Flourishing students: A longitudinal study on positive emotions, personal resources, and study engagement

Abstract Personality and disturbed sleep are tied to medical morbidity in older adults. We examined associations of personality dimensions and facets from the five-factor model with reports of insomnia symptoms in 1,069 well-functioning older adults 60-97 (SD=8.64) years (51% women) from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Personality was assessed by the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and insomnia symptoms measured by the Women’s Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale. Adjusting for demographics and depressive symptoms, higher neuroticism (B=0.05, SE=-0.01, p<.001) and lower conscientiousness (B=-0.03, SE=-0.01, p<.05) were associated with greater insomnia severity. Although openness, extraversion and agreeableness were not associated with insomnia, a facet of each was. Higher scores on the “positive emotions” facet of extraversion (B =-0.03, SE=-0.01, p<.05) “ideas” facet of openness (B=-0.03, SE=-0.01, p<.05) and altruism facet of agreeableness (B=-0.03, SE=-0.01, p<.05) were associated with lower insomnia severity. Sleep disturbances may partially mediate personality’s influence on health. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Aging Interest Group.

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Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0013262 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 95 (5) ◽

pp. 1045-1062 ◽

Cited By ~ 963

Author(s):

Barbara L. Fredrickson ◽

Michael A. Cohn ◽

Kimberly A. Coffey ◽

Jolynn Pek ◽

Sandra M. Finkel

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

Personal Resources ◽

Loving Kindness

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The impact of the depletion, accumulation, and investment of personal resources on work–life balance satisfaction and job retention: A longitudinal study on working mothers

Journal of Vocational Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103656 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103656

Author(s):

Yuyang Fan ◽

Kristina Potočnik

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Working Mothers ◽

Work Life ◽

Work Life Balance ◽

Personal Resources ◽

Job Retention ◽

Life Balance ◽

The Impact

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Personal Resources Influence Job Demands, Resources, and Burnout: A One-year, Three-wave Longitudinal Study

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2016.44.2.247 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 247-258 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Yansong Wang ◽

Jie Huang ◽

Xuqun You

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Job Demands ◽

Job Burnout ◽

Job Resources ◽

Personal Resources ◽

Mediating Role ◽

One Year ◽

The Relationship ◽

Job Demands And Resources

Our purpose in this 1-year, 3-wave longitudinal study was to investigate the relationships among job demands, job resources, personal resources, and job burnout in a group of 263 Chinese employees. Specifically, we examined the mediating role of personal resources in the relationships between job resources and job burnout, and between job demands and job burnout, as well as the reversed effect of job burnout on job demands and job resources. The results showed that job demands positively affected job burnout, whereas job and personal resources negatively affected job burnout over a 6-month period. Further, personal resources mediated the relationship between job resources and job burnout, but not that between job demands and job burnout. In addition, job burnout had a reversed effect on job demands and job resources. Implications are discussed in relation to balancing job demands and resources, and avoiding job burnout by utilizing personal resources.

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A Longitudinal Study of Older Adults’ Acceptance of Robot Companions and Their Effects on Well-Being

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.152 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 41-41

Author(s):

Claudia Rebola ◽

Bertram Malle

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Assisted Living ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Well Being ◽

Small Sample ◽

Assisted Living Facilities ◽

Good Reliability ◽

The Impact ◽

Robot Companions

Abstract Robotic animal-like companions for older adults are promising technologies that have shown to have health benefits, especially for individuals with dementia, and good adoption rates in some previous studies. Our project, Affordable Robotic Intelligence for Elderly Support, aims to design new capabilities for companionship and smart care, but at high affordability. In a 6-month longitudinal study of baseline acceptance and well-being, we assessed the impact of an Ageless Innovation Joy for All™ robotic pet on user acceptance and emotional well-being (depression, loneliness, positive emotions). Nineteen participants from independent and assisted living facilities completed three standardized in-person surveys, each 3 months apart, including the CES-D, measures of Loneliness, Emotions, Attitude towards Technology (ATI), and various measures of evaluation of and engagement with robotic technology. The measures showed modest to very good reliability and meaningful construct validity. Participants in this sample showed little depression or loneliness, and these levels did not further decrease over the six months. People welcomed the pet and expressed positive evaluations of it, and these sentiments were stable over time. Attitudes toward technology varied but were unrelated to well-being measures and to robot evaluations. Our current conclusion, on the basis of a small sample, is that the selected robotic pet companion is appreciated and seen as beneficial, and for adults who are already low in depression and loneliness, the robot companion helps maintain the adult’s emotional well-being but does not further increase it.

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Identifying high-need patients with multimorbidity from their illness perceptions and personal resources to manage their health and care: a longitudinal study

BMC Family Practice ◽

10.1186/s12875-020-01148-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mieke Rijken ◽

José Maria Valderas ◽

Marianne Heins ◽

Francois Schellevis ◽

Joke Korevaar

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Illness Perceptions ◽

Personal Resources

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Le dinamiche del reddito nella terza etŕ

SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI ◽

10.3280/sp2009-003008 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 139-156

Author(s):

katherine Hill

Keyword(s):

Steady State ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Older People ◽

Life Course ◽

Low Income ◽

Later Life ◽

Personal Resources ◽

Financial Situation ◽

The Life Course ◽

Insight Into

- Later life can be seen as period of income stability compared to other stages of the life course, and a key issue for older people in low income households is that they have limited means of pro-actively improving their financial situation. This article draws on a qualitative longitudinal study which explored how older people experienced changes in their financial circumstances across a two year period. The findings demonstrate that even where people did not feel that their financial circumstances had changed overall, this did not necessarily indicate a steady state. The study explored the interrelationship between changes in income and outgoings, as well as changing needs, and this article provides an insight into how social and personal resources are drawn on to help manage financial change and maintain stability. In doing so, it illustrates the extent of work that can be involved in maintaining a steady state in constrained circumstances.

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Not Getting What You Want? The Impact of Income Comparisons on Subjective Well-Being—Findings of a Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Germany

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16152655 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (15) ◽

pp. 2655

Author(s):

André Hajek ◽

Hans-Helmut König

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Total Sample ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Net Income ◽

The Impact

Previous studies have mainly focused on interindividual income comparisons (e.g., comparisons with colleagues or neighbors), whereas intraindividual income comparisons (i.e., difference between factual income and expectations) have rarely been investigated in well-being research. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of intraindividual income comparisons on subjective well-being (negative/positive emotions and life satisfaction) longitudinally. Data from 2005 to 2013 (biannually) were used from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), a nationally representative, longitudinal study. Affective well-being (negative and positive emotions) were quantified by using the affective well-being scale-SOEP. Life satisfaction was quantified using the widely used one-item form. Intraindividual income comparisons were analyzed by using the distance between the own individual income and fair income (“how high would your net income have to be in order to be just”). We tested whether negative (i.e., factual income was lower than their self-rated just income) and positive income comparisons (otherwise) affect the outcome measures differently. Fixed effects regressions showed that positive emotions increased with positive income comparisons in the total sample (β = 0.16, p < 0.05). In contrast, negative income comparisons neither affect negative emotions nor satisfaction with life. Strategies to shift income expectations might be beneficial for increasing positive emotions.

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