scholarly journals Social and Psychological Factors of Health and Well-being in Prayers and Narrations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahabuddin Vahidi mehrjardi ◽  
Mohammadhossein Zarei mahmoodabadi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
The Status ◽  
Health And Well Being

The recommendations and instructions of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and the Imams (PBUT) as well as the effect of acting according to them are subjects of particular interest to all the believers. The explanation and description of these commands in different areas and their impacts on the health and hygiene are important for the religious and non-religious communities and can be useful for everyone. This research was carried out to determine the status of health and well-being in prayers and narrations using a combination of theology, psychology, and sociology approach. The results of this research showed that the prayers and narrations considered the health and hygiene of human beings in all dimensions, so that acting according to the religious trainings and instructions provided by the infallibles (PBUH) can guarantee human health. There are many instructions and suggestions in the prayers and narrations about physical and non-physical health. In the field of physical health, instructions are given for eating, drinking, marital matters, etc., observance of which ensures the human health. The orders in non-physical area can be divided into three categories of psychological, theological, and social. Most religious ethical advices (whether positive or negative) focus on the psychological health of humans, such as stinginess, envy, fear, and hypocrisy. Since belief and faith play a fundamental role in the formation and quality of behavior as well as the personality of human beings, Islam has emphasized on the appropriateness of believing systems in humans. In the area of ​​social well-being, Islam has strict orders to avoid ignorance, oppression, divisions, and covenants that can eliminate the productive and peaceful coexistence and hinder the growth of human beings. Although in this research, health and hygiene were divided into several aspects, we should have a holistic view on them.

scholarly journals How can electric lighting contribute to human health and well-being?

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-522
Author(s):  
P Raynham
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Electric Light ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Hypothetical Explanation

Electric light in buildings may provide some health benefits; however, for most people these benefits are likely to be small. It is possible for electric lighting to cause health problems, if there is too little light or there is glare, but for the most part there is good guidance available and these problems can be avoided. The quality of the lit environment can have a psychological impact and this may in turn impact well-being. A starting point for this is perceived adequacy of illumination. Related lighting metrics are examined and a hypothetical explanation is suggested.

scholarly journals ‘Sacrifice zone’: The environment–territory–place of disposable lives

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Lopes de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Poor ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Capitalist World ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract ‘Sacrifice zone’ is how a certain type of segregated and stigmatized space has become internationally known. In such a space, the physical and mental health and the quality of life of human beings are compromised in the name of ‘economic development’ or ‘progress’ – but ultimately for the sake of capitalist interests. This article offers a discussion of how environmental issues, power relations and the production of subjectivity intersect in the production of a kind of space that is typical of how residential segregation correlates with patterns of industrial location and the neglect of the health and well-being of the poor by the state apparatus in the (semi) periphery of the capitalist world system.

scholarly journals A Person-Oriented Approach to Multidimensional Perfectionism: Perfectionism Profiles in Health and Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Danielle S. Molnar ◽  
Fuschia M. Sirois ◽  
Gordon L. Flett ◽  
Stanley Sadava
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Socially Prescribed Perfectionism ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Oriented Approach

Advances in understanding of the perfectionism construct have been limited by an almost exclusive reliance on a variable-centered approach. This study utilized a person-oriented approach to examine Hewitt and Flett’s conceptualization of multidimensional perfectionism in relation to health and well-being. Levels of conscientiousness, extraversion, and neuroticism were also assessed. Cluster analyses were employed to examine within-person configurations of self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP) in university students ( n = 538) and adults with chronic illness ( n = 773). Five unique configurations were found in both samples and three clusters replicated across samples. “Extreme perfectionists” with high scores across all perfectionism dimensions reported relatively poor physical health, psychological health, psychosocial resources, and well-being along with elevated neuroticism and conscientiousness. A group distinguished by elevated SPP also reported relatively poorer outcomes along with elevated neuroticism and lower conscientiousness. In contrast, “nonperfectionists” reported relatively elevated levels of health and well-being. These profiles differed in their links with health and well-being even after taking into account key differences in conscientiousness and neuroticism. Our results illustrate the importance of employing a person-oriented approach to the study of multidimensional perfectionism, especially as it relates to physical health, mental health, and subjective well-being.

The great outdoors: forests, wilderness, and public health

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Qing Li ◽  
Simon Bell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Health And Well Being

Forests and other areas are considered by many people to represent natural landscapes with the appearance of minimal human intervention or few human elements, far removed from where most people live nowadays. While some nature reserves and significant forests lie close to various urban areas, providing opportunities for a daily escape from the stresses of urban life, many lie at a distance. The contrast in the character and qualities of forests and wilderness offers many special opportunities and benefits to human health and well-being. The clean, oxygen-rich atmosphere free of pollution, the enveloping depths of a silent forest, or the chance for solitary engagement with nature all combine to provide physiological, psychological, and physical health benefits, the evidence for which has been gradually accumulating in recent decades. Our understanding of some of the mechanisms facilitating this is beginning to evolve, but more work is needed to confirm many tentative findings.

Scared behind the wheel: what impact does driving anxiety have on the health and well-being of young older adults?

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1027-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Hempel ◽  
Joanne E. Taylor ◽  
Martin J. Connolly ◽  
Fiona M. Alpass ◽  
Christine V. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Driving Cessation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

ABSTRACTBackground:Driving anxiety can range from driving reluctance to driving phobia, and 20% of young older adults experience mild driving anxiety, whereas 6% report moderate to severe driving anxiety. However, we do not know what impact driving anxiety has on health and well-being, especially among older drivers. This is problematic because there is a growing proportion of older adult drivers and a potential for driving anxiety to result in premature driving cessation that can impact on health and mortality. The purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of driving anxiety on young older adults’ health and well-being.Method:Data were taken from a longitudinal study of health and aging that included 2,473 young older adults aged 55–70 years. The outcome measures were mental and physical health (SF-12) and quality of life (WHOQOL-8).Results:Hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that driving anxiety was associated with poorer mental health, physical health, and quality of life, over and above the effect of socio-demographic variables. Sex moderated the effect of driving anxiety on mental health and quality of life in that, as driving anxiety increased, men and women were more likely to have lower mental health and quality of life, but women were more likely to have higher scores compared to men.Conclusion:Further research is needed to investigate whether driving anxiety contributes to premature driving cessation. If so, self-regulation of driving and treating driving anxiety could be important in preventing or reducing the declines in health and quality of life associated with driving cessation for older adults affected by driving anxiety.

scholarly journals Cognitive and emotional responses to urban and nature exposures in the Brazilian Cerrado

Heringeriana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Ana Beatriz dos Santos Costa ◽  
Mariana De-Carvalho ◽  
Victória Oliveira Matos ◽  
Reuber Albuquerque Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Minute Walk ◽  
Brazilian Biodiversity

Contact with nature increases human health and well-being by stress reduction, positive-emotionelicitation, and attentional restoration. Despite the outstanding Brazilian biodiversity, we are unaware ofstudies linking nature experiences to welfare. Herein, we applied cognitive tasks and emotional self-reportsin 33 subjects, before and after a 30-minute walk in a nature trail at Parque Nacional de Brasília, and compared them with the same tests applied before and after a 30-minute walk in Brasilia´s downtown. We recorded improvements in emotional self-reports after nature experience, while the urban exposure caused decreases in self-reported happiness and increases in negative emotions. These results highlight the relevance of natural settings for cognitive and emotional well-being and the need for a better understanding of the relationships between nature and human health. The recognition that mental health is an ecosystem service can improve the arguments for nature conservation, and the quality of life and public health.

scholarly journals Towards policies that capture the expected value of biomolecular diversity for drug discovery, human health, and well-being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Pesic ◽  
Dilfuza Egamberdieva ◽  
Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk ◽  
Simon J. Elsässer ◽  
Vidushi S. Neergheen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Target Date ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract This paper aims to help policy makers with a characterization of the intrinsic value of biodiversity and its role as a critical foundation for sustainable development, human health, and well-being. Our objective is to highlight the urgent need to overcome economic, disciplinary, national, cultural, and regional barriers, in order to work out innovative measures to create a sustainable future and prevent the mutual extinction of humans and other species. We emphasize the pervasive neglect paid to the cross-dependency of planetary health, the health of individual human beings and other species. It is critical that social and natural sciences are taken into account as key contributors to forming policies related to biodiversity, conservation, and health management. We are reaching the target date of Nagoya treaty signatories to have accomplished measures to prevent biodiversity loss, providing a unique opportunity for policy makers to make necessary adjustments and refocus targets for the next decade. We propose recommendations for policy makers to explore novel avenues to halt the accelerated global loss of biodiversity. Beyond the critical ecological functions biodiversity performs, its enormous untapped the repertoire of natural molecular diversity is needed for solving accelerating global healthcare challenges.

scholarly journals The Effects of Artificial Lake Space on Satisfaction and Restorativeness of the Overall Environment and Soundscape in Urban Parks

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Qi ◽  
Xingyue Fang ◽  
Tian Gao ◽  
Ling Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Landscape Assessment ◽  
Artificial Lake ◽  
Artificial Lakes ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
People’S Perceptions

Several studies have proven that soundscape in blue space is conducive to human health and well-being, but few studies have explored which blue space characteristics would contribute to a better soundscape and visiting experience. Therefore, an on-site questionnaire investigation was conducted at two artificial lakes in Xi’an, China. The eight Perceived Sensory Dimensions (PSDs) as a landscape assessment tool were applied to identify the characteristics of artificial lake space in urban parks. The results showed that (1) In artificial lake space, overall environment and soundscape reached a very satisfactory level in general, while the respondents’ perceived level of overall restorativeness and soundscape restorativeness as just medium, which indicated that the quality of artificial lake space needs to be improved. (2) According to people’s perceptions, artificial lake spaces had the most obvious characteristics of prospect, social and space; serene and nature were medium; refuge, rich in species, and culture were the least. (3) The eight PSDs of artificial lake space, except for social, were positively correlated with soundscape satisfaction, overall satisfaction, soundscape restorativeness, and overall restorativeness. Moreover, among them, serene was the most significant characteristic in artificial lake space. These findings could be instructive to the design of urban parks with artificial lakes for improving users’ visiting satisfaction and restorativeness.

scholarly journals Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture for Human Health and Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Brown ◽  
Robert C. Corry
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The People ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Health And Well Being

More than 80% of the people in the USA and Canada live in cities. Urban development replaces natural environments with built environments resulting in limited access to outdoor environments which are critical to human health and well-being. In addition, many urban open spaces are unused because of poor design. This paper describes case studies where traditional landscape architectural design approaches would have compromised design success, while evidence-based landscape architecture (EBLA) resulted in a successful product. Examples range from school-yard design that provides safe levels of solar radiation for children, to neighborhood parks and sidewalks that encourage people to walk and enjoy nearby nature. Common characteristics for integrating EBLA into private, public, and academic landscape architecture practice are outlined along with a discussion of some of the opportunities and barriers to implementation.

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