Sense of humor, physical health, and well-being at work: A three-year longitudinal study of Finnish police officers

Abstract This article includes comments on each contributing author’s article in this special issue of Humor. The articles represent an assessment of McGhee’s research, work on practical applications or influence in the following areas: 1) the development of children’s humor, 2) construction and validation of the Sense of Humor Scale (SHS), 3) usefulness of specific subscales of the SHS, including “playfulness” and “laughing at yourself,” 4) development and evaluation of the 7 Humor Habits Program—a training program for learning to use humor to cope with stress, 5) humor’s impact on physical health and emotional well being, 6) impact on the field of nursing, and 7) humor and the brain. McGhee provides here his response to each contributed article.

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Evaluating the benefits of community based aerobic training on the physical health and well-being of people with neuromuscular disease

Neuromuscular Disorders ◽

10.1016/s0960-8966(17)30344-9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. S43

Author(s):

A. Wallace ◽

A. Pietrusz ◽

E. Dewar ◽

M. Dudziec ◽

K. Jones ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Health ◽

Neuromuscular Disease ◽

Aerobic Training ◽

Well Being ◽

Community Based ◽

Health And Well Being

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Physical health and well being

Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing ◽

10.1093/med/9780199533220.003.0006 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 139-212

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Blood Pressure ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Physical Health ◽

Oxygen Saturation ◽

Health Assessment ◽

Well Being ◽

Temperature Pulse ◽

Health And Well Being

Introduction 140 Health inequalities 142 Principles of health promotion 144 Promoting public health 146 Promoting physical well-being of individuals 148 Physical health assessment of people with intellectual disability 150 Blood pressure, temperature, pulse 152 Respiration and oxygen saturation levels 154 Epilepsy 156 Supporting people with epilepsy ...

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The glass is not half empty: optimism, pessimism, and health among older adults

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610219000498 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 135-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael D. Barnett ◽

Ellen A. Anderson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Older Adults ◽

Physical Health ◽

Short Form ◽

Well Being ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Life Orientation Test ◽

Health And Well Being

ABSTRACTObjectives:Optimism and pessimism are distinct constructs that have demonstrated independent relationships with aspects of health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether optimism or pessimism is more closely linked with physical and mental health among older adults.Design:Cross-sectional survey.Participants:Community-dwelling older adults (N = 272) ages 59–95 in the southern United States.Measurements:The Life Orientation Test—Revised and the Short Form 8.Results:At the bivariate level, optimism was associated with higher physical health and mental health, while pessimism was associated with lower physical health and mental health. Multiple-regression analyses as well as comparison of correlation coefficients found that pessimism was more closely associated with physical health and mental health than optimism.Conclusions:These results add to the literature suggesting that, in terms of older adults’ health and well-being, avoiding pessimism may be more important than being optimistic.

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