scholarly journals Enhancing Patient Well-being: Apply Positive Psychology in Nursing Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  

Objective: Positive psychology is the emerging concept in the medical field and has shown the positive effects on one’s well-being. This paper highlights the application of PERMA model in nursing practice. Method: The model applied in the clinical area to access improvement in patient’s well-being. The concept of positive psychology’s applicability is discussed with the real life examples. Result: The PERMA model when applied yields a positive impact on patient’s health and overall well-being. Conclusion: The learning outcomes of this research will help the people in health care to understand the relationship between positive psychology and nursing practices for the wellbeing of patients. And if one tries to apply the concepts of positive psychology in clinical area then it can promote speedy recovery of the patients.

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (Suppl. 2) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Holder

The newly emerging field of positive psychology focuses on the positive facets of life, including happiness, life satisfaction, personal strengths, and flourishing. Research in this field has empirically identified many important benefits of enhanced well-being, including improvements in blood pressure, immune competence, longevity, career success, and satisfaction with personal relationships. Recognizing these benefits has motivated researchers to identify the correlates and causes of well-being to inform them in the development and testing of strategies and interventions to elevate well-being. As positive psychology researchers throughout the world have turned their attention toward facets of food intake, a consensus is developing that the consumption of healthy foods can enhance well-being in a dose-response fashion. The link between unhealthy foods and well-being is less clear. Some studies suggest that under certain conditions, fast food may increase happiness, though other studies demonstrate that fast food can indirectly undermine happiness. The positive impact of food consumption on well-being is not limited to what people consume but extends to how they consume it and social factors related to eating. Though the research suggests that our food intake, particularly fruits and vegetables, increases our well-being, this research is in its infancy. Research specifically focused on subpopulations, including infants and pregnant mothers, is mostly lacking, and the mechanisms that underlie the relationship between food consumption and well-being remain to be elucidated.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Nimra Ali Khokher ◽  
Abdul Raziq

An excellent package of salary plays very important role in the management of the talented people of the organization because such packages bring positivity in the feelings, behaviors and in the satisfaction of the people. The objective of this study is to test the hypotheses to investigate the relationship between salary packages and employee’s subjective well-being. The study employed a quantitative methodology. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was adapted from a previous validated survey. The target population consisted of SMEs operating in the city of Quetta, Pakistan. Convenience sampling was applied to collect data from service-sector SMEs. A total of 486 questionnaires were distributed. Of these, 380 were received. However, 349 questionnaires were finally considered as useable. The results of correlation and regression analyses indicate that salary packages have significant positive impact upon employee’s subjective well-being. Our study indicates that when an organization implement practice of excellent and attractive salary packages then such practices develop a realization of trust among the employees which bring positivity in their feelings and behaviors and this will develop their belonging and satisfaction towards the organization. This study also suggests that the top management should continuously monitor the structure of salary in the organization and devise such kind of salary structure which gives recognition to the competent talent of the organization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4978
Author(s):  
Kei Aoki

This research studies the relationship between well-being and knowledge sharing. While user innovation has garnered greater attention in recent years, the market has failed to properly incentivize the diffusion of user innovations. This study proposes that this shortcoming could be resolved through a consumer-to-consumer (C-to-C) marketplace and sheds light on non-financial benefits for the contributors, specifically, how knowledge sharing impacts contributor well-being. This research consists of two online survey studies. In both studies, the level of well-being was compared between knowledge sharing contributors and a control group using a scale developed in positive psychology. This study empirically shows that participation in knowledge sharing has a significant positive impact on contributor well-being. In a C-to-C marketplace, contributors diffuse and monetize their creations themselves, resulting in increased well-being. Contributing to knowledge sharing may be a sufficient incentive for user innovators to diffuse their innovations. The findings of this study will gain significance as the utilization of personal knowledge increases due to the expansion of the C-to-C business and the paradigm shift in work style.


2020 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Dian Anggraini ◽  
Listyati Palupi

The Lapindo Mud is a natural disaster occurred 13 years ago and still erupts today. Of course this disaster affects the people who live around it. The people who are the victims of the mud disaster is still survive. Therefore, it is important to understand how this people could survive in this disaster situation. Thus, the purpose of this quantitative, correlational study is to investigate the relationship between gratitude and psychological well-being for the resident around Lapindo mudflow. This research used quantitative method with survey. The scale used was The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form (GQ-6) developed by McCullough to measured the level of gratitude and Javanese Psychological Well-being Scale developed by Palupi to measured psychological well-being. The result showed that there is relationship between gratitude and psychological well-being in the population/resident around Lapindo mudflow.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Afrimadona Afrimadona ◽  
Shanti Darmastuti ◽  
Andi Kurniawan

How can the presence of industrial parks affect the welfare of the people in the districts/city within which they operate? While studies about the socio-political and economic consequences of industrial parks abound in the academic world, industrial parks are still understudied in Indonesia. the paper is a preliminary observation on the relationship between the presence of industrial parks and the welfare conditions of the people in the districts. Using two measures of welfare, human development index and household spending, we find that the presence of industrial parks has some positive effects on these two measures. The two models of the bivariate relationships show that the relationships are statistically significant. Nevertheless, the study still suffers from some weaknesses that future studies can improve.


Motricidade ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Ramalho ◽  
João Petrica ◽  
António Rosado

This systematic review aimed to synthesize the scientific evidence about the relationship between sedentary behaviours and various psychological outcomes in older adults. The study searches were conducted in the following databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, ISI Web of Knowledge and ScienceDirect. We selected 15 observational quantitative studies according to specific eligibility criteria. The data extraction was performed independently by different authors, including the evaluation of the risk of bias of the studies and the classification of the force of evidence. The results showed a tendency of showing no associations between the sedentary behaviours, the well-being and quality of life of the elderly. Concerning life satisfaction and perceived stress, it seems that active sedentary activities have positive effects on these indicators. Evidence has also suggested that some sedentary behaviours may help maintain some cognitive functions in the elderly population, namely in different types of memory. In other studies, it has been demonstrated a tendency that too much time in passive sedentary activities has been associated with depressive symptomatology. However, this review suggested that the evidence is not yet consistent in the relationship between the sedentary behaviours of the elderly and the indicators analysed, and more research is needed.


Author(s):  
Orose Leelakulthanit ◽  
Boonchai Hongcharu

One of the roles marketing contributes to the society is to improve the consumer well-being through the acquisition and possession of economic goods. This study attempts to investigate this role when subjective well-being or life satisfaction is considered in the difficult time of economic recession. From the part-whole perspective, life satisfaction can be broken down into satisfaction with thirteen domains of life. The multiple regression is run in order to determine the relationship between the satisfaction with these thirteen domains of life as well as household income and overall life satisfaction. The results suggest that consumer well-being in terms of satisfaction with material possession has a positive impact on life satisfaction along with satisfaction with work, self, family, personal health and the objective indicator of economic well-being which is household income.


Recent research focuses on the concept of well-being, aiming to systematize it and obtain design guidelines. In latest years, various building certification systems have arisen, which, although used for ex post evaluations, contain, specularly, design guidelines. In a first phase the concept of well-being was intended on a global scale, linked to the pitfalls of pollution and consumption of resources, so design guidelines and control systems developed within the construction industry to ensure the conservation of the environment and therefore the “well-being” and “health” of human communities. Having therefore developed certification systems measuring and evaluating the performance of buildings in relation to their impact on the environment and its resources, we are now faced with a shift of attention on a smaller scale, linked to the performance that buildings offer not so much with respect to the environment as to the people who live in them. This chapter explores the concepts behind such systems and the relationship between building certification systems and people's well-being.


Author(s):  
Hilal Yıldız

Even though economic growth plays very important role in development, governments stressed the importance of happiness now. The crucial question is that what exactly is the relationship between happiness and money? Or, what can determine happiness? In recent years, the human well-being of its people has been accepted as a new economic inequalities measure. Not only economic performance of the country but also social, political and cultural performance of the country has been accepted as an indicator of better life of the people. Questions which will be discussed are thinking whether or not economic growth plays a major role in happiness and how the relation between economic growth and happiness. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the relationship between economic growth and happiness in the MENA Region using an empirical analysis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1702-1719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Sung Hsu ◽  
Yuan-an Liu ◽  
Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of organizational justice and workplace friendship on the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being.Design/methodology/approachThe research sample included 310 entry-level employees of international tourism hotels in Taiwan. This study adopted hierarchical regression for data analysis.FindingsThe study found that workplace bullying negatively impacted on hotel employees’ well-being. Organizational justice and workplace friendship had significantly positive effects on hotel employees’ well-being. Compared with workplace friendship, organizational justice had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being.Originality/valueIn the research fields of hospitality, past studies failed to use organizational justice and workplace friendship to moderate the relationship between workplace bullying and hotel employees’ well-being. This study confirmed that organizational justice could effectively buffer the negative effect of workplace bullying on hotel employees’ well-being.


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