SOCIAL SELF-PERCEPTION AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING. A REVIEW OF DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENT MODELS

2016 ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna V. Kuchenkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Measurement Models

scholarly journals The Investigation of Relations Among Self-Efficacy in Adolescents, Self-Perception of Parental Role and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Melis Seray Ozden-Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Parental Roles ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

Self-efficacy refers to beliefs about one’s capabilities to learn or perform behaviors at different areas such as academic, social and emotional. Thereby self-efficacy in adolescents can be related with their subjective well-being, defined as a person’s cognitive and affective evaluations of his life. The second important factor that can be related with adolescents’ subjective well-being is their parents’ self-perception of their parental roles on the level of competence, role satisfaction, investment and role balance. On this basis the aim of this study is to investigate the relations among self-efficacy in adolescents, self- perception of parental role and adolescents’ subjective well-being. The research group was conducted by 390 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 and their parents. Data was collected with Demographical Information Form, Self-Efficacy Scale for Children, Self-Perception of Parental Scale and Adolescent Subjective Well-Being Scale. The findings indicated that academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, emotional self-efficacy and competence of mother were predicting adolescents’ subjective well-being significantly.   Keywords: Adolescent, self-efficacy, parental role, subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Impact of Yoga & Meditation on Psychological Pattern of University Students: A Scientific Paradigm

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
J. K. Arora ◽  
Siddharth Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Handling Stress ◽  
University Level ◽  
Physical Elements

<p>To improve the quality of life, there has been the search of strategies for handling stress, and subjective well-being. These explorations have led us to ancient disciplines such as Yoga, which combine the physical elements of a healthy lifestyle with mental peace. It integrates the personality by bringing body-mind-soul coordination in a well-balanced way. The present paper is aimed to create awareness of the need of regular practice of Yoga and Meditation among the matured group of students at university level which will certainly help to improve the qualities of their mind for not only worldly achievements and success in life but also in attains, the ultimate goal of life which is spiritual upliftment.  This scientific study compared ’impact of yoga alone and yoga with meditation on alteration of psychological profile of university level students. It was predicted that practitioners’ psychological wellbeing would vary as a function of their parameters like stress, ESP, PSI-Q, and Working Memory. Result was statically analyzed using null Hypothesis. The experimental results are very optimistic in that yoga &amp; meditation combined practice can alter an individual’s social, self, physical and emotional  wellbeing .It also indicates  that practitioners with yoga with spiritual intentions reported significantly higher psychological wellbeing compared with practitioners doing  yoga alone.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Medical Students' Perception of the Educational Environment at Al-Nahda College by using DREEM inventory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamdan Z. Hamdan ◽  
Marwa Yassin Ibrahim ◽  
Rania Hessian Mohamed ◽  
Liza Hassan Ali ◽  
Yasir A. Mohamedelhassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
P Value ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Background: Educational environment encompasses everything that is found and occurs inside medical school. It affects students’ ability to achieve their academic goals, feelings of academic satisfaction, and well-being. Assessment of the educational environment is of paramount importance for stakeholders, administrators and educators in the academic field. The aim of this study was to measure student perceptions of the educational environment in a medical college in Sudan.Methods: This was an institutional-based cross-sectional study conducted in Al-Nahda College, Khartoum, Sudan, between January and February 2018 with a sample of 634 medical students (56.9% male; pre-clinical (83.9%) and clinical (16.1%) students). The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used as a survey tool. Overall DREEM score was compared with students’ academic levels by using one-way ANOVA after Tukey’s test. Students’ gender, academic levels and nationality were used as independent variables determining the overall DREEM score by using multivariate analysis. Student’s t-test was used to compare the overall scores among all students based on gender and academic levels (clinical and pre-clinical).Results: The overall mean (SD) DREEM score in this study was 130 (34.2), which indicates a more positive educational environment than negative. Student perception of teachers, academic self-perception, perception of atmosphere and social self-perception was positive. However, perception of learning was negative. Female students had a significantly higher mean (SD) overall DREEM score than males [136 (31.5) vs. 129 (35.5); P=0.008]. There was no significant difference in overall DREEM score between pre-clinical and clinical students [132 (33.3) vs. 132 (38.3); P= 0.946]. Females scored higher than males in the subclasses regarding students’ perception of teachers, academic self-perception and social self-perception [28.8 (7.8) vs. 27.1 (8.5); P= 0.024]; [22.2 (5.6) vs. 21.0 (7.2); P= 0.017]; [19.8 (4.9) vs. 18.8 (5.4); P= 0.019], respectively. Univariate analysis showed that student gender significantly determines the overall DREEM score [Beta± SE; P-value].Conclusions: The educational environment is generally perceived as positive in Al-Nahda College. Perception of learning was the only sub-scale regarded as negative. Females perceived the educational environment more positively than males.

A hierarchical framework for the measurement of well-being

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Disabato ◽  
Fallon Rachael Goodman ◽  
Todd Barrett Kashdan
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Hierarchical Framework ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Hierarchical Levels

Several decades of research on well-being has resulted in a plethora of measurement models created by psychological scientists. In this review, we synthesize the measurement of well-being literature and present a hierarchical framework that subsumes many of the existing models. We outline the rationale and empirical evidence behind five hierarchical levels of a framework: general well-being, well-being lenses (e.g., subjective well-being), well-being contents (e.g., affects) well-being characteristics (e.g., positive affect), and well-being context (e.g., the emotion of “awe” while in nature). We discuss various approaches to distinguishing between predictors of well-being and well-being itself (i.e., preventing tautologies) and how they might fit into the presented framework. Proposed properties of the well-being framework are explored through comparisons to the other major hierarchical structures of intelligence and psychopathology in psychological science. Towards the end, we focus on methodological challenges around measuring well-being and neglected cultural considerations.

scholarly journals Medical Students' Perception of the Educational Environment at Al-Nahda College by using DREEM inventory

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamdan Z. Hamdan ◽  
Marwa Yassin Ibrahim ◽  
Rania Hessian Mohamed ◽  
Liza Hassan Ali ◽  
Yassir Mohamed Alhassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Better Than

Abstract Background: Educational environment encompasses everything that are found and occurs inside the school of Medicine. It affects the students’ ability to achieve their academic goals, feeling of academic satisfaction and well-being. Assessment of the educational environment of paramount-importance for all stake-holder, administrators and educators in the academic field. The aim of this study to measure the student perception towards the educational environment in Al-Nahda college. Methods: This is an institutional based cross-sectional study conducted in Al-Nahda College between January and February 2018. Study population were 634 medical students. Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used as a survey tool for this study. Students’ responses were entered to the computer and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA). Results: A (83.9%) pre-clinical and (16.1%) clinical stage participated in this study from all academic levels. Three hundred and sixty (56.9%) were male students, while the rest were female (43.1%). The overall mean (SD) DREEM score in this study is 130 (34.2), which indicates more positive educational environment than negative. Likewise, students’ perception for teachers, Students’ academic self-perception, Students’ perception of atmosphere and Students’ social self-perception. However, students’ perception for learning shows negative indicator. Students’ female gender have significantly higher mean (SD) overall DREEM score than male students [136 (31.5) Vs. 129 (35.5); P= 0.008], respectively. Female scored higher than male in subclass students’ perception for teachers, Students’ academic self-perception and Students’ social self-perception, [28.8 (7.8) Vs. 27.1 (8.5); P= 0.024]; [22.2 (5.6) Vs. 21.0 (7.2); P= 0.017]; [19.8 (4.9) Vs. 18.8 (5.4); P= 0.019], respectively. The foreign students perceived the overall educational environment better than Sudanese students [135.6(31.7) Vs. 131.3 (34.8); P=0.049]. Conclusions: The educational environment is perceived positive in Al-Nahda College. Four out of five inventory subscale were perceived positive, while only students’ perception of learning sub-scale was perceived negative. Female students and non-Sudanese students perceived the educational environment better than the male students and Sudanese students. The perception of clinical students did not differ from that of pre-clinical students.

Affective and Social Self- Regulatory Efficacy Beliefs as Determinants of Positive Thinking and Happiness

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
Patrizia Steca
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Affective Components ◽  
Latent Dimension

Abstract. In line with prior work, the present study aimed at examining a conceptual model positing that affective and social self-regulatory efficacy beliefs influence one's cognitive and affective components of subjective well-being, namely, positive thinking and happiness. Positive thinking corresponds to the latent dimension underlying life satisfaction, self-esteem, and optimism. Happiness, instead, corresponds to the difference between positive and negative affect, as they are experienced in a variety of daily life situations. The study was conducted on 683 Italian adults belonging to six different age groups. The findings of the study corroborated the paths of relations linking the examined variables.

scholarly journals Well-being profiles in adolescence: psychometric properties and latent profile analysis of the mental health continuum model – a methodological study

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Reinhardt ◽  
Zsolt Horváth ◽  
Antony Morgan ◽  
Gyöngyi Kökönyei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
Latent Profile

Abstract Background The Adolescent Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) is a psychometrically valid tool to evaluate the domains of subjective well-being, but there is a lack of investigations which could distinguish subgroups with distinct subjective well-being profiles based on this measurement. Therefore, after testing the competing measurement models of the MHC-SF, our main aim was to identify subjective well-being profiles in a large adolescent sample. Methods On a representative Hungarian adolescent sample (N = 1572; 51% girl; mean age was 15.39, SD = 2.26) confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) were used to test the factor stucture of the Adolescent MHC-SF. In addition, gender invariance of the best fitting model was also tested. Latent Profile Analyses (LPA) were conducted to reveal distinct subgroups and these profiles were then compared. Results Results support the bifactor model of MHC-SF: the general and specific well-being factors which were invariant across gender. LPA yielded four subgroups, three of them have been theoretically hypothesized in previous works (i.e. flourishing, moderate mental health, languishing), but an emotionally vulnerable subgroup also emerged. Compared to the languishing group, this new subgroup demonstrated higher scores on prosocial behaviour, but had comparable level of loneliness and internalizing symptoms. Conclusions Our results suggest that the MHC-SF is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing overall well-being and its components. In addition, the identification of young people to be at risk for low mental health may help us to tailor mental health promotion programs to their special needs.

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