Components Of Psychological Well-being Research Articles

Impact of Social Media on Individuals' Self-esteem

Social media platforms have transformed global communication and interaction, profoundly impacting how individuals perceive themselves and engage with others. In recent years, self-esteem has become a critical component of psychological well-being, influencing various aspects of individuals' lives, including their mental health, interpersonal relationships, and professional success. This review paper aims to provide an overview of the main findings from recent studies on the impact of social media on adolescents and young adults. The findings from this review will be valuable for understanding how social media influences the psychological effects of individuals. Identify gaps in the current literature and propose directions for future research to advance understanding in this field.

Psychological Well-being and the Structure of the teacher’s Agency

Introduction. In positive psychology, psychological well-being is associated with personal resources that ensure creative processes and positive changes in a person’s life and activities. Considering agency as the main professional and personal resource of a teacher for positive transformations in modern education, we assume that agency acts as such a resource provided that the teacher perceives himself as a psychologically prosperous person. Psychological well-being in the study is considered within the framework of the PERMA model and represents the teacher’s self-representation of the main resources of positive functioning (positive emotions, involvement in relationship activities, meaning and achievement in activities) and his experience of happiness and life satisfaction. The purpose of the study is to study the characteristics of the psychological well-being of a modern teacher and the relationship between the components of well-being and the structure of the teacher’s agency.Materials and Methods. The severity of the components of teachers’ subjectivity was studied using the “Structure of agency” questionnaire (E. N. Volkova, I. A. Seregina). To study psychological wellbeing, the Russian version of the PERMA-Profiler questionnaire was used (O. M. Isaeva, A. Yu. Akimova, E. N. Volkova). 447 people participated in the study, of which 376 people. (84.1 %) – women, 71 people. (15.9 %) – men. The average age of study participants was 37.2 years (standard deviation SD=12.5). Work experience – from 1 year to 47 years.Results. The results of the study showed that the general level of well-being, as well as the values of the main components of well-being among modern teachers, is in the range of average values, however, all components of psychological well-being are expressed among teachers to a lesser extent than among representatives of other professional groups and in general among respondents of the Russian sample. Stratification variables that influence the psychological well-being of school teachers are the characteristics of age, work experience, and qualification category. The psychological wellbeing of teachers corresponds to older age, decreased work experience, and a low qualification category (or lack thereof). Psychologically well-off teachers are characterized by a balanced structure of agency, which presupposes uniform and high expression of all its components. Among the components of agency, psychological well-being is most determined by the teacher’s ability to make personal choice and the development of reflection.Discussion and Conclusions. The teacher’s psychological well-being can be considered as a characteristic of his/her professional socialization connected with the level of students' well-being. The actual level of teacher’s psychological well-being is lower than in the general Russian sample and in the sample of other professional pedagogical groups - preschool teachers. The low level of the teacher's psychological well-being can hinder the teacher's professional development. The teacher's psychological well-being is correlated with the teacher’s agency, in particular, with the teacher's activity, choices and responsibility, reflection. A balanced structure of agency is correlated the psychological well-being of teachers and the understanding another person is expressed to a significant extent.

Comparing the Components of Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Intelligence in Players with and Without Computer Game Addiction in Secondary School Students of Alborz City: A Descriptive Study

Comparing the Components of Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Intelligence in Players with and Without Computer Game Addiction in Secondary School Students of Alborz City: A Descriptive Study

Comparing the Components of Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Intelligence in Players with and Without Computer Game Addiction in Secondary School Students of Alborz City: A Descriptive Study

Comparing the Components of Psychological Well-Being and Emotional Intelligence in Players with and Without Computer Game Addiction in Secondary School Students of Alborz City: A Descriptive Study

Одиночество и ориентированность на социум: модерирующая роль возраста, пола и психологического благополучия

<p style="text-align: justify;">Rationale. Loneliness is one of the most common conditions associated with negative consequences for the mental and physical health of a person. The work presents the study of the association between the experience of loneliness and sociotropy, as well as their moderators, such as age, gender, components of psychological well-being. Study Objective. We hypothesized that sociotropy could be a predictor of loneliness, but the power of the effect would be moderated by age-sex characteristics and levels of psychological well-being components. Materials and methods. The study involved 252 adults aged 19-73 years, 59% women. The following methods were used: the Differential Questionnaire for the Experience of Loneliness (K.N. Osin, D.A. Leontiev), the Sociotropy-Self-Sufficiency Questionnaire (O.Yu. Strizhitskaya et al.), the Scale of Psychological Well-Being C. Riff (adapted by L.V. Zhukovskaya, E.G. Troshikhina). Mathematical processing was performed on the basis of IBM SPSS 20.0 software using the PROCESS package (Hayes, 2018). Results. The results of the study confirmed the relationship between sociotropy and loneliness, and also revealed that age, autonomy, environmental mastery and personal growth act as moderators of the strength of this relationship. It was shown that in the older age group, as well as with high indicators of the components of psychological well-being, the strength of the connection between sociotropy and loneliness weakens and loses statistical significance. Conclusion. It can be concluded that the components of psychological well-being act as a resource that reduces one's vulnerability to the negative effects of loneliness.</p>

Can Creativity and Cognitive Reserve Predict Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults? The Role of Divergent Thinking in Healthy Aging

The maintenance of psychological well-being (PWB) in the older adult population is a pivotal goal for our rapidly aging society. PWB is a multicomponent construct that can be influenced by several factors in the lifespan. The beneficial role of divergent thinking (DT) and cognitive reserve (CR) in sustaining older subjects’ PWB has been scarcely investigated so far. The present study aims to investigate the relationships between DT, CR, and PWB in a sample of 121 healthy older adults (61 females; M age: 73.39 ± 6.66 years; M education: 11.33 ± 4.81 years). The results highlight that better DT performance predicts higher CR, which mediates an indirect positive effect of DT on emotional competence, one of the PWB factors. It follows that DT and CR can be considered protective factors in aging, and their effects go beyond cognitive functioning, revealing a positive effect even on some PWB components. The practical implications regarding targeted health interventions for prevention in the older adult population to support well-being and promote healthy aging are discussed.

Relationship Between Intensity of Listening to The Song Diri by Tulus and Self-Acceptance in The Solo Tulus Friends Community

Self-acceptance is an essential component of psychological well-being, and music or songs have their potential to contribute to mental health and well-being. This research aims to determine the influence of the intensity of listening to the song Diri by Tulus on self-acceptance in the Teman Tulus Solo Community. The research method used is quantitative with person-product moment correlation. The research population is members of the Teman Tulus Solo Community who follow the official Instagram account @temantulussolo and live in Solo Raya (Surakarta, Boyolali, Sukoharjo, Karanganyar, Wonogiri, Sragen, and Klaten). The sampling technique uses snowball sampling. The total sample size was 102 respondents, consisting of 89 women and 13 men. The instruments in this research were the intensity scale for listening to self-songs (α=0.812) and the Berger Self-Acceptance Scale (α=0.844), distributed online in the form of a Google form to respondents. Based on the correlation test results, there is a significant relationship between the intensity of listening to the song Diri and self-acceptance (p=0.035; r=0.209).

Functions of music, focused on the context of music listening, and psychological well-being in late adolescence regarding gender differences.

Late adolescences, as a developmentally challenging transitional period between childhood and adulthood, provides a number of pressures that impact well-being of youth. Among approaches for facilitating well-being, music is reported to be one of the most effective ones, which was especially proven during Covid-19 pandemic. Given the significance of music and music listening in late adolescence, our study sought to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and music listening among university students (N = 603; Nfemale = 356, Nmale = 247) with a focus on the social, intrapersonal, and sociocultural context of music listening. The RESPECT music scale, the SPWB, and the PANAS were used to measure positive and negative affect as well as the six components of psychological well-being. The findings revealed that, while there were no gender differences in the sociocultural setting, females reported to listen to music more frequently than males in intrapersonal and social contexts. In two areas, female students rated their psychological well-being higher than male students: personal growth and positive relationships with others. They also reported experiencing positive and negative affect more frequently than men. Regression analyses revealed that the functions of music explained only a small amount of the variance in psychological well-being. Specifically, music listening in a social and sociocultural context significantly explained two aspects of psychological well-being: personal growth and positive relations with others. The intrapersonal context of music listening predicted a positive affect, while the social context predicted a negative affect. Our study highlights several implications of music listening in youth regarding gender either in everyday activities or in educational and clinical setting.

Impact of Gratitude and Optimism on Psychological Well-Being

The paper was conducted with the aim to find correlation among Gratitude, Optimism and Psychological Well-being and to find what predicts the psychological well-being the most. Gratitude brings satisfaction and positivity by acknowledging the good in one's life. Optimism equips individuals with the resilience to face adversity and maintain a positive outlook on the future. Both gratitude and optimism play pivotal roles in nurturing and strengthening interpersonal relationships, a critical component of psychological well-being. Research into Optimism, Gratitude and Psychological wellbeing domains was performed. The sample size of 80 was taken (54 belonging to early adulthood and 26 belonging to middle adulthood). Tests like Psychological Well-Being Scale, Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation Scale (GRAT) were used to collect sample data. The results pointed out that Optimism and Psychological Well-being correlation was higher for middle adulthood than early adulthood individuals. Moreover, it could also be derived that Positive Psychological wellbeing can be derived when the person is optimistic in nature

ПРАКТИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ЗМІЦНЕННЯ ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО БЛАГОПОЛУЧЧЯ ПІДПРИЄМЦІВ В УМОВАХ ВІЙНИ

The article presents a theoretical study of practical aspects of strengthening the psychological well-being of middle-aged men. And although in considering the peculiarities of the functioning of entrepreneurship, attention is primarily paid to the economic component, the psychological characteristics of the professional activity of entrepreneurs should not be overlooked. Psychological well-being is defined as a holistic experience of happiness, which is accompanied by a favorable emotional background and meaningfulness of being, as a result of the positive functioning of the individual, satisfaction, coherence and compliance of all levels of existential needs. Psychological well-being is subjective in nature, determined by the degree of satisfaction with life and the correlation of positive and negative emotions; contains the individual's focus on positive functioning, which is expressed in the experience of happiness and satisfaction with personal life. Acceptance of responsibility for one's own life and health, a tendency to self-knowledge and understanding, a clear hierarchy of values, and the ability to accept oneself and others are the criteria of psychological well-being. One of the factors that affects satisfaction with life and professional activities of entrepreneurs is a sense of psychological well-being, the ability to self-accept and implement a personal growth plan; to managing the environment and feeling like the master of one's own life; to setting goals in life and their consistent achievement. Also, the components of psychological well-being include positive relationships with others, including the possession of communication skills in entrepreneurs. Therefore, the study of the features of strengthening psychological well-being and the implementation of this knowledge in the practical sphere can significantly contribute to increasing the success of entrepreneurs in their professional activities. In accordance with the above, it is worth paying attention to considering the features of increasing and strengthening the sense of psychological well-being among entrepreneurs, which will provide the conditions for them to achieve success in their professional activities.

Психологическое благополучие воспитателей дошкольных образовательных учреждений России

<p>The article presents the results of studying the features of psychological well-being of preschool educators of the Russian Federation using the PERMA-Profiler questionnaire adapted for the Russian-speaking sample by O.M. Isayeva, A.Yu. Akimova, E.N. Volkova. The study involved 2135 preschool teachers from 79 regions of 8 federal districts of the Russian Federation. The results of the study showed that teachers have a higher overall level of psychological well-being than in the main Russian sample, as well as higher values of the severity of the components of psychological well-being: "positive emotions", "relationships" with other people, "involvement" in activities, "meaning" and "achievements". The stratification variables associated with the psychological well-being of preschool educators are the characteristics of age, work experience in a certain position, the qualification category of the employee, marital status, the presence of children. The level of education and place of residence do not directly affect the level of psychological well-being.</p>

The Social Factors of Emotion Regulation Strategies: Social Comparison and Psychological Intervention Research

This research paper delves into the complex interplay between social factors, specifically social comparison, and psychological interventions in the realm of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation is a critical component of psychological well-being, and understanding how individuals employ social comparison strategies within the context of psychological interventions are of paramount importance. The paper investigates the effects of various forms of social comparison on emotional responses and the outcomes of psychological interventions, with a particular focus on the Chinese cultural context. It also explores the integration of social comparison principles into psychological intervention approaches and discusses the challenges, gaps, and future directions in this evolving research field.

‘Busy as a bee’: a qualitative dual analysis of life fulfillment among Norwegian competitive recreational athlete mothers in endurance sports

ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study was to explore the experiences of meaning-making relating to psychological well-being (PWB) among Norwegian competitive recreational athlete mothers while training for and competing in different endurance sports. The participants were six Norwegian women in the age range of 35–46 (M age = 39.17) years; all were university college graduates in full-time employment who had at least one child (under 18 years of age) and trained for an average of 10 hours per week. The data collection method was semi-structured interviews and a qualitative dual analysis combining thematic analysis (TA) and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used. This decision was made for obtaining a complex, multi-layered description in both breadth and depth of competitive recreational athlete mothers’ sport experiences. TA resulted in creation of four themes: (a) motivation; (b) sportswoman; (c) body and health; and (d) PWB. The analysis revealed how PWB explained through life fulfillment was pre-eminent in the participants’ sport experiences. The IPA of the meaning-making relating to the life fulfillment theme displayed the importance of a) My game and no shame, b) Solution-focused and adaptable, and c) A sporting life is a fulfilling life. The dual analysis enabled us to unpack different possible meanings of the different PWB components that seem to play an important role in the lifeworld of Norwegian competitive recreational athlete mothers. Future research should continue to make use of various qualitative analytic approaches to investigate key psychosocial aspects of competitive recreational athlete mothers’ sport experiences.

Impact of spiritual values on tourists' psychological wellbeing: evidence from China's Buddhist mountains.

Spiritual values can be a source of meaning for people, and can also determine their feelings, behavior, and mental health. In China's Buddhist mountains, we collected a total of 400 valid questionnaires from Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, and identified spiritual values as transcendence, general connectedness, inner balance, positive life direction, and special religious feelings. We also explored the impact of these spiritual values on tourists' psychological wellbeing according to the PERMA model (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement). The results revealed that the more easily attained spiritual values (general connectedness, positive life direction, and special religious feelings) had a greater influence on psychological wellbeing than the less easily-attained spiritual values (transcendence and inner balance). Positive emotion and meaning, as components of psychological wellbeing, were strongly influenced by the four spiritual values, whereas engagement, accomplishment, and relationships were influenced by fewer spiritual values. The research contributes to the existing knowledge on spiritual values by analyzing their dimensions and relationships with tourists' wellbeing from different levels, and also provides empirical suggestions for the sustainable development of religious tourism destinations.

Social Support, Religiosity, Wisdom and Well-Being Among Older Adults in Indonesia.

As the population ages, it is critical to understand the elements that contribute to the well-being of older individuals. Prior research suggests that a better sense of mastery and purpose in life may explain at least some of the beneficial link between wisdom, religion, and subjective well-being. This current study seeks to identify a model of older persons' psychological well-being formation in a religious group. Whether psychosocial strengths such as religiosity, social support, and wisdom are directly related to psychological well-being. Self-acceptance, autonomy, positive interpersonal relationships, environmental mastery, personal growth, and a sense of life purpose are all components of psychological well-being. This cross-sectional study included 261 participants, 42 men and 219 women aged 60 and up with normal cognitive, hearing, and/or speech functions. Participants lived in The boarding house in South Tapanuli-North Sumatra, Indonesia, for over 6 months. A backward translated Likert scales is used for data collection. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results indicate that social support and religiosity have an effect on psychological well-being through wisdom as a mediator. These findings emphasize the relevance of internal strengths for psychological well-being and give credence to the mediated path model's applicability to older adult communities in Indonesia.

Субъективные репрезентации здоровья воспитателей дошкольных образовательных учреждений

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective.</strong> The study of subjective representations of the health of preschool teachers. <br><strong>Background.</strong> Subjective representations of health are an individual psychological instrument of well-being influencing objective achievements in personal, social and professional life. Subjective representations of the health of preschool teachers are both an important factor for their professional activities and the characteristics of the educational environment for children. Research on subjective representations of the health of preschool teachers is important because it may affect the development of children's attitudes towards their health. <br><strong>Study design. </strong>The study is dedicated to subjective representations of health and their relationship with stratification variables and components of psychological well-being in the PERMA model. Analytical approaches included descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, analysis of variance, cluster and correlation analyses. <br><strong>Participants. </strong>The main sample included 1537 preschool teachers aged between 21 and 74 years with work experience from 1 year to 55 years, with secondary or higher education. All participants live in the Russian Federation. <br><strong>Method.</strong> The study was conducted online using the PERMA-Profiler questionnaire, adapted for the Russian-speaking sample. Subjective representations of health include the cognitive self-assessment of health, satisfaction with own’s health, social comparison of own’s health with peers. The information about socio-demographic characteristics (age, level of education, work experience, place of residence, marital status, number of children) was also collected. <br><strong>Results. </strong>The perception of the health of preschool educators consistent between own’s cognitive self-assessment of health, satisfaction with health and social comparison with the health of other people. Subjective representations of the health of preschool teachers are characterized by positivity and optimism. These representations do not depend on the level of education, place of residence, geography of the region of residence, number of children, marital status, but are related to age and work experience. The highest indicators of subjective representations of health were found among older educators. <br><strong>Conclusions<em>. </em></strong>Subjective representations of health have a positive connotation and are associated with the psychological well-being of preschool teachers. Involvement in pedagogical activity contributes to positive representations of the health of educators, especially in old age.</p>

ВЗАИМОСВЯЗЬ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО БЛАГОПОЛУЧИЯ И ТОЛЕРАНТНОСТИ К НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННОСТИ У СТУДЕНТОВ

The paper studies the relationship between psychological well-being and tolerance to uncertainty as seen in university students. Tolerance to uncertainty is defined as a psychological characteristic of a person. Its function is to maintain internal balance, mental stability in a situation where it is necessary to maintain tension caused by uncertainty and act in conditions of novelty and ambiguity. The results of the study show a different orientation and significance of the relationship between the components of psychological well-being, depending on the type of tolerance.

The Power of Self-Labels: Examining Self-Esteem Consequences for Youth with Mental Health Problems.

New evidence on a classic sociological debate allows for a test of the consequences of self-labeling with mental illness. While a medicalized "insight" perspective emphasizes the importance of self-labeling for psychological well-being and recovery, a sociologically informed "outsight" perspective draws from modified labeling, self-labeling, and stigma resistance theories to suggest that self-labeling can generate negative consequences for self-esteem. We engage this debate by examining the effects of mental illness self-labels on a crucial component of psychological well-being for persons with mental health problems-self-esteem-by using longitudinal data that followed 427 sixth-grade youth over two years. Our findings support an outsight perspective whereby adopting a self-label led to decreased self-esteem, while those who dropped a self-label experienced increased self-esteem. This conclusion calls for revisions to prevailing public mental health models that overlook how self-labels can impede rather than enhance psychological well-being and recovery efforts.

Assessing Arab Citizens’ Psychological Well-Being During Times of Crisis: A Comparison of Three Arab Countries

Emergencies have an impact on people's psychological well-being. The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying lockdowns was significant. People from various countries reported varying levels of psychological distress. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of Arab citizens from the beginning of the pandemic to the end. The responses of 1239 citizens of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Oman were analyzed. The psychological well-being constructs of self-kindness, annoyance and rumination, and future anxiety were examined by gender and country, and by feelings of loneliness, presence of psychological disorders, and psychological rehabilitation before the start of the pandemic. The constructs of psychological well-being were assessed using self-report scales. The findings revealed significant differences between countries in the positive and negative components of psychological well-being, future anxiety, and rumination. Saudi and Omani citizens reported more positive feelings of self-compassion than Jordanians. Pre-existing feelings of loneliness were associated with lower levels of self-compassion, negative thought rumination, and elevated anxiety. Positive feelings, mental health, and sound thinking increase feelings of self-compassion and reduce future anxiety. Females were more concerned about the future and expressed more negative thoughts than males, mostly in Jordan and Oman. Positive self-compassion dimensions were associated with a reduction in future anxiety. Implying that the mental health resilience of countries differed in response to the crisis.
 
 Received: 22 January 2023 / Accepted: 03 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

A Randomized Controlled Trial for a Digital Peer Support Platform to Translate Online Peer Support for Emerging Adult Mental Well-being.

Emerging adulthood (ages 19 to 25) is a developmental phase that is marked by increased mental health conditions, especially depression and anxiety. A growing body of work indicates that digital peer emotional support has positive implications for the psychological functioning of emerging adults. These is burgeoning interest among healthcare professionals, educational stakeholders and policy makers in understanding the implementation and clinical effectiveness, as well as the associated mechanism of change, of digital peer support as an intervention. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the effectiveness of digital peer support intervention over a digital platform-Acceset-for emerging adult psychological well-being with three primary aims. First, we evaluated the implementation effectiveness of digital peer support training for individuals providing support (befrienders), and digital platform for peer support. Second, we assessed the clinical outcomes of digital peer support, in terms of the intervening effect on emerging adult psychological well-being. Third, we investigated the mechanism of change linking digital peer support intervention to emerging adult psychological well-being. The RCT involving 100 emerging adults from the National University of Singapore follows the published protocol on this trial [29]. The RCT found effectiveness of digital peer support training-specifically, befrienders' peer support responses demonstrating significantly higher post- than pre-training scores in selfhood (post-training: M = 62.83, SE = 10.18; pre-training: M = 54.86, SE = 7.32), t(34) = 3.88, P < .0001. The digital peer support intervention demonstrated clinical effectiveness in enhancing selfhood, compassion and mindfulness, and in lowering depressive and anxiety symptoms among seekers in the intervention group at post intervention (M = 7.15, SE = 0.88) than seekers in the waitlist control group prior to intervention (M = 11.75, SE = 0.89), t(89) = 3.44, P = 0.0009. The effect of the intervention on seekers' psychological well-being was sustained beyond the period of the intervention. The mechanism of change revealed that seekers' engagement of the intervention had both immediate and prospective implications for their psychological well-being. This RCT on digital peer support intervention for emerging adult psychological well-being harnesses the interventional potential of four components of psychological well-being and elucidated a mechanism of change. By incorporating and validating the digital features and process of a peer support platform, our RCT provide the parameters and conditions in deploying effective and novel digital peer support intervention for emerging adult psychological well-being in real-world settings. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05083676.