Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp. i-xii
Chapter 1. The Influences of Parents’ Rearing Attitude, Personality and Coping Strategies on Psychological Well-Being and Suicidal Ideation among College Students
(Pi-Ming Yeh and Cheng-Huei Chiao, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, USA)pp. 1-18
Chapter 2. Can Informal Peer Education Help College Students Manage Stress? Effects of Two Brief Skills-Based Programs on Student Stress, Rumination, and Self-Criticism
(Andrew F. Frohn, Sarka Turecka and Jennifer Katz, SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, USA)pp. 19-32
Chapter 3. Prevention of Anxiety, Depression and Burnout during Medical Studies and Residency Training (Experts’ Opinion, Medical Students’ and Young Doctors’ Point of View)
(Gertrude Hamader and Elisabeth Noehammer, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria)pp. 33-42
Chapter 4. Promoting Well-Being: The Effectiveness of an Individually-Tailored Physical Activity Intervention for Young Adults
(Diane E. Mack, Philip M. Wilson, Louise T. Blais, Jenna D. Gilchrist and Lindsay S. Meldrum, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada)pp. 43-56
Chapter 5. Testing Predictors of Social Well-being: Are they the Same for Men and Women?
(Chiara Rollero, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy)pp. 57-64
Chapter 6. The Influence of Ethnic Identity on Asian Americans’ Well-Being: A Critical Review of the Literature
(Chi P. Nguyen and Y. Joel Wong, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)pp. 65-76
Chapter 7. Psychological Well-Being in Cancer Survivors
(Samantha Serpentini, Elena Pasquin and Eleonora Capovilla, IOV- IRCSS, Padova, Italy)pp. 77-90
Chapter 8. Factors Associated to the Well-Being of Institutionalized vs. Community Dwelling Elderly in Angola
(J. M. Tomás, M. Gutierrez, P. Sancho and L. Galiana, University of Valencia, Spain)pp. 91-114
Chapter 9. Household Economic Well-Being Response to Credit Access in Cameroon
(Francis Menjo Baye and Boniface Ngah Epo, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon)pp. 115-142
Chapter 10. Religiousness and Perceived Well-Being in Ghana
(Isaac Addai, and Christopher Opoku-Agyeman, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, USA and others)pp. 143-172
Chapter 11. Natural Environments: A Resource for Public Health and Well-Being? A Literature Review
(Dörte Martens and Nicole Bauer, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland)pp. 173-218
Index pp. 219-229