scholarly journals Psychological Well-Being across Gender and Socio-Economic Status among Middle Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reshma. N. S. ◽  
Manjula. M. Y.

Psychological well-being can be referred to as positive psychological functioning, which involves multidimensional constructs as well as the degree to which an individual perceives himself/herself as functioning well on areas like self acceptance, environmental mastery, personal growth and positive relationships. The current study aims at exploring psychological well-being across gender and socio-economic status among middle adults. The study consists of 266 middle adults (male=101, females=168) selected from 3 different socio-economic status groups (high=75, middle=114, low=77). The sample was drawn from urban population from Mangalore city. The age of the sample ranged between 40-55 yrs. Kuppuswamy’s socio-economic status scale (R-2012) and psychological well-being scale by Seema Mehrotra (2013) were administered. The data was analyzed using two-way ANOVA and post hoc test of least significant difference. The results revealed that women have significantly higher positive relations than men. Findings related to different socio-economic groups revealed that, adults belonging to high socio-economic status groups have significantly higher self-acceptance, mastery & competency, engagement & growth and overall psychological well-being compared to adults from low socio-economic status group, and significantly higher mastery & competency, overall psychological well-being than middle socio-economic status group. Middle socio-economic group adults have significantly higher self-acceptance, engagement & growth, and overall psychological well-being when compared to adults from low socio-economic status group.

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Mohsen Khanbani ◽  
Asghar Aghaee ◽  
Mohsen Gol Parvar

The purpose of this study was" Examine the relationship between gender and psychological well-being" (Self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery and personal growth) among married men and women in Isfahan.The research sample included men and women who have been living together for 5 to 10 years.For this purpose, the sample consisted of 231 couples based on a multi-stage sampling selected and studied.The research method was descriptive, causal-comparative. Research tools was Psychological well-being questionnaire Reef (2009).The results showed that there was significant difference between men and women in positive relations with others, environmental mastery and personal growth (p≤0.01) . But there was no significant relationship in self-acceptance and Autonomy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Maqhfirah DR

Having breast cancer have a huge impact on quality of life of survivors. One of it is decreased psychological well-being. Psychological well-being is a description of the psychological health of individuals based on the fulfillment of the criteria that individual positive psychological functioning, encompassing  self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life and personal growth. Well-being therapy can apply to increase the level of psychological well-being in breast cancer survivors. Participants this study are two women with post-mastectomy breast cancer, metastases experienced last year, and is undergoing medical treatment such as chemotherapy. Well-being therapy conducted within a month, in five sessions. Results indicate that application of well-being therapy has changed their psychological well-being level to the better. They were more accepting with their health condition and have better relationships with the significant people. This is clout by good motivation, support from their significant  people during the therapy of process and using of religious aspects as one way in eudomanic approach to well-being therapy. In addition, the good rapport between researcher and participants is important to supported therapeutic effect.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saqib Bashir ◽  
Prof. Abu Sufiyan Zilli

The aim of this study was to compare the psychological well-being of public and private undertakings in Aligarh. The sample consisted of 100 participants including 50 each from public and private undertakings. Psychological well-being is a positive aspect that is present in every individual in varying degree& it is very important to measure psychological well-being among public & private sector due to its role of productivity in each sector. Psychological well Being is an important aspect for effective performance in each undertaking sector, as it determines the internal feelings to persuade the external actions .Low psychological well-being is obvious to effect any domain of our life may it be academic  or  work life. 42 item versions Psychological well being scale by Carol ryff was used to collect the data from different private & public undertakings in Aligarh. This scale consist of six dimensions namely Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relationship, Purpose in Life, Self-Acceptance. Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test were applied for analysis of data. The findings of this study revealed that over all psychological well-being of public undertakings is higher than private undertakings. Significant difference of overall psychological well-being was found between public and private undertakings in Aligarh .Furthermore, significant difference was found on all above mentioned dimensions of psychological well-being except autonomy and self-acceptance.


2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 839-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Lindfors

Ryff's Psychological Well-being scales cover six dimensions of psychological well-being (Self-acceptance, Environmental mastery, Positive relations with others, Personal growth, Purpose in life, and Autonomy) and have been suggested as an adequate measure of positive psychological functioning. Apart from translating the scales to Swedish and examining the psychometric properties of the measure, the present study aimed to explore the relationships between the Ryff scales and the General Health Questionnaire, negative affectivity, and physical symptoms using self-ratings from 91 full-time employed women and men. Given low internal consistency for the different dimensions of the Ryff scales, correlational analyses were based on a composite index. Analysis indicated negative relations between the Ryff index and other measures and are in line with prior findings showing that the index taps positive psychological functioning while other indices focus on negative functioning.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Garcia ◽  
Alexander Jimmefors ◽  
Lillemor Adrianson ◽  
Fariba Mousavi ◽  
Patricia Rosenberg ◽  
...  

Background: Education plays an important role on a personal level because it is related to personal control, a healthy lifestyle, greater income, employment, interpersonal relations, and social support (Mirowsky & Ross, 2003). Self-regulation is the procedure implemented by an individual striving to reach a goal and consists of two inter-related strategies: (1) the identification of the desired out-come and the appraisal of procedures to reach the desired goal (i.e., assessment), and (2) the selection between available approaches to reach the goal and the commitment to the chosen approaches until the goal is reached (i.e., locomotion) (Kruglanski et al, 2000). Self-regulation plays an essential role in academic achievement (Kruglanski et al 1994, 2000). Psychological well-being is a multi-faceted concept composed of six different intra-personal characteristics that describe the fully functional individual (Ryff, 1989). These factors are: positive relationships with others, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, autonomy, purpose in life, and personal growth. We aimed to study the relationship between academic achievement and self-regulation and psychological well-being in Swedish high school pupils. Method: Participants were 160 Swedish high school pupils (111 boys and 49 girls) with an age mean of 17.74 (sd = 1.29). We used the Assessment and Locomotion Scales (Kruglanski et al., 2000) to measure self-regulation and Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales short version (Clark et al., 2001) to measure well-being. Academic achievement was operationalized through pupils’ final grades in Swedish, Mathematics, English, and Physical Education. The courses take place during either one or two semesters and the grading scale ranges from F = fail to A = pass with distinction. Results: Final grades in Swedish were positively related to two psychological well-being scales: self-acceptance and personal growth; and to the self-regulation strategy of assessment. Final grades in Mathematics were positively related to three psychological well-being scales: self-acceptance, autonomy, and personal growth; and also to assessment. Final grades in English were positively related to one psychological well-being scale: personal growth; and also to assessment. Final grades in Physical Education were positively related to four psychological well-being scales: environmental mastery, self-acceptance, autonomy, and personal growth; and also to the self-regulation strategy of locomotion. Conclusions: A profile consisting of assessment orientation combined with self-acceptance and personal growth leads to the best study results. This understanding is important when supporting pupils in achieving the best possible results in school and thus lay the formation for a continued successful life.


2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (Suppl-1) ◽  
pp. S76-81
Author(s):  
Amina Hanif Tarar ◽  
Huma Asghar ◽  
Muhammad Mohsin Ijaz ◽  
Muhammad Ali Tarar

Objective: To explore the relationship between psychological well-being and psycho-social adjustment ofeconomically independent and dependent single parents belonging to various socio-economic classes. Study Design: Correlational study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at technical services association, Lahore, from Jun 2018 to Aug 2019. Methodology: A sample of 213 single parents with ages ranging from 25 to 50 was selected through purposivesampling. Psychological Well-Being Scale Revisited and Psychological Adjustment Scale were used. Results: Multivariate analysis showed that well-being and adjustment levels of divorced (M=114.17, SD=24.5),(M= 88.89, SD=19.45) single parents was significantly lower than those of widowed (M=136.78, SD=17.68),(M=105.86, SD=10.88) ones respectively. Also, economically independent (M=135.1, SD=20.38), (M=104.0, SD=14.5) single parents had better well-being and adjustment than those who are economically dependent (M=108.3, SD=24.5), (M=85.5, SD=17.1). Furthermore, post-hoc tests revealed significantly low psychological well-being (M=130.72, SD=23.16) and adjustment (M=81, SD=12.23) of single parents from lower social class. Conclusion: The study concludes that socio-economic status and economic independence/dependence have aprofound impact on the psychological wellbeing and adjustment of single parents. These findings will promotethe understanding of single parenting in collectiveistic cultures and may lead towards learning of coping strategies to foster psychological well-being, familial and social adjustments of single parents.


Author(s):  
Mark Widdowson ◽  
Peter Theuns ◽  
Mil Rosseau ◽  
Rik Rosseau

Previous research has found that participants in redecision marathons experience increased personal growth and improvements in psychological well-being (McNeel, 1982; Noriega-Gayol, 1997; Widdowson & Rosseau, 2014). In this article, the authors conducted a quantitative analysis based on the use of the Ryff Scales of Psychological Wellbeing to determine whether participants (n=49) at an executive coaching redecision marathon would experience an increase in psychological well-being. The findings show statistically significant improvements in psychological well-being overall, and specifically within the sub-scales of autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth and self-acceptance, suggesting that redecision-based workshops are effective for improving subjective psychological well-being.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Josephine Ondja ◽  
Olivia Hadiwirawan

PKK (Empowerment and Family) is one of organization in Indonesia that aim to increase community’s welfare through empowering women in community. This study was intended to describe psychological well-being of women who volunteered in PKK. This study used mixed methods sequential explanatory strategy, consisted of two phases, quantitative followed by qualitative. Quantitative data were collected from 78 women members of PKK in Tanjung Duren Utara Sub-District, Jakarta by using modified Ryff’s Short Version Scale of Psychological Well-being. The result from quantitative analysis was categorized and showed psychological well-being of member PKK are high category for autonomy, self- acceptance, purpose in life, positive relations with others, and personal growth dimension; moderate category for environmental mastery dimension. Three women who have high score categorization in purpose in life and self-acceptance dimension were selected and interviewed to describe the psychological well being. In qualitative analysis, the major themes emerged for purpose in life dimension was women devoted their life for family and society. Themes emerged for self-acceptance dimension was women who sincere (ikhlas) in doing their role in community. PKK could emerge as a vessel for women to achieve and maintain their psychological well being.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
Nurul Aisyah Sartika ◽  
Yusi Riksa Yustiana ◽  
Ipah Saripah

The purpose of the study was to describe the psychological well-being profile of adolescent victims of body shaming. The research method is descriptive analysis with a quantitative approach. The instrument uses Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale and body shaming questionnaire. The distribution of the questionnaire was carried out with the help of the Google Form application with a total of 30 respondents. 40% of respondents victims of body shaming indicate good enough psychological well-being, 26.67% of respondents indicate a good category, 26.67% of respondents indicate a very good category, and 6.67% of respondents indicate a poor category.  Adolescent victims of body shaming based on the percentage of the total score on each dimension of psychological well-being the largest is purpose in life (18.62%), followed by the autonomy dimension (17.80%), personal growth (17.72%), positive relations with others (16.08%), environmental mastery (16.08%), and the smallest percentage was obtained by self-acceptance dimension (13.70%). There is no significant difference in psychological well-being of adolescent victims of body shaming based on gender and age.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Fikri Mubarok ◽  
Miftahuddin Miftahuddin

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk  menguji validitas konstruk dari psychological well-being scale.  Dalam  penelitian  ini peneliti  menguji enam  dimensi  psychological well-being  dari  Ryff (1989)  yaitu, self-acceptance, positive relation with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, dan personal growth dengan jumlah 42 item. Subjek penelitian adalah perawat  pada salah satu Rumah Sakit di Jakarta Cempaka Putih  yang  terdiri  dari 171 orang.  Metode  analisis  data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) dengan bantuan software  lisrel  8.70.  Berdasarkan  perhitungan  dengan  metode  CFA  dapat  disimpulkan  bahwa semua dimensi memerlukan modifikasi model pengukuran untuk memperoleh nilai fit. The purpose of this study is to examine construct validity from psychological well-being scale. In this study researchers tested six dimensions of psychological well-being from Ryff (1989), namely, self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth with a total of 42 items. The research subjects were nurses at one of the hospitals in Jakarta Cempaka Putih consisting of 171 people. The data analysis method used in this study is confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with the help of lisrel 8.70 software. Based on calculations using the CFA method it can be concluded that all dimensions require modification of the measurement model to obtain a fit value.


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