In this chapter, previous studies on the similarities and differences between well-being concepts in animals are presented. The reviews were based on the following concepts: individual's perspective and perception; philosophical frameworks; a balance of pleasant versus unpleasant affect; bipolar...

This chapter addresses the positive effects of social affiliation that extend beyond these fitness benefits. Current evidence convincingly demonstrates that social mammals (including humans, as well as some nonmammalian species) share a distinct attribute, referred to as social support, whereby...

In this chapter, the authors evaluates a subset of the evidence that our perceptions of animal happiness are accurate and that the 'happiness' that we see in other animals is much like the happiness that we see in other humans or experience ourselves. This evidence consists of work on the...

A brief discussion on the indications, contraindications, dosing protocols, costs, and other issues for all medications that may benefit a patient's psychological well-being was presented.

This chapter attempts to shed light on factors contributing to failures in teamwork, with an explanation of what cognitive, emotional and spiritual intelligence are. Some preliminary findings on the relevance of employee spiritual intelligence in the tourism and hospitality industry are discussed.

A review of some of the behavioural signs associated with pain, health and disease in cats was presented in this chapter as well as a discussion on the link between physiological and psychological welfare.

This chapter reviews a number of key concepts relevant for research on the experiential aspects of tourism consumption, namely: emotion, prospection and retrospection, memory and especially autobiographical memory, sensations, fantasy, feelings and choice processes.

This concluding chapter notes that the use of cognitive psychological concepts in tourism research is underdeveloped. It then discusses how tourism research can apply theories from cognitive psychology, particularly theories on perception, categorization, emotion and memory.

This chapter explores how physical travel experiences (and any transformations undergone) can become entwined in a traveller's ongoing lived experience. This process is enhanced by the various flows and connections found within an increasingly mobile world, which enable various aspects of their...

This chapter can be perceived as the first step in the development of a conceptual framework contributing to our understanding of how visitor experiences are shaped by environmental psychological constructs. It develops and proposes a conceptual framework for island destinations, extending the...