Natalie Kerr, Jaime Kurtz

Our New Social Life (eBook, PDF)

Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on decades of research to highlight several key barriers to social connection and offer actionable, research-based strategies for anyone who wants a more vibrant social life. Whether they are social butterflies who find themselves adjusting to a new environment, or someone who has always struggled to foster deeper relationships, these experts in happiness and social connections help readers build skills that can lead to a lifetime of connectedness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197749968
• Artikelnr.: 72264194

Autorenporträt

Natalie Kerr, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies social connection and loneliness. Her work, which has drawn national attention, has been published in journals such as the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, and Social Influence. She also writes for Psychology Today and designs community programs for people who want to cultivate deeper connection in their lives. Jaime Kurtz, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she studies happiness and savoring. She is an award-winning teacher and researcher whose work has appeared in journals such as Psychological Science, Emotion, Affective Science, and the Journal of Positive Psychology. She is the author of The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations (Oxford 2017), Positively Happy: Routes to Sustainable Happiness, and two Audible Original programs: Personality Tests and What They Can Tell Us and The Psychology of Happiness.

Inhaltsangabe

* PrefaceIntroduction
* Chapter 1:Social by Nature: Why Connection Is an Essential Need
* Chapter 2: Recipe for Disconnection: How the Norms of Modern Life Are
Pulling Us Apart
* Chapter 3:A Distorted Reality: Seeing the Social World through Our
Personal Filter
* Chapter 4:Faulty Mind-Reading: Why We Underestimate Others Desire to
Connect
* Chapter 5: Liking, Demystified: Why Making Connections Can Be
Surprisingly Simple
* Chapter 6: Beyond Casual Connection: The Rules and Rewards of
Building Intimacy
* Chapter 7: Connection on Demand: How to Feel Connected Even When Were
Alone
* Acknowledgements
* Notes
* Index