Psychological Well-Being

PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 2
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
WHAT IS MEANT BY CHEERFULNESS?......Page 16
IS LAUGHTER “HEALTHY”?......Page 18
IS EXHILARATION “HEALTHY”?......Page 19
Tip 1: Different People Are Different......Page 21
TRAINING OF CHEERFULNESS......Page 24
OVERDOSE OF CHEERFULNESS?......Page 25
WHAT'S THE USE?......Page 26
STRESS AND STRAIN......Page 27
Tip 2: Changes Can Materialize on Their Own......Page 29
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING......Page 31
Tip 3: Co-Occurrence or Cause and Effect......Page 34
PSYCHOSOMATICS......Page 36
Tip 4: Stress Responses Are Not "Unhealthy"......Page 40
THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE PSYCHOSOMATIC COIN......Page 42
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH......Page 43
FUNCTIONAL COMPLAINTS......Page 46
CHRONIC PAIN......Page 48
Tip 5: What Can Changes of Immune Parameters Say......Page 52
SOCIAL LIFE......Page 54
70 PLUS......Page 56
Tip 6: What's the Use of Laughter Clubs, Clownery, and Funny Films......Page 57
WAYS TO ENHANCE CHEERFULNESS......Page 62
EXAMPLE FOR A SCIENTIFICALLY FOUNDED METHOD FOR THE TRAINING OF CHEERFULNESS......Page 66
Untitled......Page 71
1. ABSTRACT......Page 90
2.1. Historic Introduction to Positive Psychological Functioning......Page 91
2.2. Multidimensional Model of Psychological Well-Being......Page 94
3.1. Bradburn Affect Balance Scale......Page 97
3.3. Satisfaction with Life Scale (Swls)......Page 98
3.4. Psychological General Well-Being Index Short (PGWB-S)......Page 99
4. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING RELATED TO SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS......Page 100
4.1. Psychological Well-Being and Age......Page 101
4.2. Psychological Well-Being and Gender......Page 102
4.3. Psychological Well-Being and Marital Status......Page 103
4.4. Psychological Well-Being and Socioeconomic Level......Page 104
4.5. Psychological Well-Being and Social Relations......Page 105
5. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND HEALTH......Page 107
5.1. Well-Being and Society......Page 108
5.2. Biological Relationships between Well-Being and Health......Page 109
5.3. Physical Activity and Well-Being......Page 111
5.4. Psychological Well-Being and Illness......Page 112
5.6. Well-Being and Mortality......Page 114
6. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PERSONALITY FACTORS......Page 115
7. FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 119
ABSTRACT......Page 128
INTRODUCTION......Page 129
Positive and Negative Affect......Page 131
Instruments......Page 132
Procedure......Page 135
Sexual Life Satisfaction......Page 136
Sexual Life Satisfaction, Work Stress and Health......Page 139
DISCUSSION......Page 140
REFERENCES......Page 142
ABSTRACT......Page 148
THEORIES AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING......Page 149
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN THE FSU IN THE 1990S......Page 150
SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY......Page 151
HYPOTHESES OF THE RESEARCH......Page 153
Procedure......Page 154
Instruments......Page 155
Measures of Psychological Well-Being......Page 156
Perceived Economic Conditions......Page 157
RESULTS......Page 158
DISCUSSION......Page 161
CONCLUSION......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 165
ABSTRACT......Page 170
STRENGTH VERSUS BALANCE:  THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWO DIFFERENT MODELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED SATISFACTION TO WELL-BEING IN ADAPTED SPORT ATHLETES......Page 171
Participants......Page 173
Instruments......Page 174
Preliminary Data Analysis......Page 175
Multiple Regression Analyses Predicting Global Self-Esteem from Need Satisfaction......Page 176
DISCUSSION......Page 178
REFERENCES......Page 181
INTRODUCTION......Page 184
ASPERGER SYNDROME AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE......Page 186
HUMOR AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE......Page 187
ASPERGER SYNDROME AND HUMOR......Page 188
Joint Attention......Page 190
Theory of Mind......Page 191
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 193
ABSTRACT......Page 198
INTRODUCTION......Page 199
SOCIAL COMPONENT OF EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING......Page 200
RELATION BETWEEN THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ASPECTS OF WELL-BEING......Page 202
THE PRESENT STUDY......Page 203
Preliminary Analysis......Page 204
Regression Analysis......Page 205
Moderating Effect of Gender......Page 206
DISCUSSION......Page 207
REFERENCES......Page 209
ABSTRACT......Page 212
METHODS......Page 213
RESULTS......Page 217
CONCLUSION......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 221
APPENDIX 1......Page 223
ABSTRACT......Page 226
TOWARDS A BROADER DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH: THE ROLE OF RELATED THEORIES AND CONCEPTS......Page 227
 FACTORS ESSENTIAL IN THE DETERMINING PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING......Page 228
THE NEED FOR CULTURAL CONTEXTUALISATION......Page 229
YORUBAS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH......Page 230
AMERICA AND DEFINITION OF MENTAL HEALTH......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 232
ABSTRACT......Page 236
INTRODUCTION......Page 237
Analysis......Page 239
RESULTS......Page 240
REFERENCES......Page 241
INTRODUCTION......Page 244
PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS AND WELL-BEING......Page 245
PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS AND AFFECT......Page 246
FUNDAMENTAL MOTIVES......Page 247
COMPARING NEEDS AND MOTIVES......Page 248
Reiss Profile of Fundamental Goals and Motivational Sensitivities......Page 249
Positive and Negative Affect Scales......Page 250
Well-Being......Page 251
CONCLUSION......Page 253
REFERENCES......Page 254
INDEX......Page 258