Subjective Quality of Life and Self-Esteem in Children: the Role of Primary and Secondary Control in Coping With Everyday Stress

Being a theatre actor requires specific abilities, such as the ability to function in situations of social exposure, to feel and express different emotions in a short time, and feel exactly like the character they play. This profession is perceived as unique and prestigious. The aim of this research was to establish the predictors of the sense of quality of life in a group of actors. The study involved 52 professional theatre actors. The results showed a positive correlation between the sense of quality of life and dimensions of emotional intelligence, social competences, and self-esteem. Moreover, the predictor that explains the largest variance in the subjective quality of life in the group of actors is the acceptance of emotions.

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Understanding subjective quality of life in homeless and vulnerably housed individuals: The role of housing, health, substance use, and social support

SSM - Mental Health ◽

10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100021 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100021

Author(s):

Anne M. Gadermann ◽

Anita M. Hubley ◽

Lara B. Russell ◽

Kimberly C. Thomson ◽

Monica Norena ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

Substance Use ◽

Subjective Quality ◽

Subjective Quality Of Life

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Changes and predictors of change in objective and subjective quality of life

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.187.2.121 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 187 (2) ◽

pp. 121-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 79

Author(s):

Mirella Ruggeri ◽

Michela Nosè ◽

Chiara Bonetto ◽

Doriana Cristofalo ◽

Antonio Lasalvia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Subjective Quality ◽

Psychological Status ◽

Service Utilisation ◽

Community Mental Health Service ◽

Subjective Quality Of Life ◽

Predictors Of Change

BackgroundThere is little knowledge of the predictors of objective and subjective quality of life.AimsTo describe changes at 2 and 6 years in objective and subjective quality of life in 261 individuals attending a community mental health service and to identify predictors of change in each life domain.MethodProspective study of demographic, diagnostic and service utilisation characteristics, psychopathology, functioning, disability, self-esteem, affect balance and service satisfaction.ResultsFemale gender, unmarried status, older age, less education and greater disability predicted a worsening of objective quality of life over time, but explain a small amount of variance. The variance in subjective quality of life was higher (>40%). Greater clinician-rated anxiety and depressive symptoms had a negative effect on satisfaction with health and general well-being. Psychological status, self-esteem and satisfaction with service were the most important predictors in almost all subjective domains; these variables should be important targets for treatment.ConclusionsThis study is the first to provide information to enable clinicians to make prognostic judgements about quality of life and plan effective therapeutic strategies to improve quality of life.

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Subjective Quality of Life in the Psychology of Poverty

Psychological-Educational Studies ◽

10.17759/psyedu.2014060418 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 207-218

Author(s):

I.A. Shapoval

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Subjective Quality ◽

Survivor Guilt ◽

Subjective Quality Of Life ◽

Normal Life ◽

Cultural Determinants ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

The article presents a theoretical introduction to the discussion of the subjective quality of life for carriers of psychology of poverty. We revealed the socio-cultural determinants of subjective quality of life, systematize its psychological components and factors of its high level. We describe a set of characteristics of psychology of poverty, including the sense of displacement from normal life, hopelessness, fatalism, deprivation, social envy, metapathology of personality, lack of subjectivity, responsibility, an outsider position, survivor guilt complex, and so on. On the criterion of the relationship to own life we revealed types of carriers of psychology of poverty: a passive-contemplative, passive-aggressive, pseudocompensatory-devalued, infantile, anomic. We analyzed the specificity of reflection and benchmarking of carriers of psychology of poverty as a cognitive and affective strategies to assess the quality of own lives, focused on the maintenance of self-esteem.

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