A brief psychological intervention to protect subjective well-being in a community sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Armitage
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS): Measurement Invariance Across Genders And Item Response Theory Examination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Marmara ◽  
Daniel Zarate ◽  
Jeremy Vassallo ◽  
Rhiannon Patten ◽  
Vasileios Stavropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Mental Well Being

Abstract Background: The Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) is a measure of subjective well-being and assesses eudemonic and hedonic aspects of well-being. However, differential scoring of the WEMWBS across gender and its precision of measurement has not been examined. The present study assesses the psychometric properties of the WEMWBS using Measurement Invariance (MI) between males and females and Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses. Method: A community sample of 386 adults from the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada were assessed online (N = 394, 54.8% men, 43.1% women, Mage = 27.48, SD = 5.57). Results: MI analyses observed invariance across males and females at the configural level and metric level but non-invariance at the scalar level. The graded response model conducted to observe item properties indicated that all items demonstrated, although variable, sufficient discrimination capacity.Conclusions: Gender comparisons based on WEMWBS scores should be cautiously interpreted for specific items that demonstrate different scalar scales and similar scores indicate different severity. The items showed increased reliability for latent levels of ∓ 2 SD from the mean level of SWB. The WEMWBS may also not perform well for clinically low and high levels of SWB. Including assessments for clinical cases may optimise the use of the WEMWBS.

scholarly journals Religiusitas Dan Kesejahteraan Subyektif Penderita HIV/AIDS Perempuan Di Surabaya

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
M. G. Bagus Ani Putra
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Infection Status ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Hiv Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Analysis ◽  
Medical Variable

This research aims to analyze relation between HIV infection status and religiousness and subjective well being women survivor in Surabaya. The method of this research used interview and questioner toward 28 HIV/AID women survivors in Surabaya.That subjects were selected of 50 women survivors in Surabaya to gain positive HIV diagnosis. In early psychological intervention, we had 30 participants but only 28 participants who attended in medical analysis. Data analysis used statistical test with correlation analysis between psychological and medical variable. As the result, there is a correlation between HIV infection status and religiousness and subjective well being women survivors in Surabaya. It means, if they have a HIV infection status, they have better religiousness and level of subjective well being. 

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Sina Weibo Users in Residential Lockdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Machine Learning Analysis (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilin Wang ◽  
Peijing Wu ◽  
Xiaoqian Liu ◽  
Sijia Li ◽  
Tingshao Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Learning Analysis

BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, residential lockdowns were implemented in numerous cities in China to contain the rapid spread of the disease. Although these stringent regulations effectively slowed the spread of COVID-19, they may have posed challenges to the well-being of residents. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the effects of residential lockdown on the subjective well-being (SWB) of individuals in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS The sample consisted of 1790 Sina Weibo users who were residents of cities that imposed residential lockdowns, of which 1310 users (73.18%) were female, and 3580 users who were residents of cities that were not locked down (gender-matched with the 1790 lockdown residents). In both the lockdown and nonlockdown groups, we calculated SWB indicators during the 2 weeks before and after the enforcement date of the residential lockdown using individuals’ original posts on Sina Weibo. SWB was calculated via online ecological recognition, which is based on established machine learning predictive models. RESULTS The interactions of time (before the residential lockdown or after the residential lockdown) × area (lockdown or nonlockdown) in the integral analysis (N=5370) showed that after the residential lockdown, compared with the nonlockdown group, the lockdown group scored lower in some negative SWB indicators, including somatization (<i>F</i><sub>1,5368</sub>=13.593, <i>P</i>&lt;.001) and paranoid ideation (<i>F</i><sub>1,5368</sub>=14.333, <i>P</i>&lt;.001). The interactions of time (before the residential lockdown or after the residential lockdown) × area (developed or underdeveloped) in the comparison of residential lockdown areas with different levels of economic development (N=1790) indicated that the SWB of residents in underdeveloped areas showed no significant change after the residential lockdown (<i>P</i>&gt;.05), while that of residents in developed areas changed. CONCLUSIONS These findings increase our understanding of the psychological impact and cost of residential lockdown during an epidemic. The more negative changes in the SWB of residents in developed areas imply a greater need for psychological intervention under residential lockdown in such areas.

Body Objectification and Depression in Adolescents: The Role of Gender, Shame, and Rumination

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Grabe ◽  
Janet Shibley Hyde ◽  
Sara M. Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Body Shame ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Direct Relation ◽  
Body Objectification ◽  
Self Objectification

Objectification theory posits that the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others negatively affects girls', but not boys', subjective well-being. Although it has been established that women self-objectify more than men, research in this area has been limited to the study of adult college women. The aim in the current longitudinal study was to investigate the role of body shame and rumination in the link between self-objectification and depression among a community sample of girls and boys at ages 11 and 13. Results indicated that adolescent girls reported higher levels of self-objectification, body shame, rumination, and depression than boys. The findings support a model in which body shame and rumination mediate a direct relation between self-objectification and depression among girls; developmentally, the gender difference in self-objectification appears before the gender differences in rumination and depression.

Neurotic symptoms and subjective well-being in a community sample: different sides of the same coin?

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Jorm ◽  
P. Duncan-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Neurotic Symptom ◽  
Epidemiological Surveys ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Correlated Factors

SynopsisCommunity survey data on neurotic symptoms and subjective well-being scales were examined with principal components analysis. The two types of scales were found to load on separate, but negatively correlated, factors. Furthermore, some differential correlates of the two types of scale were found, but the differences were not great. It was concluded that neurotic symptom and well-being scales do largely measure different ends of a single continuum, but well-being scales seem to have an extraversion component not shared by neurotic symptom scales. Subjective well-being measures may be useful in epidemiological surveys where it is desirable to discriminate among low symptom scorers.

Perceived Health, Psychological Distress, and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults With Parkinson’s Disease: A Cross-Lagged Analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunwoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Abstract BackgroundGrowing number of ageing population adds to the increase in the number of the patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study examines how perceived health, psychological distress, and subjective well-being evolve in older adults with PD.MethodsA cross-lagged study design was employed using data from Waves 4 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). In total, 421 older adults diagnosed with PD at the baseline (46% female; mean age 74.98 ± 9.05 years) were followed-up with a 4-year lag. Auto-regressive effects and cross-lagged associations between the measured variables were examined in reciprocal models. ResultsIndividual differences in perceived health, psychological distress, and subjective well-being were relatively stable over the 4-year lag. A final reciprocal model with significant cross-lagged effects well-explained the underlying structure of the sample data.DiscussionEarly behavioral and psychological intervention at disease onset will play a pivotal role in maintaining a sense of well-being among older adults with PD.

Affect mediates the influence of the "Three Good Things" intervention on depression and well-being

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Shuman Wu
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Assessment Measures

The "Three Good Things" is a self-administered positive psychological intervention that is effective in reducing depressive symptoms and improving well-being; however, there is still little known about its possible underlying mechanisms. I examined the efficacy of the Three Good Things intervention and investigated the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the intervention's effect on depressive symptoms and subjective well-being. Participants were undergraduate students randomly assigned to either the intervention group ( n = 128), who participated in a 16-week trial of the intervention and completed assessment measures, or to the control group (n = 121), who completed assessment measures but not the intervention. The three time points for assessment were Week 1 (baseline), Week 8 (Time 1), and Week 16 (Time 2). The results show that levels of depression and negative affect were lower in the intervention group than in the control group at Time 2, whereas positive affect and subjective well-being were higher. Thus, the intervention can reduce depression and promote well-being by reducing negative affect and improving positive affect.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Sina Weibo Users in Residential Lockdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Machine Learning Analysis

10.2196/24775 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. e24775
Author(s):  
Yilin Wang ◽  
Peijing Wu ◽  
Xiaoqian Liu ◽  
Sijia Li ◽  
Tingshao Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Learning Analysis

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, residential lockdowns were implemented in numerous cities in China to contain the rapid spread of the disease. Although these stringent regulations effectively slowed the spread of COVID-19, they may have posed challenges to the well-being of residents. Objective This study aims to explore the effects of residential lockdown on the subjective well-being (SWB) of individuals in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The sample consisted of 1790 Sina Weibo users who were residents of cities that imposed residential lockdowns, of which 1310 users (73.18%) were female, and 3580 users who were residents of cities that were not locked down (gender-matched with the 1790 lockdown residents). In both the lockdown and nonlockdown groups, we calculated SWB indicators during the 2 weeks before and after the enforcement date of the residential lockdown using individuals’ original posts on Sina Weibo. SWB was calculated via online ecological recognition, which is based on established machine learning predictive models. Results The interactions of time (before the residential lockdown or after the residential lockdown) × area (lockdown or nonlockdown) in the integral analysis (N=5370) showed that after the residential lockdown, compared with the nonlockdown group, the lockdown group scored lower in some negative SWB indicators, including somatization (F1,5368=13.593, P<.001) and paranoid ideation (F1,5368=14.333, P<.001). The interactions of time (before the residential lockdown or after the residential lockdown) × area (developed or underdeveloped) in the comparison of residential lockdown areas with different levels of economic development (N=1790) indicated that the SWB of residents in underdeveloped areas showed no significant change after the residential lockdown (P>.05), while that of residents in developed areas changed. Conclusions These findings increase our understanding of the psychological impact and cost of residential lockdown during an epidemic. The more negative changes in the SWB of residents in developed areas imply a greater need for psychological intervention under residential lockdown in such areas.

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