scholarly journals Well-Being and Throwing Speed of Women Handball Players Affected by Feedback

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6064
Author(s):  
Diego Soto ◽  
Juan Antonio García-Herrero ◽  
Rodrigo J. Carcedo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Feedback Group ◽  
Competence Motivation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Speed And Accuracy

This research aims at studying the effect of feedback on well-being (vitality, and positive and negative affect), competence valuation, perceived competence, motivation, and performance (throwing speed and accuracy) in a throwing task. Thirty nine expert women handball players, with experience in international handball competitions, participated in this study. They were indiscriminately ascribed to one of three different experimental conditions measuring feedback: (positive, negative, and none). Significant differences in well-being (positive affect) and throwing speed were found among the three feedback groups. More concretely, higher levels of positive affect and throwing speed were found in the negative feedback group in comparison with the other two groups (positive and no-feedback). These results have important implications for athletes’ well-being and performance, and for coaches’ training programs.

Investigating Affective Responding to Daily Positive Events Among Adolescents Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

2021 ◽  
pp. 027243162110580
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Chun ◽  
Katherine S. Benjamin ◽  
Amy H. Mezulis
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Independent Events ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

The experience of positive events is associated with increased positive affect, which can beneficially impact the physical and mental health outcomes of adolescents. Despite an increase in important life events during adolescence, little research has examined the influence of positive events on affect in this population. This study used Ecological Momentary Assessment to investigate individual differences in the effects of daily positive events on momentary positive and negative affect and event-specific positive affect among 136 adolescents ( M age = 13.03 years). Results indicated that interpersonal and independent events elicited greater event-specific positive affect than non-interpersonal and dependent events. Dependent interpersonal events were associated with the greatest positive affect compared to other combinations of event types. Gender did not moderate these effects. These findings may address the gap in the literature regarding the types of daily positive events that elicit the most positive affect in adolescents, and in turn, may enhance well-being.

Gratitude Orientation Reduces Death Anxiety but Not Positive and Negative Affect

2013 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna W. L. Lau ◽  
Sheung-Tak Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Induction Procedure

This study aims at investigating whether a gratitude induction procedure can reduce death anxiety and promote emotional well-being. Ninety Chinese undergraduate students were randomly assigned into one of three experimental conditions: gratitude, hassle, and neutral. In each condition, participants were instructed to spend 15–20 minutes to reflect on past events and to write up to five events of the designated category. Subsequently, they responded to measures of death anxiety and affect. Results showed that those in the gratitude condition reported much lower death anxiety than those in the neutral or the hassle group. However, gratitude had no effect on positive or negative affect. The findings suggest that the effect of gratitude may be specific to death anxiety, which does not occur in the context of the enhancement of overall emotional well-being.

scholarly journals Chewing Gum: Cognitive Performance, Mood, Well-Being, and Associated Physiology

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Allen ◽  
Andrew P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Acute Effect ◽  
Chewing Gum ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Performance Tasks ◽  
And Performance

Recent evidence has indicated that chewing gum can enhance attention, as well as promoting well-being and work performance. Four studies (two experiments and two intervention studies) examined the robustness of and mechanisms for these effects. Study 1 investigated the acute effect of gum on mood in the absence of task performance. Study 2 examined the effect of rate and force of chewing on mood and attention performance. Study 3 assessed the effects of chewing gum during one working day on well-being and performance, as well as postwork mood and cognitive performance. In Study 4, performance and well-being were reported throughout the workday and at the end of the day, and heart rate and cortisol were measured. Under experimental conditions, gum was associated with higher alertness regardless of whether performance tasks were completed and altered sustained attention. Rate of chewing and subjective force of chewing did not alter mood but had some limited effects on attention. Chewing gum during the workday was associated with higher productivity and fewer cognitive problems, raised cortisol levels in the morning, and did not affect heart rate. The results emphasise that chewing gum can attenuate reductions in alertness, suggesting that chewing gum enhances worker performance.

scholarly journals Disentangling dynamic affect trajectories for distinct depression courses during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Lunansky ◽  
Ria H. A. Hoekstra ◽  
Tessa Blanken
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Single Measurement ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Boston College ◽  
Measurement Moment ◽  
Affect States

Background. Why does adversity lead to mental health complaints in some, but not others? Individual differences in the development of depressive complaints are related to the regulation of affect states. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a prolonged period of perturbations to the daily lives of people across the globe, providing an unparalleled opportunity to investigate how fluctuations in positive and negative affect relate to the evolution of mood complaints.Methods. 228 participants from the Boston College daily sleep and well-being survey completed at least 20 assessments of positive and negative affect and depression complaints between March 20th 2020 and June 26th 2020. We explored affect trajectories throughout this period and estimated longitudinal multilevel network models. Furthermore, we investigated how individual network structures relate to changes in depression severity over time.Results. On average, positive affect was reported somewhat higher than negative affect. However, when separating affect trajectories based on the individuals’ depressive complaints, we identified that individuals consistently experiencing depressive complaints report higher levels of negative affect compared with positive affect. Contrary, individuals consistently reporting no depressive complaints show opposite results. Furthermore, we found many and strong associations in the multilevel network between the distinct affect states and depressive complaints. Lastly, we established that the higher the connectivity of an individual’s network, the larger their change in depressive complaints is.Conclusions. We conclude that affect fluctuations are directly related to the development of depressive complaints, both within- and across individuals, and both within a single measurement moment and over time.

scholarly journals Group Game-Based Physical Activity Effects on Positive and Negative Affect of Male Adolescent Prisoners

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Free Dirga Dwatra
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Male Prisoners ◽  
Problem Drug

This report arises from a larger study that aims to investigate the mental health of adolescent prisoners. The Indonesian juvenile justice system locks up more than half of young offenders (Pratiwi & Faridah, 2019). Questions have been rise about the mental well-being of the adolescent. This study, with a sample of 28 male prisoners age between 14 to 18 years old, explored the effects of physical activity using group-based games on mental heath of adolescent prisoners. These participants showed many behavioral and emotional problems before entering and during their time in prison, such as: family problem, drug abuse,problems with peers and officers. The participants had three sessions of game activities in one week. The pretest-posttest design was used to collect the data. This experimental study measured with positive affect and negative affect scale (PANAS) by Watson, Clark, and Carey (1988). Results show that group games-based physical activity can increase positive affect M= 4.750 (Sig = 0.001) from pretest to posttest, and decrease negative affect M= 2.968 (Sig = 0.003) from pretest to posttest. This study aims to show that that group games-based physical activity can make their lives inside the prison would be meaningful.

scholarly journals Where is Tyche?

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Bordado Sköld
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The One

In this paper, I seek to revitalize the concept of happiness by conceptualizing it as a relational and instantaneous phenomenon with both existential, ethical and political dimensions. Happiness hap-ens – in and through encounters, and it does so when we least expect it. Drawing on Bachelard’s writings on ‘the instant’, as well as Gumbrecht’s and Rosa’s much related concepts of ‘presence’ and ‘resonance’, I attempt to formulate a more relational and nonvolitional counter-concept of happiness that blurs the border between eudemonic happiness and subjective well-being on the one hand and positive affect on the other. Safe-guarding opportunities for these moments to happen is to be seen as vital in a contemporary society governed by individualization, rationalization and hedonistic principles. Even though one cannot choose to be happy, one can indeed lead a good life; colored by an openness towards the other and what might come.

scholarly journals Does Affect Influence Coping Styles among People from North India During the Pandemic? Implications for Psychological Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreya Verma ◽  
Meetu Khosla ◽  
Garima Goel
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Well Being ◽  
North India ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Males And Females

Does affect influence coping styles among people from North India during the COVID pandemic? This study investigates how affective state influences the coping styles of people from North India and to examine its impact on psychological well-being. Coping styles, PA, negative affect, and psychological well-being of the sample (n=220; 105 males (46%) and 115 females (53.5%)) (Mean Age= 30.75) (SD= 15.36 years) were analysed during the pandemic. Coping styles were assessed using the Coping Scale (Hamby, Grych, & Banyard, 2013), psychological well-being was assessed using the Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff and Keyes, 1995) and affect was evaluated using The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (Watson, Clark, & Tellengen, 1988). The findings revealed that coping was positively related to psychological well-being but negatively related to Negative Affect (NA). Positive Affect (PA) was positively related to psychological well-being but negatively related to coping. Additionally, significant differences were seen in the PA and negative affect of males and females. Implications of psychological well-being are further discussed.

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.

Positive Mood Dysfunction in Psychopathology

2017 ◽  
pp. 87-118
Author(s):  
David Watson ◽  
Michael W. O’Hara
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Histrionic Personality Disorder ◽  
Clinician Rating ◽  
Positive Symptoms Of Psychosis ◽  
Expanded Form

This chapter explores the nature of positive emotional disturbance across various disorders. It reviews findings based on the positive affect scales of the Expanded Form of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II), the Clinician Rating version of the IDAS (IDAS-CR), and the Expanded Form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-X). These data reveal that IDAS-II Well-Being, IDAS-CR Well-Being, and PANAS-X Joviality assess a highly adaptive form of positive affect. These measures show particularly strong negative associations with symptoms and diagnoses of depression; they also are negatively related to social anxiety and to the negative symptoms (aloofness, restricted affectivity) of psychosis. In contrast, IDAS-II Euphoria and PANAS-X Self-Assurance tap a more dysfunctional form of positive affect. These scales correlate positively with many forms of psychopathology, including mania, narcissism, histrionic personality disorder, and the positive symptoms of psychosis (e.g., eccentricity, unusual beliefs and experiences).

scholarly journals Influence of Gratitude and Materialism on Two Different Conceptualizations of Subjective Well-being

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Rogelio Puente-Díaz ◽  
Judith Cavazos-Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Independent Components ◽  
First Order

The present investigation examined the influence of materialism and gratitude on subjective well-being under two different conceptualizations of this construct: subjective well-being as a construct with three independent components and subjective well-being as a second other factor with three first order factors. 386 participants from Mexico completed a battery of questionnaires measuring gratitude, materialism, positive and negative affect and life satisfaction. Results showed a negative influence of materialism on positive affect, life satisfaction and overall sense of subjective well-being and a positive influence on negative affect. Gratitude had a positive influence on positive affect, life satisfaction and overall sense of subjective well-being. Results also showed that gratitude did not influence negative affect directly, but indirectly through its influence on overall sense of subjective well-being. The implications of our findings were discussed.

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