Bernhard Leipold

Intentional Self-Development and Positive Ageing

How Individuals Select and Pursue Life Goals

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Produktbeschreibung

By adopting the concept of intentional self-development (ISD), this text outlines an action-theoretical approach to human development that emphasizes both an individualâ s ability to shape their own development throughout the lifespan, and the extent to which this potential is limited.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 233mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9780815365372
• ISBN-10: 0815365373
• Artikelnr.: 57675569

Autorenporträt

Bernhard Leipold is an Associated Professor of Psychology at Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany. He received his PhD at Free University Berlin. His research focuses on coping, resilience, and positive development across the lifespan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 What is intentional self-development (ISD)?
2 Developmental prerequisites and challenges across the lifespan
3 The role of non-intentional processes, affect, and evaluation
4 Cognitive-motivational processes of intentional self-development5
Positive development and resilience
6 Balance and dimensions of meaning
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