Psychological Well-Being in Students: Optimism, Vigor, and Emotional Support

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina Condren ◽  
Esther Greenglass
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later-Life Psychological Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 480-481
Author(s):  
Eva Kahana ◽  
Tirth Bhatta ◽  
Boaz Kahana ◽  
Nirmala Lekhak
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Compassionate Love ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Existing scholarship in social gerontology has surprisingly paid little attention to broader loving emotions, such as compassionate and altruistic love, as potentially meaningful mechanisms for improving later life psychological well-being. This study examined the influence of feeling love toward other persons and experiencing love from others on later life psychological well-being. We conducted a 3-wave longitudinal study of a representative sample of 340 ethnically heterogeneous community dwelling older residents of Miami, Florida. The increase in feeling of being loved (β=-1.53, p<0.001) and love for others (β=-1.43, p<0.001) led to decline in odds of reporting greater level of depressive symptoms over time. The odds of reporting higher level of positive affect were significantly greater for older adults who reported feeling loved by others (β=1.16, p<0.001) and expressed love for other people (β=1.18, p<0.01). Older adults who felt loved had 0.92-point lower ordered log odds of reporting higher negative affect than those who reported lower level of love. The impact of compassionate love on depressive symptoms and negative affect remained statistically significant even after adjustment for altruistic attitudes and emotional support. The influence of loving emotions on positive affect was, however, explained by altruistic attitudes and emotional support. Our findings underscore the powerful influence of both receiving and giving love for the maintenance of later life psychological well-being. We offer support for the expectation that love is a significant force in the lives of older adults that transcends intimate relationships.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of an emotional support and counselling service for people with visual impairments

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Hodge ◽  
Wally Barr ◽  
Louise Bowen ◽  
Martina Leeven ◽  
Paul Knox
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Mixed Methods Evaluation

There is growing evidence of the need for services to address the emotional support needs of people with visual impairments. This article presents findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an emotional support and counselling (ESaC) service delivered within an integrated low vision service, focusing primarily on the qualitative findings. Data collected using a standardised measure of psychological well-being (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation–Outcome Measure; CORE-OM) show an improvement in the psychological well-being of clients of the service between baseline and follow-up assessment. Qualitative findings from interviews with service users and service providers help to illustrate and explain the experiences underlying the quantitative findings. The ESaC services are shown to be helpful to service users in two particular ways: helping them to normalise their experiences by talking to an impartial listener and helping them to accept and adapt to the physical, emotional and social changes in their lives resulting from their visual impairment.

scholarly journals Mediating Effects of Emotional Support Reception and Provision on the Relationship between Group Interaction and Psychological Well-Being: A Study of Young Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 12110
Author(s):  
Steven Sek-yum Ngai ◽  
Chau-Kiu Cheung ◽  
Jianhong Mo ◽  
Spencer Yu-hong Chau ◽  
Elly Nga-hin Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
The Relationship

While it is well-established that mutual aid groups are effective in the psychological rehabilitation of vulnerable individuals, few studies have thoroughly investigated the dynamic mechanism of how psychological well-being improves through mutual aid groups of young patients with chronic health conditions. In connection with several existing theories (i.e., the helper therapy principle, equity theory, the norm of reciprocity, and the concept of communal relationships), this study aims to: (1) evaluate whether emotional support exchanges (i.e., emotional support reception and provision) mediate the relationship between group interaction and psychological well-being; and (2) compare three potential underlying mechanisms—the mediating role of emotional support provision, equitable reciprocity (i.e., a balance of receiving and providing emotional support, where no party over-benefits or under-benefits), and sequential reciprocity (i.e., repaying the helper or a third party in the future after receiving help)—through a path analysis model. A stratified random sampling procedure with chronic health conditions as the stratifying criterion was used to recruit 391 individuals aged 12–45 years from mutual aid groups in Hong Kong, who completed both the baseline and follow-up surveys over a 12-month interval. The results of the path model revealed significant mediating roles of emotional support provision and sequential reciprocity, not equitable reciprocity. The present study offers theoretical and practical implications for promoting the psychological well-being of young patients with chronic health conditions.

scholarly journals TRAITS KEPRIBADIAN, SPIRITUALITAS, DUKUNGAN EMOSIONAL PASANGAN DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN PSIKOLOGIS IBU PENGHUNI 'SARANG KOSONG' DI KOTA BANDUNG - PERSONALITY TRAITS, SPIRITUALITY, MARRIAGE COUPLE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ON AND THE INFLUENCES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF EMPTY-NESTER MOTHERS IN BANDUNG

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Personality Trait ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Internal Resources

AbstrakMasa paruh baya adalah saatnya menghadapi fenomena 'sarangh kosong' yaitu rumah tanpa kehadiran anak-anak.  Sebagai suatu bentuk transisi kehidupan sekaligus life event, 'sarang kosong' ini merupakan kejadian yang harus diadaptasi, khususnya bagi para ibu.  Sebagai suatu proses, adaptasi ini akan melibatkan sumber daya internal (kepribadian dan spiritualitas) maupun eksternal (dukungan emosional pasangan) dan berujung pada terbangunnya kesejahteraan psikologis. Menggunakan desain penelitian causal inferences, seluruh responden yang berukuran 201 diolah datanya dengan menggunakan SEM-PLS.  Hasil penelitian membuktikan, secara serempak tidak semua trait kepribadian memberikan sumbangan pengaruh terhadap terbangunnya kesejahteraan psikologis ibu penghuni 'sarang kosong.' Akan tetapi spiritualitas dan dukungan emosional pasangan yang tumbuh setelah trait kepribadian memberikan respon atau tanggapan terhadap keadaan di 'sarang kosong' terbukti memberikan pengaruh terhadap kesejahteraan psikologis yang terbangun. Trait kepribadian dengan sifat-sifat khas yang terangkum di dalamnya perlu ditemukenali dengan baik oleh ibu penghuni 'sarang kosong' untuk kemudian diberdayakan sebagai kekuatan yang handal dalam proses adaptasi di masa transisi.   Kata kunci: masa transisi 'sarang kosong', kesejahteraan psikologis, spiritualitas, dukungan emosional, trait kepribadian AbstractMidlife is a time to face the phenomenon of empty nest that is house without the presence of children. As a transitional life forms, empty nest is an event that should be adapted, especially for mothers. As a process, this adaptation will involve internal resources (personality and spirituality) and external (partner's emotional support) and led to the establishment of psychological well-being. Research design causal inferences, the entire size of 201 respondents who processed the data by using SEM-PLS.The research proves, simultaneously not all personality trait contributed influence on the establishment of maternal psychological well-being. But spirituality and emotional support couples who grow after personality trait response to the situation in the empty nest proved to give effect to the psychological well-being awakened. Personality trait with distinctive properties are summarized to be identified properly by the mother occupants empty nest for later empowered as a reliable force in the process of adaptation in the transition period. Keywords : empty nest, psychological well-being, spirituality, emotional support, personality trait

scholarly journals The Utility of the Family Empowerment Scale With Custodial Grandmothers

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Hayslip ◽  
Gregory C. Smith ◽  
Julian Montoro-Rodriguez ◽  
Frederick H. Streider ◽  
William Merchant
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Family Empowerment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychological Difficulties ◽  
Custodial Grandmothers

The Family Empowerment Scale (FES) was developed specifically to assess empowerment in families with emotional disorders. Its relevance to custodial grandfamilies is reflected in the difficulties in grandchildren’s social, emotional, and behavioral functioning, wherein such difficulties may be explained via either reactions to changes in their family structure or in their responses to the newly formed family unit. Utilizing 27 items derived from the 34-item version of the FES, which had represented differential levels of empowerment (family, service system, community) as indexed by one’s attitudes, knowledge, and behavior, we explored the factor structure, internal consistency, construct, and convergent validity of the FES with grandparent caregivers. Three-hundred forty-three ( M age = 58.45, SD = 8.22, n Caucasian = 152, n African American = 149, n Hispanic = 38) custodial grandmothers caring for grandchildren between ages 4 and 12 years completed the 27 FES items and various measures of their psychological well-being, grandchild psychological difficulties, emotional support, and parenting practices. Factor analysis revealed three factors that differed slightly from the originally proposed FES subscales: Parental Self-Efficacy/Self-Confidence, Service Activism, and Service Knowledge. Each of the factors was internally consistent, and derived factor scores were moderately interrelated, speaking to the question of convergent validity. The construct validity of these three factors was evidenced by meaningful patterns of statistically significant correlations with grandmothers’ psychological well-being, grandchild psychological difficulties, emotional support, and parenting practices. These factor scores were independent of grandmother age, health, and education. These findings suggest the newly identified FES factors to be valuable in understanding empowerment among grandmother caregivers.

scholarly journals Cognitive and socio-emotional correlates of psychological well-being and mental health in Guatemalan adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
María J. Ramírez-Luzuriaga ◽  
Laura Ochaeta ◽  
Manuel Ramírez-Zea ◽  
Ann DiGirolamo ◽  
Rachel Waford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
Spirituality And Religion

Abstract Background Little is known about associations of psychological and mental well-being with cognitive and socioemotional factors in low and middle-income countries, particularly among vulnerable populations born in adverse environments that may restrict developmental potential. This study aimed to examine the cognitive and socioemotional correlates of psychological well-being and mental health in a cohort of Guatemalan adults born in contexts of poverty and malnutrition. Methods From Dec 2017 to Apr 2019, data were collected from 704 women and 564 men ages 40–57 years living in four rural villages in eastern Guatemala and Guatemala City. We measured latent domains of psychological well-being, spirituality and religion, emotional support, and executive function using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Under a Structural Equation Modeling framework, we examined intercorrelations among latent domains and observed measures of intelligence and mental health. Results CFA supported the construct validity of factor structures in this population. Correlations of psychological well-being with spirituality and religion were moderate in women (r = 0.68, p < 0.001) and men (r = 0.70, p < 0.001). Executive function was weakly correlated with psychological well-being in men (r = 0.23, p < 0.001) and showed no association in women. Correlations of psychological well-being with emotional support and IQ were weak in women (r = 0.34, and r = 0.15, respectively; p < 0.001 for both) and men (r = 0.35, and r = 0.25, respectively; p < 0.001 for both). Mental health and IQ were weakly correlated in men (r = 0.09, p < 0.05) and showed no association in women. Mental health showed weak correlations with emotional support (r = 0.18, p < 0.001 in women; r = 0.09, p < 0.05 in men), psychological well-being (r = 0.32 and r = 0.35, in women and men respectively; p < 0.001 for both) and showed no association with executive function in both sexes. Conclusions Of all examined factors, spirituality and religion made the greatest contribution to psychological well-being. These findings support the notion that in populations experiencing difficult circumstances, religion can perhaps make a greater contribution to well-being and aid coping. More research is needed to examine mediators of this association.

Health Burden, Support Adequacy, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Men With HIV

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131-1140
Author(s):  
Aaron M Ogletree ◽  
Mark Brennan-Ing ◽  
Rosemary Blieszner ◽  
Stephen E Karpiak ◽  
Laura P Sands
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Age Related

Abstract Background and Objectives Older adults with HIV face greater health burden than HIV-uninfected counterparts. Little is known about resources that might mediate the influence of physiological health burden on psychological well-being. Informed by the stress process model, we assessed the influence of multifaceted health burden indicators on depressive symptoms and evaluated the mediating effects of social support adequacy. Research Design and Methods This cross-sectional study used structural equation modeling with data from 640 older men who participated in the Research on Older Adults with HIV study in the United States. Health burden assessment included number of age-related chronic conditions, multiple HIV-related chronic conditions, and self-rated health. Perceptions of instrumental and emotional support adequacy measured support as a coping resource. Depressed mood as assessed by the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale was the indicator of psychological well-being. Results Higher incidence of age-related conditions and worse self-rated health was significantly associated with more depressed mood. Self-rated health and HIV-related conditions showed a significant indirect effect on depressed mood via emotional support adequacy. Discussion and Implications Each dimension of health burden demonstrated a distinct pathway to psychological well-being for men with HIV, which should be considered when prioritizing care plans. Complementing research on medical interventions for people with HIV, these findings suggest that nonpharmacological interventions may be important for improving overall well-being.

Man shall not live by bread alone: the role of perceived emotional support in low-income adults’ health outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-253
Author(s):  
Kang Namkoong ◽  
Samantha J Stanley ◽  
Jiyoun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Nutrition Assistance

Abstract Background Adults with low income have limited access to valuable health resources thus presenting a major obstacle to improving their health. Although there are diverse health enhancement programs for low-income populations, relatively few focus on emotional support despite the positive impact of perceived emotional support on health. This study examines the interaction of perceived emotional support and income on the overall health status and psychological well-being of adults with low income. Methods Secondary data were collected from the Health Information National Trends Survey (Cycle 4). A total of 3677 respondents completed the survey, including 889 adults with low income, as determined by their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Ordinary-least square hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to test main and interaction effects. Results Perceived emotional support moderated the relationship between SNAP eligibility and health outcomes. Lacking an emotional support network has greater detrimental effects on the overall health and psychological well-being of people with low income compared to similar persons with higher income. Conclusion These findings suggest the need for health programs that enhance access to emotional support for adults with low income.

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