Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of contributing authors X
4. Preface XI
5. Introduction: Positive Change in Global World: Creative Individuals and Complex Societies 1
6. 1 Phenomenology of Positive Change: Social Growth 6
7. 2 Phenomenology of Positive Change: Personal Growth 18
8. 3 Positive Change and Positive Technology 39
9. 4 Positive Change and Networked Flow: From Creative Individuals to Creative Networks 53
10. 5 Positive change in clinical settings: flow experience in psychodynamic therapies 74
11. 6 Positive Change in Environment: Aesthetics, Environmental Flowability and Well-Being 91
12. 7 Positive Change and Political Participation: Well-Being as an Indicator of the Quality of Citizens’ Engagement 105
13. 8 Positive Change and Scholastic Education 123
14. 9 Positive Change and Flow in Sport 138
15. 10 Positive Change and Transgenerational Relationships in Family Business 152
16. 11 Positive Change and Mentoring in Adulthood 166
17. 12 Positive Change and Quality of Time in Daily Life 183
18. Author Index 202
19. List of Figures 205
20. List of Tables 207
21. Index 208