A5066294495- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Flow Experience in Various Fields
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Mind wandering and attention
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Mental Health Research Topics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Educational and Social Studies
- Family Support in Illness
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
University of Milan
2016-2025
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest
2021
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
2018-2019
Mylan (Switzerland)
2018
The University of Texas at Austin
2011
University of Pittsburgh
2011
Dalhousie University
2011
Luigi Sacco Hospital
2006
Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
1992-1993
In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on available literature, this study explored definitions across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components relationship participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range=30-60, 50% women) living in urban areas Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New...
Biological and cultural inheritance deeply influence daily human behavior. However, individuals actively interact with bio-cultural information. Throughout their lives, they preferentially cultivate a limited subset of activities, values, personal interests. This process, defined as psychological selection, is strictly related to the quality subjective experience. Specifically, cross-cultural studies have highlighted central role played by optimal experience or flow, most positive complex...
Six climbers were monitored during an expedition in the Himalaya, comprising 13 days of traveling and 26 mountaineering. The aim was investigation quality experienceand risk perception associated with high-altitude rock climbing. By means experience sampling method, participants provided on-line repeated self-reports about activities carriedout, experience, terms mood, intrinsic motivation, potency, confidence, engagement, assessment. fluctuation model wasapplied to identify experiential...
In the last few decades, relationship between physical conditions and mental health has increasingly attracted interest of researchers professionals across disciplines. This is especially relevant in old age, as challenges posed by aging at various levels represent crucial concerns for policy makers. Due to remarkable increase life expectancy countries, sustainable prevention strategies are needed help individuals preserve psychophysical well-being age. particular, regular practice a...
Abstract. Individuals, as living open systems, actively interact with their environment. Throughout life, they preferentially replicate a subset of the available opportunities for action. This process has been labeled psychological selection, and it is based on quality experience reported in daily situations. Empirical evidence shown that individuals select, reproduce, cultivate activities associated optimal experience, distinctively positive complex state consciousness characterized by...
This study examined sources and motives for personal meaning in adulthood using a mixed methods approach. Participants (N = 666) from seven Western countries reported of life meaning, why they were meaningful. They rated their perceived meaningfulness 10 domains completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Family – indicating growth, well-being, harmony self-actualization emerged as main meaning. Personal life, referring mainly to self-transcendent values, was prominent motive underlying...
Background: The bulk of research on motherhood has focused perinatal depression, largely overlooking indicators women’s positive mental health which can likewise have pervasive consequences family functioning.Objective: aim the present study was to address this issue by exploring impact parity and childbirth both depression psychological well-being.Methods: A convenience sample 81 women followed during pregnancy (Time 1) postpartum 2). At times, participants completed Edinburgh Depression...
We investigated the role of work and leisure in daily life two groups professionals, whose outcomes affect wellbeing, survival development other individuals, at both biological cultural levels: physicians teachers. The relationship between activities optimal experience, characterized by engagement, enjoyment intrinsic motivation, was means flow questionnaire, assessing occurrence experience participants' lives, its psychological features associated activities. with their analysed through...
The significant contributions of Kashdan and Colleagues, Waterman are acknowledged some suggestions brought forward. In particular, qualitative studies, a cross-cultural perspective taking into account non-Western traditions needed to disentangle happiness related constructs. Moreover, the importance contextualizing eudaimonic construct optimal experience within framework psychological selection is highlighted.