EMOCIONES Y BIENESTAR EN EL ENVEJECIMIENTO NORMAL Y PATOLÓGICO

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CONTENIDOS DE LA ASIGNATURA

Módulo 1: Introducción al estudio de las Emociones y el Bienestar Personal
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Diener, E.y Biswas-Diener, R. (2008). The science of optimal happiness. Boston: Blackwell Publishing.
o Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 542-575.
o Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R., y Smith, H. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.
o Ryan, R. M., y Deci, E. L. (2001). On happiness and human potentials: A review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 141-166.
Módulo 2: La medida del Bienestar Personal en el Envejecimiento
Contenidos específicos:
- El BP como frecuencia de afectos
- El BP como balance de afectos
- Estudios longitudinales del BP
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Diener, E. (1994). Assessing subjective well-being: Progress and opportunities. Social Indicators Research, 31, 103-157.
o Diener, E., Sandvik, E., y Pavot, W. (1991). Happiness is the frequency, not the intensity of positive versus negative affect. En: F. Strack, M. Argyle, y N. Schwarz (Eds.), Subjective well-being: An interdisciplinary perspective. (119-140). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
o Schwarz, N., y Strack, F. (1999). Reports of subjective well-being: Judgmental processes and their methodological implications. En: D. Kahneman, E. Diener, y N. Schwarz. (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (61-84). New York: Russell Sage.
o Pavot, W. y Diener, (1993). Review of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Personality Assessment, 5, 164-172.
Módulo 3: Factores de personalidad y Bienestar Personal
Contenidos específicos:
- Las emociones positivas y el envejecimiento
- La capacidad hedónica como factor de BP
- La paradoja de la felicidad en el envejecimiento
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Diener, E. y Lucas, R. E. (1999). Personality and subjective well-being. En: D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz. (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (213-229). New York: Russell Sage.
o Lykken, D. y Tellegen, A. (1996). Happiness is a stochastic phenomenon. Psychological Science, 7, 186-189.
o Robinson, M. D., Solberg, E. C., Vargas, P. T. y Tamir, M. (2003). Trait as default: Extraversion, subjective wellbeing, and the distinction between neutral and positive events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 517-527.
o Lucas, R. E., Diener, E., Grob, A., Suh, E. M. y Shao, L. (2000). Cross-cultural evidence for the fundamental features of extraversion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 452-468. o Larsen, R. J. y Diener, E. (1987). Affect intensity as an individual difference characteristic: A review. Journal of Research in Personality, 21, 1-39.
Módulo 4: Cognición y Bienestar Personal: envejecimiento normal y patológico
Contenidos específicos:
- Bases neurológicas del procesamiento emocional
- Memoria y afectos
- Deterioro cognitivo y procesamiento emocional en las enfermedades neurodegenerativas
- Estilos cognitivos y BP
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and motivational processes in well-being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249.
o Updegraff, J. A., Gable, S. L., y Taylor, S. E. (2004). What makes experiences satisfying? The interaction of approach-avoidance motivations and emotions in well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 496-504.
o Diener, E., Lucas, E., Oishi, S., y Suh, E. (2002). Looking up and looking down: Weighting good and bad information in life satisfaction judgment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 437-445.
o Schwartz, B., Ward, A., Monterosso, J., Lyubomirsky, S., White, K., & Lehman, D. (2002). Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1178-1197.
Módulo 5: Adaptación y Bienestar Personal
Contenidos específicos:
- Sucesos vitales y BP
- El efecto de la jubilación sobre el BP
- La adaptación hedónica
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Suh, E., Diener, E., y Fujita, F. (1996). Events and subjective well-being: Only recent events matter. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1091-1102.
o Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., y Diener, E. (2004). Unemployment alters the set point for life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 15, 8-13.
o Frederick, S., y Loewenstein, G. (1999). Hedonic adaptation. En D. Kahneman, E. Diener, y N. Schwarz. (Eds.),Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (302-329). New York: Russell Sage.
Módulo 6: Predictores socioculturales del Bienestar Personal
Contenidos específicos:
- Variables sociológicas predictoras del BP
- Variables personales predictoras del BP
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Wilson, T. D., y Gilbert, D. T. (2003). Affective forecasting. En: M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 35 (345-411). New York: Elsevier.
o Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., y Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The role of predicted, online, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological Science, 14, 520-524.
o Wilson, T. D., Centerbar, D. B., Kermer, D. A., y Gilbert, D. T. (2005). The pleasures of uncertainty: Prolonging positive moods in ways people do not anticipate. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 5-21.
o Hsee, C. K., y Zhang, J. (2004). Distinction bias: Misprediction and mischoice due to joint evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 680-695.
Módulo 7: La motivación y el Bienestar Personal
Contenidos específicos:
- La consecución de metas como causa de BP
- La satisfacción con la vida y BP
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Emmons, R.A. (2003). Personal goals, life meaning, and virtue: Wellsprings of a positive life. En C.L.M. Keyes (Ed.), Flourishing: The positive person and the good life (105-128). Washington, DC: APA.
o Sheldon, K. M. y Kasser, T. (1998). Pursuing Personal Goals: Skills Enable Progress, but Not All Progress is Beneficial. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 24, 1319-1331.
o Sheldon, K.M., Elliot, A.J., Kim, Y., y Kasser, T. (2001). What's satisfying about satisfying events? Comparing ten candidate psychological needs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 325-339.
Módulo 8: Envejecimiento, Salud y Bienestar Personal
Contenidos específicos:
- Trastornos emocionales y salud en el envejecimiento
- La vulnerabilidad emocional en las personas mayores
- ¿Tienen las personas mayores estrés?
Lecturas recomendadas:
o Updegraff, J. A. y Taylor, S. E. (2000). From vulnerability to growth: Positive and negative effects of stressful life events. En J. H. Harvey y E. Miller (Eds.), Loss and Trauma: General and Close Relationship Perspectives (3-28). Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.
o Salovey, P., Rothman, A.J., Detweiler, J.B. y Steward, W. (2000). Emotional states and physical health. American Psychologist, 55, 110-121.
o Taylor, S. E., Kemeny, M. E., Reed, G. M., Bower, J. E. y Gruenewald, T. L. (2000). Psychological resources, positive illusions, and health. American Psychologist, 55, 99-109.
o Fredrickson, B. L. y Levenson, R. W. (1998). Positive emotions speed recovery from the cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 12, 191-220.