Factors influencing wellbeing positive health
Well being and disorders
FACTORS INFLUENCING WELLBEING,POSITIVE HEALTH…
LIFESTYLE
Definition
Lifestyles are patterns of (behavioural) choices from the alternatives that are available
to people according to their socio-economic circumstances and the ease with which
they are able to choose certain ones over others.
(WHO)
Factors influencing LIFESTYLE
1) Gender differences
2) Age
3) Socio economic conditions
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Well being and disorders
FACTORS INFLUENCING POSITIVE HEALTH
Research by our own group and others have shown that such factors as
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life satisfaction,
happiness,
positive emotions,
optimism,
self-regulation,
meaning and purpose,
engagement,
and social support indeed predict good health.
optimism
Proponents of Positive Health have proposed that several social and functional factors
are positive health assets. These include optimism, connectedness, a stable marriage
and so forth.
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Well being and disorders
WELLBEING
1) Demographic and Situational Characteristics
Perhaps the most surprising finding from these studies was that external
circumstances seem to account for very little variance in reports of well-being
Brickman et al. in 1978 showed that individuals who had won large sums
of money in lotteries were not much happier than a matched control group.
2) Adaptation Processes/life events
1. Lucas et al., for instance, showed that the experience of unemployment
causes long-term changes in people’s levels of life satisfaction.
2. Death of spouse
3) Traits and Personality Characteristics
1. In particular, the personality traits of EXTRAVERSION AND NEUROTICISM
have been identified as moderate to strong correlates of SWB
4) Nontrait Personality Characteristics
1. Emmons suggested that by understanding individuals’ goals, SWB
researchers can better predict well-being outcomes. Emmons showed
that simply having valued goals is associated with higher levels of wellbeing
5) Circumstances in Context
1. For instance, a certain INCOME LEVEL may be seen as desirable or
undesirable depending on the income that an individual had in the past,
his or her expectations regarding that income, or the income
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