Beyond Us: Building Collective Wellbeing
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2022-01-01
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The mission of positive psychology is to explore and build wellbeing in the lives of individuals the world over; however, like all theoretical frameworks, its evolution propels researchers and practitioners into increasingly complex issues. Developments in the field promote a broader view on wellbeing, focusing on culture, religion, social interactions and climate action. Global issues have encouraged the need for a systemic view of wellbeing that is beyond the remit of individuals and extends to organizations, governments and societies alike. In short, the time has come for a global, contextual and systemic understanding of wellbeing. Here, we address the development of these frameworks and three emerging areas as examples of their utility; namely, climate change, egalitarianism as an aid to intergroup relations, and the need for purposeful non-Western views of wellbeing. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022, corrected publication 2022
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Climate change, Culture, Egalitarianism, Positive psychology, Wellbeing
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Lambert, L., Warren, M.A., Waldrop, R.J., Al Subaiei, S., Eubanks, A. & Fisher, J.L. (2022). Beyond Us: Building Collective Wellbeing. In A.H. Kemp & D.J. Edwards (Eds.), Broadening the Scope of Wellbeing Science (pp. 29 – 42). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18329-4_3