A Multi-Level Analysis of Psychological Well-Being Related to Work and Family in 33 Countries

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makiko Hori ◽  
Yoshinori Kamo
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Towards a neuroscientific understanding of play: A neuropsychological coding framework for analysing infant-adult play patterns

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Neale ◽  
Kaili Clackson ◽  
Stanimira Georgieva ◽  
Hatice Dedetas ◽  
Sam Wass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Play Interactions ◽  
Emotional Dimensions ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Adult Play ◽  
Level Analysis

ABSTRACTDuring early life, play is a ubiquitous activity, and an individual’s propensity for play is positively related to cognitive development and emotional well-being. Play behaviour is diverse and multi-faceted. A challenge for current research is to converge on a common definition and measurement system for play ‒ whether examined at a behavioural, cognitive or neurological level. Combining these different approaches in a multi-level analysis could yield significant advances in understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of play, and provide the basis for developing biologically-grounded play models. However, there is currently no integrated framework for conducting a multi-level analysis of play that spans brain, cognition and behaviour. The proposed neuropsychological coding framework uses grounded and observable behaviours along three neuropsychological dimensions (sensorimotor, cognitive and socio-emotional), to compute inferences about playful behaviour and related social interactional states. Here, we illustrate the sensitivity and utility of the proposed coding framework using two contrasting dyadic corpora (N=5) of mother-infant object-oriented interactions during experimental conditions that were either conducive (Condition 1) or non-conducive (Condition 2) to the emergence of playful behaviour. We find that the framework accurately identifies the modal form of social interaction as being either playful (Condition 1) or non-playful (Condition 2), and further provides useful insights about differences in the quality of social interaction and temporal synchronicity within the dyad. In conclusion, here, we present a novel neuropsychological framework for analysing the continuous time-evolution of adult-infant play patterns, underpinned by biologically informed state coding along sensorimotor, cognitive and socio-emotional dimensions. We expect that the proposed framework will have wide utility amongst researchers wishing to employ an integrated, multi-level approach to the study of play, and lead towards a greater understanding of the neuroscientific basis of play and may yield insights into a new biologically-grounded taxonomy of play interactions.

Differential Effects of Work and Family Support on the Relationship Between Surface Acting and Wellbeing: A Self-Determination Theory Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110484
Author(s):  
Chang C Xiang ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Ting T Xie ◽  
Cheng L Fu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Surface Acting ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

Surface acting—the management of emotional displays as part of a nurse’s work role—is increasingly getting scholars’ attention in organizational behavior. Previous research focused on the relationship between surface acting and outcomes (such as psychological well-being) on the basis of resource-centric theories, ignoring the subjective stance of surface acting provider. According to self-determination theory, surface acting affects an individual’s well-being through stimulating autonomous or controlled work motivation. Taking nurses as the subjects, the current study proposed that surface acting would affect job satisfaction and further psychological well-being through nurses’ controlled work motivation, and work and family support would moderate the above relationships in diverse directions. An online survey of n = 342 nurses working at a hospital in central China was conducted, evaluating surface acting, job satisfaction, psychological well-being, workplace support, and family support. Results indicated that surface acting negatively influenced nurses’ psychological well-being through job satisfaction. In addition, the results highlighted the two-faced aspect of social support, in which work support positively moderated the relationships between surface acting, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being, while family support intensified the abovementioned relationships negatively. These findings have important implications for surface acting, social support research, and managerial practices.

Trust in Multi-Level Managers and Employee Extra-Role Behavior in the US Federal Government: The Role of Psychological Well-Being and Workload

2020 ◽  
pp. 0734371X2097968
Author(s):  
Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen ◽  
Luu Trong Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Role Behavior ◽  
Employee Trust ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Us Federal Government

Extant research on trust in public administration focuses on trust in a specific level of management, ignoring the connection of trust in different management levels and their effects on employees. Building on the trickle-down and trickle-up models, this study proposes that employee trust in senior leaders fosters their trust in direct supervisors and vice versa. Also, drawing on the job demands-resources model, we argue that trust in senior leaders and direct supervisors indirectly affects extra-role behavior through psychological well-being, and that workload moderates the above effects. Moreover, as leaders and supervisors play complementary roles, we predict that trust in senior leaders and trust in direct supervisors positively interact to enhance psychological well-being. Using the latent moderated structural model with data from the 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, we find empirical support for our hypotheses. This study broadens scholarly knowledge about the connection of trust in multi-level managers and their effects on employees’ attitudinal and behavioral outcomes.

Grief Experiences of Parents Whose Children Suffer from Mental Illness

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Godress ◽  
Salih Ozgul ◽  
Cathy Owen ◽  
Leanne Foley-Evans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Parental Grief ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Objective: To examine the grief experience of parents of adult children with a mental illness and its relationship to parental health and well-being and parent child attachment and affective relationship. Methods: Participants were recruited from a variety of organizations throughout Australia that provide support services for sufferers of mental illness and/or for their families. Seventyone participants (62 mothers and nine fathers) all of whom had a child diagnosed with mental illness volunteered to take part in the study. All completed measures of grief, health status and parent-child relationship. Results: Parents reported experiencing grief in relation to their child's illness as evidenced by intrusive thoughts and feelings and avoidance of behaviour as well as difficulties adapting to and distress associated with reminders of the illness. Parental grief appears to reduce over time, but only in some aspects of grief and after an extended period. Increased parental grief was related to lowered psychological well-being and health status and associated with an anxious/ambivalent and a negative affective parent-child relationship. Conclusion: The study provides important insights into the grief experiences of parents following their child's diagnosis with mental illness. The significant relationship between parental grief and parental psychological well-being and health status as well as to parentchild relationship has important implications for health professionals. Foremost amongst these are the need to validate the distress and grief of parents and to better understand how to provide interventions that promote grief work and family bonds while reducing emotional distress and life disruption.

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