Proceedings of the XXIV International Congress of Psychology of the International Union of Psychological Science (I. U. Psy. S.), Sydney, Australia, August 28-September 2, 1988 Book

Good book, with somewhat indepth exploration and analysis of different topics on Positive Psychology. There is great analysis on happiness research and its correlation to different variables such as money, and other very interesting research on resilience. Much has been taken from resilience to almost "dismiss" the effects of a traumatic childhood, however this book gives a great explanation to the results of such analysis.


"Alternatively, the childhood research has increasingly pointed to possible "costs" that may accompany resilient profiles. That is, children of adversity may do well in certain areas (e.g., competence in school) and yet continue to suffer in certain areas of vulnerability (e.g., limited capacity to establish close ties to others). This recognition'that resilience may exact psychosocial tolls that exist side by side with the psychosocial strengths it hones'is an important insight for those attempting to understand flourishing under fire in adulthood and later life."