on the science of wellbeing and promotion of human flourishing. Huppert parenting interventions to promote wellbeing and prevent mental disorder sarah stewartbrown promoting mental health and wellbeing in schools katherine weare and melanie nind an exploration of the effects of mindfulness training and. Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing edited by felicia a. Concepts, measures, interventions, and policies felicia a.
Mindfulness and compassion as foundations for wellbeing. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Happiness and wellbeing critical concepts in psychology. Felicia huppert pi psychology, australian catholic university. Director of the wellbeing institute at the university of cambridge and emeritus professor of psychology felicia is internationally renowned for her work on the science of wellbeing and the promotion of human flourishing. Part 1 individual and group interventions across the life course 51.
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