Efficacy of body-mind-spirit oriented psychosocial programme in promoting holistic well-being of students in late adolescence

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Hoi Nga Ng ◽  
Kam Weng Boey
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence

scholarly journals The Interplay of Self–Certainty and Prosocial Development in the Transition from Late Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 594-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Crocetti ◽  
Silvia Moscatelli ◽  
Jolien Van der Graaff ◽  
Monica Rubini ◽  
Wim Meeus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Reciprocal Effect ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Over Time

The transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood is a period of the life span that offers young people the possibility to consolidate their self–certainty and prosociality. Both aspects are of core importance for increasing personal and societal well–being. The purpose of this longitudinal study was twofold: (i) to examine patterns of change and stability in self–concept clarity and prosociality; and (ii) to unravel over time associations between these constructs in the transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. In addressing both aims, we explored the moderating effects of gender. Participants were 244 Dutch emerging adults (46% male; mean age at T1 = 16.73 years) who completed six waves of data collection (mean age at T6 = 22.7 years). Findings highlighted that (i) self–concept clarity developed nonlinearly, with an initial decline from T1 to T2 followed by an increase thereafter, while prosociality increased linearly over time and both self–concept clarity and prosociality were characterized by high rank–order consistency; (ii) self–concept clarity and prosociality were positively related over time, with the effect of prosociality on self–concept clarity being stronger than the reciprocal effect of self–concept clarity on prosociality. Gender differences were detected in mean levels of self–concept clarity and prosociality (male participants reported higher self–concept clarity and lower prosociality than female participants) but not in their developmental pathways nor in their reciprocal associations. Copyright © 2016 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals Adolescents’ perceptions of family social status correlate with health and life chances: A twin difference longitudinal cohort study

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (38) ◽  
pp. 23323-23328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Rivenbark ◽  
Louise Arseneault ◽  
Avshalom Caspi ◽  
Andrea Danese ◽  
Helen L. Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Longitudinal Twin Study

Children from lower-income households are at increased risk for poor health, educational failure, and behavioral problems. This social gradient is one of the most reproduced findings in health and social science. How people view their position in social hierarchies also signals poor health. However, when adolescents’ views of their social position begin to independently relate to well-being is currently unknown. A cotwin design was leveraged to test whether adolescents with identical family backgrounds, but who viewed their family’s social status as higher than their same-aged and sex sibling, experienced better well-being in early and late adolescence. Participants were members of the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, a representative cohort of British twins (n= 2,232) followed across the first 2 decades of life. By late adolescence, perceptions of subjective family social status (SFSS) robustly correlated with multiple indicators of health and well-being, including depression; anxiety; conduct problems; marijuana use; optimism; not in education, employment, or training (NEET) status; and crime. Findings held controlling for objective socioeconomic status both statistically and by cotwin design after accounting for measures of childhood intelligence (IQ), negative affect, and prior mental health risk and when self-report, informant report, and administrative data were used. Little support was found for the biological embedding of adolescents’ perceptions of familial social status as indexed by inflammatory biomarkers or cognitive tests in late adolescence or for SFSS in early adolescence as a robust correlate of well-being or predictor of future problems. Future experimental studies are required to test whether altering adolescents’ subjective social status will lead to improved well-being and social mobility.

Premature Behavioral Autonomy

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia M. Haase ◽  
Martin J. Tomasik ◽  
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Behavioral Autonomy ◽  
Partnership Status ◽  
Developmental Risks ◽  
Work Family

Timing matters in the development of adolescents’ behavioral autonomy. Drawing from two German national surveys, the present studies showed that premature curfew autonomy (measured retrospectively) was associated with developmental risks in late adolescence (16–21 years, assessed in 1996) and young adulthood (25–30 years, assessed in 2005). Premature individuals neither experienced socioeconomic disadvantages nor had lower educational aspirations in late adolescence, but they attained lower levels of education in young adulthood. Premature curfew autonomy was further associated with maladjustment regarding certain developmental challenges of late adolescence (higher deviant behavior, lower disclosure, higher identity diffusion, and lower planfulness) and young adulthood (no differences in employment and partnership status, but higher demands of social change in work, family, and public life). Finally, premature curfew autonomy was related to lower subjective well-being in late adolescence and young adulthood.

scholarly journals Safety Criteria Differences of Learners with Mental Disorders in Early and Late Adolescence as Compared to Normotypic Peers

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-275
Author(s):  
Lidia F. Fatikhova ◽  
Elena F. Sayfutdiyarova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Behavior Understanding ◽  
Safe Behavior ◽  
Current Psychological

Introduction. Current psychological and pedagogical research considers the problem of safe behavior formation among students of different ages. It makes an attempt to establish the conditions for psychological safety type’s formation. The aim of the article is to identify readiness for safe behavior, understanding and interpretation of dangerous situations in various life spheres among early and la te adolescents with mental disorders. Materials and Methods. The authors selected a questionnaire test by V. G. Maralov, which allows establishing types of the attitude of an individual in a dangerous situation (adequate, anxious, ignoring, uncertain); the “Scale of Subjective Well-being” screening method by G. Perue-Badu adapted by M. V. Sokolova for measuring the emotional component of subjective well-being, and the authors’ method for studying the perceptions among early and late adolescents with mental disorders and their normotypic peers of various types of danger (physical, social and informational). To confirm the hypothesis of the research a two-way variance analysis was done (Age and Mental Disorders factors). Results. The authors identified that neurotypical early and late adolescents are able to recognize dangerous situations and feelings of such situations’ participants, predict the consequences of these dangers and suggest relevant ways to avoid them. Age impacts the development of the ability to recognize all types of dangerous situations among students with mental disorders (in late adolescence it is higher than in early one). Age influences such an indicator of subjective well-being as health self-assessment: it is higher in late adolescence than in early one. Students with mental disorders have a lower degree of ability to recognize physical and social environment danger, to predict and avoid various dangers than their neurotypical peers. Mental disorders also bear on such indicator as “Signs that com e with psychoemotional symptoms”. Discussion and Conclusion. The article shall be of interest to researchers studying the problem of the safe behavior of young people in various situations. The results of the study can be used in further studies of the ability to recognize, predict and avoid dangerous situations by adolescents and young people with normotypic development and mental disorders.

The U-Shape of Happiness: A Response

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162098439
Author(s):  
David G. Blanchflower ◽  
Carol L. Graham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Life Course

We write in response to an article published in this journal, “The U Shape of Happiness Across the Life Course: Expanding the Discussion,” by Galambos, Krahn, Johnson and Lachman. The authors claim that “support for the purported U shape is not as robust and generalizable as is often assumed” and “we believe the conclusion that happiness declines from late adolescence to midlife (the first half of the U shape) is premature, and possibly wrong.” We respectfully disagree. The authors’ main evidence is based on summaries of 33 articles; they find 12 to have U shapes, seven to have none, and 14 to be mixed. We found that most of these articles are misclassified: Four of them are ineligible for inclusion, 25 find a U, and four are mixed. We then identified a further 353 articles, including 329 in peer-reviewed journals, that all found U shapes that were not identified in the literature review. This is a major omission. We also present our own evidence of midlife nadirs in well-being using around eight and a half million individual observations from nationally representative surveys for the United States and Europe. The midlife low occurs in the mid-40s and its drop is equivalent to roughly three quarters of the unprecedented drop observed in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Anxiolytic effects of a galacto-oligosaccharides prebiotic in healthy female volunteers are associated with reduced negative bias and the gut bacterial composition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Johnstone ◽  
Chiara Milesi ◽  
Olivia Burn ◽  
Bartholomeus van den Bogert ◽  
Arjen Nauta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Healthy Female ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Stool Samples ◽  
High Trait Anxiety

AbstractCurrent research implicates pre- and probiotic supplementation as potential mediators for improving symptomology in numerous physical and emotional ailments. The alteration of emotional states via nutrient intake is an attractive concept for clinicians and consumers alike and may be an efficient channel to improved well-being. Here we focus on the period of late adolescence, which is a time of emotional refinement via maturation that significantly influences emotional, social and physical well-being in later years. Effective interventions such as nutritional supplementation in this age group have the potential to offset health-related costs in later life. In this study we examined multiple indices of mood and well-being in 64 healthy females in late adolescence in a 4-week double blind, placebo controlled Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) prebiotic supplement intervention. We also obtained stool samples at baseline and follow-up for microbiome sequencing and analyses. We found effects of the GOS intervention on sub-clinical self-reported high trait anxiety, attentional bias, and bacterial abundance, suggesting that dietary supplementation with a GOS prebiotic may be influential in improving indices of pre-clinical anxiety.

scholarly journals Impact of authentic happiness on emotional intelligence among Indians in late adolescence

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Savita K Tiwari ◽  
Shubham Sharma ◽  
Akshyata Ray
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Authentic Happiness ◽  
Societal Structure ◽  
Changing World

In today’s ever-changing world, there is a magnanimous shift in our philosophies, cognition and our social structure. With acculturation making a strong impact on Indian society, the current Indian society is a metamorphosed version of amalgamation of its authentic attributes and its Western counterparts’ attributes. The shift in societal structure along with advancement in technology has a great influence on our life, our holistic well-being and happiness and our emotional intelligence (Baker, 2018). The study aims at establishing the correlation between authentic happiness and emotional intelligence.

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