Technological nature and human well-being

2018 ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
Peter H. Kahn
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Real Nature ◽  
Actual Nature ◽  
Better Than

In terms of physical and psychological well-being, does it matter that on a worldwide level we are replacing interactions with actual nature with technological nature—technologies that mediate, simulate, and augment the natural word? Research from three forms of technological nature are reviewed: a technological nature window, robot pets, and a telegarden. Results suggest that while interacting with technological nature is better than nothing, it is not as good as interacting with real nature. A concern with accepting technological nature is that it can shift the baseline downward for what counts as optimal well-being, as people across generations lose experiences with healthy baselines, a process referred to as environmental generational amnesia. One result is that we ask too little of the idea of urban sustainability, confusing biological living with human flourishing.

The Association between Marital Status and Psychological Well-being: Variation across Negative and Positive Dimensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2179-2202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tze-Li Hsu ◽  
Anne E. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Negative Dimension ◽  
Environmental Mastery ◽  
Better Than

Marital status is associated with psychological well-being, with the married faring better than the formerly and never-married. However, this conclusion derives from research focusing more on negative than positive well-being. We examine the association between marital status and negative well-being, measured as depressive symptoms, and positive well-being, measured as autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, self-acceptance, and purpose in life. Using Wave 2 of Midlife in the United States (2004–2006; n = 1,711), we find that the continuously married fare better on the negative dimension than do the formerly married. The results for some measures of positive well-being also reveal an advantage for the continuously married, compared with the formerly and the never-married. However, results for other positive measures indicate that the unmarried, and the remarried, fare better—not worse—than the continuously married. Further, some results suggest greater benefits for remarried or never-married women than men.

scholarly journals On the Etiology of Self-Enhancement and Its Association With Psychological Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-445
Author(s):  
Yu L. L. Luo ◽  
Constantine Sedikides ◽  
Huajian Cai
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Subjective Level ◽  
Positive Light ◽  
Better Than

Self-enhancement, the motive to view oneself in positive light, and its manifestations have received wide attention in behavioral sciences. The self-enhancement manifestations vary on a continuum from a subjective level (agentic narcissism, communal narcissism, narcissistic grandiosity) through an intermediate level (better-than-average judgments) to an objective level (overclaiming one’s knowledge). Prior research has established the heritability of self-enhancement manifestations at the subjective and intermediate levels. The present twin study demonstrated that (1) the objective level of self-enhancement manifestation is also heritable; (2) a common core, which is moderately heritable, underlies the three levels of self-enhancement manifestations; (3) the relation between self-enhancement (manifested at all three levels) and psychological well-being is partly heritable; and (4) environmental influences, either shared by or unique to family members, are evident through (1), (2), and (3). The findings deepen understanding of the etiology of individual differences in self-enhancement and their links to psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Psychological Wellbeing among Permanent and Sahayak School Teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas K. Rohit
Keyword(s):  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Test Result ◽  
Better Than

Aim of the research is to find out the Psychological Well being among Permanent and Sahayak School Teachers. So investigator selected two groups one is male school teachers and other is female school teachers, both groups have 160 peoples. In each group has 80 permanent school teachers other one groups has 80 Sahayak school teachers. Data were collected from Anand Taluka. Scale was use for data collection is personal datasheet and Psychological wellbeing scale developed by Bhogale and Prakash (1995), 2×2 factorial design was used and data were analysis by ‘F’ test. Result show, Sex had significant impact on psychological wellbeing. The female school teacher’s psychological wellbeing is better than the male school teachers. There was no significant difference of psychological well being between permanent and sahayak school teachers. There was not significant interaction effect of Types of teachers and sex on Psychological well being.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of Flourishing Scales From a Comprehensive Well-Being Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska ◽  
Piotr Bialowolski ◽  
Matthew T. Lee ◽  
Ying Chen ◽  
Tyler J. VanderWeele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Over Time

In this article, we develop a measure of complete well-being. The framework is derived from the theoretical model of human flourishing understood as a state in which all aspects of a human life are favorable. The approach extends beyond psychological well-being and reflects the World Health Organization definition of health that not only considers the health of body and mind but also embraces the wholeness of the person. The Well-Being Assessment (WBA) is a comprehensive instrument designed to assess holistic well-being in six domains: emotional health, physical health, meaning and purpose, character strengths, social connectedness, and financial security. Although each of these domains is distinct, all of them are nearly universally desired, and all but financial security constitute ends in themselves. Data were collected from a representative sample of working adults. A sample of 276 employees participated in the pilot, 2,370 participated in the first wave and 1,209 in the second wave of the survey. The WBA showed a good fitting (40 items, six factors), satisfactory reliability, test–retest correlation, and convergent/discriminant validity in relation to stability over time and relevant health measures, as well as a good fit to the data that were invariant over time, gender, age, education, and marital status. The instrument can be of use for scientists, practitioners, clinicians, public health officials, and patients. Adoption of more holistic measures of well-being that go beyond psychological well-being may help to shift the focus from health deficiencies to health and well-being promotion.

scholarly journals Secular trends in functional abilities, health and psychological well-being among community-dwelling 75- to 95-year-old cohorts over three decades in Helsinki, Finland

2021 ◽  
pp. 140349482110076
Author(s):  
Hanna R. Öhman ◽  
Helena Karppinen ◽  
Tuuli E. Lehti ◽  
Mia T. Knuutila ◽  
Reijo Tilvis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Functional Abilities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Past ◽  
Year Effect ◽  
Important Objective ◽  
Combined Data ◽  
Better Than

Background: Life expectancy has increased markedly in the past decades. Thus, it is of great importance to understand how people are ageing and if the trajectories of health and disability are changing over time. This study aimed to examine trends in functional abilities and health in independent cohorts of people aged 75–95 over three decades. Methods: This Helsinki Ageing Study consists of repeated cross-sectional postal surveys examining independent cohorts of old people (75, 80, 85 and 90+ years old). This study combined data from four waves (1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019). Results: In the most recent wave, there was an increase in the portion of participants who were able to walk outdoors easily (75-year-olds p=0.03, 80-year-olds p=0.002, 85-year-olds p<0.001; p for linearity for the study year effect, all adjusted for sex). Fewer people in the youngest age group (75-year-olds) needed daily help from another person in 2019 compared to the earlier waves ( p=0.02 for linearity for the study year). Over the past three decades, the proportions of self-reported good mobility have risen 8.7% (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.3–15.1) in 75-year-olds, 11.7% (95% CI 3.9–19.6) in 80-year-olds and 20.1% (95% CI 10.7–29.4) in 85-year-olds, after adjusting for sex. Furthermore, in 2019, more people rated their health as good and scored better in psychological well-being than in the previous waves among 75-, 80- and 85-year-olds. However, no improvements were found among 90+-year-olds in any of these variables. Conclusions: People between 75 and 85 years old are presently feeling and functioning better than their predecessors. This may be an important objective for both economics and health policy.

scholarly journals Self-Compassion as the Predictor of Flourishing of the Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogendra Verma ◽  
Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Common Humanity ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
And Gender

The study aimed to examine the impacts of self-compassion and gender on the human flourishing of the participants. Five hundred undergraduate and postgraduate students with an equal number of male and female served as the participants in the study. The age of the male participants ranged from 17 years to 25 years (M = 20.13, SD = 2.15) whereas the age of female participants spanned from 18 years to 25 years (M = 19.89, SD = 1.85). Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003a) and Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (Keyes, 2005) were employed to measure the self-compassion and flourishing of the participants, respectively. The results of the study exhibited no gender differences in self-compassion and flourishing of the male and female participants. The male and female participants with low, average and high levels of self-compassion differed significantly in their evocation of mean scores of flourishing. The results of the study also evinced that scores on self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness components of self-compassion demonstrated positive correlations with the hedonic human flourishing, social well-being, psychological well-being, eudaimonic human flourishing and overall human flourishing. Contrarily, the scores of self-judgement were found to be negatively correlated with the scores of human flourishing and its components of the male, female and all the participants. It is evident that the positive components of self-compassion were positively correlated with the different components of human flourishing. Lastly, the results of the study demonstrated that the scores on self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness components of self-compassion accounted for significant variance in the scores of hedonic human flourishing, social well-being, psychological well-being, eudaimonic human flourishing and overall human flourishing. Conversely, the variance caused by the scores of self-judgement, isolation and over-identification parts of self-compassion in the scores of these measures was low and statistically non-significant positive. The results of the study have significant implications for the researchers, academicians, laymen, counselors and clinical psychologists. The findings of the present study have been discussed in the light of current theories of self-compassion and human flourishing. The limitations and future directions for research have also been discussed.

scholarly journals Conflict Interpretation: A Comparison of Canadian and Italian Aggressive and Non-Aggressive Youth

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Smorti ◽  
Enrica Ciucci ◽  
Anne McKeough McKeough ◽  
Jennifer Malcolm ◽  
Dawn Bremner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Aggressive Youth ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

The impact of persistent aggression on youths’ social and psychological well being is well documented. What is less well understood is the shaping effect of cultural differences on how such conflict is experienced and responded to. In this study, we asked youth to write a story about a conflict they experienced and describe their associated feelings. Participants included Canadian and Italian girls and boys from grades 4 and 7 who were rated by their teachers as either aggressive or non-aggressive. Results indicated that although there were no significant main effects for behavioural group or country in the description of the conflict, significant differences appeared in participants’ descriptions of associated feelings. Specifically, non-aggressive participants were significantly better at generating psychological interpretions of actors’ intentions and experienced significantly more congruent associated feelings. Additionally, Canadian participants were significantly better than Italian participants in generating psychological interpretation of conflicts.

The Psychological Well-Being of Divorced and Widowed Men and Women

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
WALTER R. GOVE ◽  
HEE-CHOON SHIN
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Better Than

In this article we focus on the psychological well-being of the widowed and divorced. The data are from a national stratified probability sample in which the divorced and widowed, particularly divorced and widowed males, were oversampled. Seven different indicators of psychological well-being are used. Compared to the married and, to a lesser extent the never married, the psychological well-being of the divorced and widowed is poor. Overall the psychological well-being of divorced males, divorced females and widowed females is roughly comparable and better than the psychological well-being of widowed males.

scholarly journals The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (51) ◽  
pp. 32197-32206
Author(s):  
Cortland J. Dahl ◽  
Christine D. Wilson-Mendenhall ◽  
Richard J. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Affective Neuroscience ◽  
Mental Training ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Increasing Number Of Interventions

Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing number of interventions designed to improve psychological well-being, the field lacks a unifying framework that clarifies the dimensions of human flourishing that can be cultivated. Here, we integrate evidence from well-being research, cognitive and affective neuroscience, and clinical psychology to highlight four core dimensions of well-being—awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. We discuss the importance of each dimension for psychological well-being, identify mechanisms that underlie their cultivation, and present evidence of their neural and psychological plasticity. This synthesis highlights key insights, as well as important gaps, in the scientific understanding of well-being and how it may be cultivated, thus highlighting future research directions.

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