scholarly journals 507 - Stressful past events and emotional intelligence as predictors of Successful aging

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Cristina Buedo-Guirado ◽  
Cristina G. Dumitrache ◽  
Laura Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
Personal Wellbeing

AbstractObjectivesIt has been widely demonstrated that recent stressful events could impact wellbeing, nevertheless it is not clear whether stressful situations experienced in the pastand the internal resources used to deal with them can also influence older adult’s well- being. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of stressful past events andemotional intelligence on negative affect, and to determine whether negative affect is related to older people’s wellbeing.MethodThe Aging in Spain Longitudinal Study, Pilot Survey (ELES-PS) database wasused. The sample comprised 1747 participants (55.9% women), with ages between 50 to98 years-old (M = 66.2, SD = 10.6). Stressful past events were evaluated with a list of tenstressful events developed by the project team. Three items of the Trait-Meta-Mood scalewere used to assess emotional intelligence. In order to evaluate negative emotions, the PANAS scale of negative experience was used. Finally, life satisfaction was assessed using the Personal Wellbeing Index.ResultsThe results of the SEM model indicated that emotional intelligence predicted negative affect, and this in turn was related to participants wellbeing. However past stressful events showed no effect on either the emotional intelligence or on participants’ negative affect. Age was used as a control variable and influenced negative affect but didnot impact stressful past events.DiscussionInternal resources such as emotional intelligence appears to be more important than stressful past events in predicting successful aging.

scholarly journals THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF HAPPINESS: ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR A HAPPY FAMILY

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Management System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Golden Triangle ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
Personal Wellbeing ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Happy Family

It is normal for people to feel positive about the quality of their lives, despite the presence of challenges. Of special interest here are the challenges of caring for a child or a disabled family member. How do the adults living within such families maintain a positive self-view? Answering this question requires an understanding of subjective well-being as it applies to each individual family member and of the management system that strives to keep each person feeling positive. This paper describes various psychological components of this homeostatic management system, together with a consideration of the most useful resources to support homeostasis. Key resources have been identified by using the Personal Wellbeing Index, a seven-item scale measuring subjective well-being (mood happiness). Over many studies, researchers have found considerable agreement that three kinds of resources — “the Golden Triangle” — are consistently more relevant to subjective well-being than the others. These are feelings of satisfaction with income, relationships, and life purpose. The implications for interventions that offer support to families in need are discussed.

scholarly journals Daily Activity Engagement Predicts More Positive Affect Especially on Days When a Person Feels Young

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 908-909
Author(s):  
Erica O'Brien ◽  
Shevaun Neupert
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Activity Engagement ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Engagement in a wide array of mental, social, and physical leisure activities confers several health benefits. Indeed, theories of successful aging argue that an active lifestyle serves as an important criterion for maintaining high levels of psychological, functional, and physical well-being in old age. Findings from parallel studies also show that people who hold positive (self-)views of aging exhibit higher and maintained levels of well-being over time. Yet, whether views of aging enhances the link between activity engagement and well-being - and whether they do so on a daily basis – remains unknown. This study therefore sought to extend prior literature by examining the relationship between activity engagement, subjective age, and affective ratings within-person over several days. Old adults (N = 115; Age: Range = 60 – 90, M = 64.65, SD = 4.86) in the Mindfulness and Anticipatory Coping Every Day (MACED) study completed an 8-day daily diary. Participants reported on their positive and negative affect, the age they subjectively felt compared to their actual age, and the number and types of leisure activities in which they engaged. Results from multilevel analyses indicate that people felt more positive on days when they also engaged in more activities (total across mental, social, physical types) than usual. Moreover, the effect of activity engagement was most pronounced on days when people felt younger than usual. No effects were found for negative affect. Preliminary findings suggest that people benefit psychologically from daily leisure activities and a positive self-view of aging.

Hardiness in regulation of functional positions of pilots

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Zelenova ◽  
A. A. Lekalov ◽  
V. S. Lim ◽  
E. V Kostenko
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Professional Skill ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Psychological Techniques

An empirical study is aimed at identifying psychological resources that contribute to negative mental states regulation and preserve the working capacity and health of professionals performing work in high level of uncertainty conditions and the actions under extreme environmental factors. The level of hardiness and the level of professional skill were considered as predictors of stress resistance of specialists in difficult conditions of activity. Participants in the study were pilots. Violations of physical health of respondents were determined on the basis of medical records based on the results of medical-flight check up. Standardized psychological techniques were used to diagnose signs of negative mental states and to identify the fullness of the pilots’ everyday life with stressful events. The results of the study made it possible to identify statistically significant relationships between indicators of psychological well-being and health of pilots, on the one hand, and indicators of vitality, professional skill, constructive strategies for overcoming behavior, on the other. It was found that the lower the level of stress, burnout and fatigue, the higher the vitality indicators. The characteristics of professionalism (“experience”, “flying hours” and “classiness”) are closely related to the level of fatigue, working capacity, burnout and the structure of the copying profile. The higher the grade score, the higher the resilience components of Risk Acceptance and Control. The physical health index is closely related to fatigue indices, burnout (reduced motivation to work), impulsivity and the presence of family and children at pilots. The results of statistical processing showed that professional skill and vitality can be considered as independent groups of internal resources for regulating the internal wellbeing of pilots, operating in conjunction with coping strategies.

scholarly journals Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) in a Spanish General Sample

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8359
Author(s):  
Begoña Espejo ◽  
Irene Checa ◽  
Jaime Perales-Puchalt ◽  
Juan Francisco Lisón
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Correlated Errors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Experience

Well-being has been measured based on different perspectives in positive psychology. However, it is necessary to measure affects and emotions correctly and to explore the independence of positive and negative affect. This cross-sectional study adapts and validates the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) with a non-probabilistic sample of 821 Spanish adults. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed two related factors with two correlated errors. The average variance extracted was 0.502 for negative affect (SPANE-N) and 0.588 for positive affect (SPANE-P). The composite reliability was 0.791 for SPANE-N and 0.858 for SPANE-P. Measurement invariance analysis showed evidence of scalar invariance. Item-total corrected polyserial correlations showed values between 0.47 and 0.76. The path analysis used to test temporal stability, and the structural equation models used to test convergent and concurrent validity with other well-being measures, showed good fit. All path coefficients were statistically significant and over 0.480. For the validity models, the magnitude of the correlations was large and in the expected direction. The Spanish version of the SPANE show good psychometric properties. Future studies of emotional well-being in Spain can benefit from the use of this scale, and new studies must test cross-cultural invariance.

scholarly journals Security motives and personal well-being during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Rodrigues ◽  
Giulia Zoppolat ◽  
Rhonda Nicole Balzarini ◽  
Richard B. Slatcher
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Negative Consequences

Objective: Past research suggests that having a stronger ability to regulate feelings and behaviors can help individuals cope during stressful events, but little is known about why and when this might be the case. We examined if being more focused on prevention (i.e., health security motives) impacted personal well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also examined possible underlying mechanisms for this effect, and whether perceived social support buffered it.Design: We conducted a pre-registered longitudinal study over one month (N = 1,269).Main outcome measures: Regulatory focus, worry for health (T1), adherence to preventive measures (T2, two weeks after T1), loneliness, negative and positive affect, frequency of social interactions, and perceived social support (T3, two weeks after T2).Results: Prevention scores (T1) increased the adherence to health behaviors (T2), which then predicted negative affect (T3). Exploratory results further showed that prevention scores predicted more loneliness and more negative affect (T3), but only for individuals with fewer social interactions and less perceived social support.Conclusions: Security motives in threatening times can be a double edge sword, with benefits for health behaviors and negative consequences for personal well-being. Having a strong social network during these times appears to alleviate these consequences.

scholarly journals Dificultades emocionales y comportamentales en la adolescencia: relación con bienestar emocional, afecto y rendimiento académico

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Angeles Sánchez-García ◽  
Beatriz Lucas-Molina ◽  
Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero ◽  
Alicia Pérez-Albéniz ◽  
Mercedes Paino
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
School Children ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Personal Wellbeing Index ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Personal Wellbeing ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties

El propósito de este estudio fue examinar las dificultades en el ajuste emocional comportamental y su relación con el bienestar emocional, el afecto positivo y negativo y el rendimiento académico en una muestra representativa de adolescentes no clínicos. La muestra la conformaron un total 1.664 de participantes (M = 16.12 años; DT = 1.36, rango 14-19 años), seleccionados mediante muestreo estratificado por conglomerados. Los instrumentos empleados fueron el Strengths and Difficulties Questionnarie (SDQ), el Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C), el Personal Wellbeing Index–School Children (PWI-SC), un cuestionario ad hoc de rendimiento académico y la Escala Oviedo de Infrecuencia de Respuesta. Los resultados mostraron que el 7,7% de los adolescentes manifestaron posible riesgo de mala salud mental. Las dificultades emocionales y comportamentales correlacionaron de forma negativa con el bienestar emocional subjetivo y Afecto Positivo y de forma positiva Afecto Negativo. Además, los alumnos con un peor rendimiento académico informaron de mayores dificultades en ajuste emocional y comportamental. Estos resultados son convergentes con los encontrados en trabajos previos y tienen claras implicaciones, tanto a nivel sanitario como educativo, de cara a mejorar la promoción del bienestar emocional y prevención de los problemas psicológicos en este sector de la población.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF IMPULSIVITY IN PREDICTING THE SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Sokić ◽  
Fayyaz Hussain Qureshi ◽  
Sarwar Khawaja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
Motor Impulsivity ◽  
Personal Wellbeing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The primary purpose of this study was to investigate associations between attention impulsivity, motor impulsivity and non-planning impulsivity measured according to the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS) and indicators of subjective well-being (SWB) measured by the Flourishing Scale (FS) and Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) in students at selected private higher education institutions (N = 514, 52% women, 48% men). The aim of the current study was to explore the impact of gender on the aforementioned associations. Relationships between impulsivity and subjective well-being were examined taking into account the multifactoral structure of impulsiveness. The main findings of the study show that: (a) attention impulsivity predicted low prosperity and low levels of satisfaction with standard of living, health, personal achievements, safety and future security; (b) motor impulsivity showed bivariate but not unique relationships between prosperity and satisfaction with personal health, achievements and personal safety; (c) non-planning impulsivity was found to be uniquely associated with lower subjective prosperity and lower satisfaction with personal achievements and personal relationships; and (d) gender did not moderate the relationship between BIS components and SWB indexes. Impulsivity substrates explained between 4 and 17% of the variance in subjective well-being indexes. In sum, the results showed that the three components of impulsivity are distinct yet partially overlapping. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0998/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Perceived Social Support, Affect and Psychological Well-Being in Married and Widowed Older Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Fernandes ◽  
Nandini Sanyal ◽  
Soundarya Dhupar
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Interpersonal Support

The objective of the present study is to observe whether there is a relationship between perceived social support, positive and negative affect and psychological well-being among married and widowed older adults. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 120 older adults, aged above 60 years, out of whom 60 were men (30 married and 30 widowed) and 60 women (30 married and 30 widowed). The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL-12) (Cohen & Hoberman, 1983), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988b) and Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989) were administered to measure perceived social support, positive and negative affect and psychological well-being respectively. Significant differences were found between married and widowed older adults with respect to positive and negative affect and psychological well-being (p <0.05) There were no significant gender differences with respect to perceived social support, affect and psychological well-being. The study also showed significant correlations between the dimensions of perceived social support, positive and negative affect and psychological well-being (p<0.05). Details are discussed in the paper. The study brings to light that affect plays a significant role in the psychological well-being of older adults and encouraging of social networks can help sustain successful aging.

Differences in the Way to Conceive Happiness Relate to Different Reactions to Negative Events

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Fuochi ◽  
Chiara A. Veneziani ◽  
Alberto Voci
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Orientations To Happiness ◽  
Specific Reactions ◽  
The Way

Abstract. This paper aimed to assess whether differences in the way to conceive happiness, measured by the Orientations to Happiness measure, were associated with specific reactions to negative events. We hypothesized that among orientations to pleasure (portraying hedonism), to meaning (representing a eudaimonic approach to life), and to engagement (derived from the experience of flow), orientation to meaning would have displayed a stronger protective role against recent negative and potentially stressful events. After providing a validation of the Italian version of the Orientations to Happiness measure (Study 1), we performed regression analyses of the three orientations on positive and negative emotions linked to a self-relevant negative event (Study 2), and moderation analyses assessing the interactive effects of orientations to happiness and stressful events on well-being indicators (Study 3). Our findings supported the hypotheses. In Study 2, meaning was associated with positive emotions characterized by a lower activation (contentment and interest) compared to the positive emotions associated with pleasure (amusement, eagerness, and happiness). In Study 3, only meaning buffered the effect of recent potentially stressful events on satisfaction with life and positive affect. Results suggest that orientation to meaning might help individuals to better react to negative events.

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