1st Edition

Happiness and Well-Being in Chinese Societies Sociocultural Analyses

By Chau-kiu Cheung, Xiaodong Yue Copyright 2021
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

This book addresses the sustainability of happiness and well-being in Chinese societies. It starts by introducing the various conceptions of well-being, particularly in the Chinese sociocultural context. The book then proceeds with the examination of the sustainability of well-being by scrutinizing the effects of sociocultural, contextual, and personal factors on well-being. The contextual... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Regional influences on well-being 3. Personal background influences on well-being 4. Contextual influences on well-being 5. Effects of personal dispositions on well-being 6. Conclusion

Biography

Chau-kiu Cheung is an associate professor at the City University of Hong Kong, China, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Comparative Asian Development.

Xiaodong Yue is currently Distinguished Professor at School of Psychology of Capital Normal University, China.