Subject Code: HS4L017 Subject Name: Psychology of Wellbeing L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None

Content:

  • Theoretical foundations of well-being;
  • Types of well-being: Subjective/Objective, Eudaimonic/hedonic, socio-centric/Individualistic;
  • Well-being in the age of globalisation and neoliberalism;
  • Being well within the social hierarchies;
  • Nurturing subjective well-being;
  • Wellbeing after Disaster, Political and religious violence, gendered violence;
  • Staying well with Mental illness, Physical illness, Physical disability;
  • Wellbeing of Elderly, Children, Women, Homeless, Prisoners, Migrants


Text/Reference Books:
  1. Priya, K. R., & Dalal, A. K. (Eds.). (2016). Qualitative research on illness, wellbeing and self-growth: Contemporary Indian perspectives. Routledge.
  2. Slade, M., Oades, L., & Jarden, A. (Eds.). (2017). Wellbeing, recovery and mental health. Cambridge University Press.
  3. Knoop, H. H., & Delle Fave, A. (Eds.). (2012). Well-being and cultures: Perspectives from positive psychology (Vol. 3). Springer Science & Business Media.