数量xvii, 280 pages ; ; 24 cm.
寄与者edited by Barbara Holthus and Wolfram Manzenreiter.
一般注記1. Tanoshikatta ne? : learning to be happy in Japanese preschoools / Eyal Ben-Ari -- 2. "Because I feel happy" : Japanese first graders' views about schooling and well-being / Yoko Yamamoto -- 3. "Unhappy" and isolated youth in the midst of social change : representations and subjective experiences of hikikomori in contemporary Japan / Sachiko Horiguchi -- 4. Anxious, stressed, and yet satisfied? : the puzzle of subjective well-being among young adults in Japan / Carola Hommerich -- 5.Being happy as a woman : the promise of happiness for middle-class housewives in Japan / Olfa Goldstein-Gidoni -- 6. The well-being of single mothers in Japan / James M. Raymo -- 7. Happiness at work? : martial happiness among Japanse housewives and employed wives / Mary C. Brinton -- 8. The happiness of Japanese academics : findings from job satisfaction surveys in 1992 and 2007 / Theresa Aichinger, Peter Fankhauser and Roger Goodman -- 9. Dilemma of fatherhood : the meaning of work, family, and happiness for salaried male Japanese workers / Futoshi Taga -- 10. Happiness pursued, abandoned, dreamed of, and stumbled upon : an analysis of 20 Japanese lives over 20 years / Gordon Mathews -- 11. Senior volunteers and post-retirement well-being in Japan / Satsuki Kawano -- 12. Well-being and decision-making towards the end of life : living wills in Japan / Celia Spoden -- 13. Fear of solitary death in Japan's aging society / Tim Tiefenbach and Florian Kohlbacher -- 14. Reconsidering the four dimensions of happiness across the life course in Japan / Wolfram Manzenreiter and Barbara Holthus.