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• An Introduction to Positive Computing
  • Technological Progress a Poor Proxy for Wellbeing
  • The Human-Machine Legacy
  • Measuring What Matters
  • The Walk-Through
  • References
• I
• The Psychology of Wellbeing
  • Paradigms of Wellbeing
  • The Medical Model - Wellbeing as the Absence of Dysfunction
  • Hedonic Psychology - Wellbeing as the Experience of Positive Emotion
  • Eudaimonic Psychology - Wellbeing as Engagement with Meaning and the Fulfillment of Potentials
  • Combining Hedonic and Eudaimonic Approaches
  • Biology and Neuroscience - Wellbeing as Physiologically Identifiable
  • Wellbeing-Informed Design - a Hypothetical Case Study
  • Expert Perspectives - Technology for Mental Health
  • Note
  • References
• 3. Multidisciplinary Foundations
  • Economics -- Wellbeing as Something Money Still Can't Buy
  • Increasing Gross National Happiness and General Wellbeing
  • Wellbeing as Learnable and Good for Learning
  • Learning from Learning Technologies
  • Business and Organizational Psychology
  • Places and Things That Improve Wellbeing
  • Expert Perspectives -- Multidisciplinary Views
  • References
• 4 Wellbeing in Technology Research
  • Opportunities and Challenges for Wellbeing
  • Personal Informatics -- New Tools for an Old Quest
  • Affective Computing -- Technology and Emotions
  • Affect and Attentive Interfaces -- When Systems Are Considerate of Your Mental State
  • Affective Computing for Reflection
  • Affect and Technology for Mental Health
  • Behavior Change Technology
  • Acknowledging the Role of Values
  • Expert Perspective -- Technology Research and Wellbeing
  • References
• 5 A Framework and Methods for Positive Computing
• II
• Positive Emotions
• Motivation, Engagement, and Flow
• Self-awareness and Self-compassion
• Mindfulness
• Empathy
• 11 Compassion And Altruism
• 12 Caveats, Considerations, And The Way Ahead
• INDEX