Genes, Environments and Core Features of Eudaimonic Wellbeing

Abstract

This chapter is structured into three parts. First, we share some thoughts on the current state of construct affairs, and introduce the concept of well-moving as central to eudaimonic wellbeing. In the second part, we provide a review of genetically informative studies examining genetic and environmental influences on eudaimonic wellbeing. Finally, in the third part we discuss some implications of the genetic findings, with regard to conceptual issues and to the notion of positive interplay between genes and environment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)