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A theoretical model of psychological well-being that encompasses 6 distinct dimensions wellness (Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations with Others, Purpose in Life, Self-Acceptance) was tested data from a nationally representative sample adults (N = 1,108), aged 25 and older, who participated telephone interviews. Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the proposed 6-factor model, single second-order super factor. The superior fit over single-factor...

Subjective well-being (SWB) is evaluation of life in terms satisfaction and balance between positive negative affect; psychological (PWB) entails perception engagement with existential challenges life. The authors hypothesized that these research streams are conceptually related but empirically distinct combinations them relate differentially to sociodemographics personality. Data from a national sample 3,032 Americans aged 25-74. Factor analyses confirmed the related-but-distinct status SWB...

Abstract The primary objectives of this article are (a) to put forth an explicit operational formulation positive human health that goes beyond prevailing "absence illness" criteria; (b) clarify does not derive from extant medical considerations, which about wellness, but necessarily require a base in philosophical accounts the "goods" life; (c) provoke change emphasis strong tendencies construe as exclusively mind or body toward integrated and spiral mind-body influences; (d) delineate...

in magnitude of research?studies psychological problems dwarf the literature on positive functioning?and meaning basic terms (e.g., typical usage equates health with absence illness). A person is viewed as men tally sound if he or she does not suf fer from anxiety, depression, other forms symp tomatology. This prevailing formula tion never gets to heart Well ness; do so, we must define mental presence positive. To explicate is, how ever, grapple values and ideals human experience. These are...

How physically and psychologically healthy are Americans at midlife? And why do some experience greater well-being than others? The MacArthur Foundation addressed these questions head-on by funding a landmark study known as Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS). Healthy Are We? presents key findings from survey three sections: physical health, quality of life psychological well-being, contexts midlife. This wide-ranging measures not only health - absence illness but also reports on presence wellness...

Two key types of well-being, eudaimonic and hedonic, are reviewed. The first addresses ideas self-development, personal growth purposeful engagement, while the second is concerned with positive feelings such as happiness contentment. How well-being varies by age socio-economic standing briefly summarized, followed examination its biological correlates (neuroendocrine, immune, cardiovascular, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep). Preliminary findings on a sample ageing women showed that those...

Previous approaches to the study of successful ageing are reviewed. It is argued that there has been an absence theory guiding this research; implicit negativism in proposed conceptions well-being; a neglect possibility for continued growth and development old age; failure see positive as human constructions open cultural variations historical change. An alternative approach draws on convergence life-span developmental theories, clinical theories personal growth, mental health perspectives...

<i>Background: </i>Increasingly, researchers attend to both positive and negative aspects of mental health. Such distinctions call for clarification whether psychological well-being ill-being comprise opposite ends a bipolar continuum, or are best construed as separate, independent dimensions Biology can help resolve this query – bipolarity predicts ‘mirrored’ biological correlates (i.e. correlate similarly with biomarkers, but show directional signs), whereas independence...

Despite the vast literature that has implicated asymmetric activation of prefrontal cortex in approach-withdrawal motivation and emotion, no published reports have directly explored neural correlates well-being. Eighty-four right-handed adults (ages 57–60) completed self-report measures eudaimonic well-being, hedonic positive affect prior to resting electroencephalography. As hypothesized, greater left than right superior frontal was associated with higher levels both forms...

Objective This article addresses the question of biological pathways through which social integration and support may affect morbidity mortality risks. A new concept cumulative risk, allostatic load, is used to test hypothesis that experiences a range systems. Data from two community-based cohorts are examined evaluate consistency findings across different age groups. Methods One cohort included older adults aged 70 79 years (N = 765); other persons 58 59 106). Allostatic load was assessed...

Young, middle-aged, and elderly adults (N = 308) evaluated themselves on 6 dimensions of psychological well-being according to present, past, future, ideal self-assessments. Young middle-aged saw considerable improvement in from the past present all well-being. The elderly, however, indicated largely a perception stability with prior levels functioning. Future ratings showed that 2 younger groups expected continued gains years ahead, whereas oldest respondents foresaw decline most aspects...

Quality ties to others are universally endorsed as central optimal living. Social scientists have extensively studied the relational world, but in somewhat separate literatures (e.g., attachment, close relationships, marital and family ties, social support). Studies of intimacy connection infrequently connected health, whereas studies health support rarely intersect with on flourishing. Efforts probe underlying physiological processes been disproportionately concerned negative adverse...

Considerable prior research has investigated links between racial/ethnic status and diverse aspects of mental functioning (e.g. psychological disorders, quality life, self-esteem), but little work probed the connections minority eudaimonic well-being. Derived from existential humanistic perspectives, eudaimonia describes engagement in life challenges is operationalized with assessments purpose personal growth, autonomy, environmental mastery, self-acceptance, positive relations others. Using...

Because measures of personality and well-being share common affective underpinnings items, previously reported links between these domains may be tautological. To explicate the connections well-being, 2 samples midlife adults (N = 215 N 139) completed (NEO Five Factor Inventory; P.T. Costa & R.R. McCrae, 1992) psychological (C. D. Ryff's, 1989b, Psychological Well-Being [PWB] inventory) that were maximally distinct, both conceptually methodologically. Analyses included additional controls...