Foundation For Well-being Research Articles

Edukasi Penguatan Ketahanan Keluarga Sebagai Landasan Kesejahteraan

This workshop is focused on the education and empowerment of families to enhance their resilience as the foundation for well-being. Participants gain insights into the core concept of family resilience and acquire practical strategies to strengthen their families against various social and non-social challenges. The workshop includes interactive elements, including presentations, discussions, and practical activities, allowing participants to share experiences and learn collaboratively. The program emphasizes the importance of education in the family context and aims to equip participants with knowledge about family resilience. In conclusion, this workshop not only enriches participants' knowledge but also provides a platform for the development of practical skills and broader networking opportunities. The expected outcomes of this activity are to have a sustained positive impact on family resilience, contributing to the overall well-being of the community. The collaborative efforts of participants, partners, and stakeholders mark a meaningful beginning in building family resilience for collective prosperity.

THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS: A DYNAMIC PANEL DATA ANALYSIS FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES

A strand in the empirical literature on development economics investigates the dependence of foreign direct investments on recipient countries' economic, institutional and structural characteristics. This paper builds upon this literature by examining the role of a country's social progress as a pull factor for inward foreign investments. It applies the dynamic panel data methodology to an unbalanced panel dataset from African countries for the 2011-2019 period. The findings suggest that social progress is a significant determinant of foreign direct investments in Africa, supporting a positive social progress-foreign direct investments nexus. For the dimensions of social progress, while access to basic needs and foundations of well-being are important factors, opportunity exhibits superior influence on foreign direct investments. Findings provide evidence for a policy that recognises the social progress in shaping a host country’s attractiveness to foreign investments.

Комплексная рейтинговая оценка пространственного социально-экономического развития в условиях цифровизации

This work is devoted to the development of the author's aggregated assessment of socio-economic development in the context of the digital transformation of public life. The main views on this issue both in Russia and abroad are considered. The article discusses and evaluates current indicators and indices of socio-economic and digital development in different countries of the world. The author's assessment is a summary of: 1. the index of a better life according to the OECD (a generalized characteristic of the quality of life in the OECD countries according to 11 complex parameters); 2. index of social progress (basic human needs, foundations of well-being and opportunities); 3. human development index (assessment of countries by life expectancy, the level of literacy of the population of the country in the form of the average number of years of education and the expected duration of education, as well as the standard of living); 4. GDP per capita in purchasing power parity; 5. index of development of information and telecommunication technologies (reflects the level of network infrastructure, access to the network and the level of use of information and telecommunication technologies in society); 6. global innovation index (characterize the potential of innovative development in terms of the potential of innovation and the efficiency of using this potential). As a result of the work, the considered indicators are compared, brought to a 100-point rating scale with an accuracy of hundredths of a unit, their weighting coefficients are introduced and described, and the given estimates are calculated for countries that are not included in certain indices. In conclusion, a list of countries with the highest results of a comprehensive rating assessment is given. To obtain a general table of countries with a point coefficient and a characteristic of the assessment (net / reduced), the reader can always write to the author of the work by mail.

Social progress around the world: trends and convergence

AbstractThis paper assesses social progress in 139 countries over the period 1995–2017 following the framework proposed by the Social Progress Imperative; a notable contribution is a composite index allowing for comparisons across countries and over time. The index considers 45 raw indicators covering three fundamental pillars of social progress: basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunities. The results point to a marked improvement in social progress all over the world from the mid-1990s, although they also depict a highly polarized world. Cross-country convergence patterns are also investigated, revealing a reduction in the differences in social progress, largely driven by the narrowing of the gap in basic human needs. Conversely, sizeable cross-country disparities remain in foundations of well-being and opportunities.

Foundations of well-being in children’s and youth’s everyday lives in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan

The contributions in this special section deal with growing up in two post-Soviet states – Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. Each contribution has a different priority on the variety of forces that shape the wellbeing of children and youth as structured in the interaction between the efforts and abilities of their families, the state, as well as social and health policies in both national and cross-national contexts. In this special section, we understand infrastructure as places and institutions for day-care, education, leisure, social and health services. The papers identify barriers that children and young people encounter as they attempt to realize their potential and wishes in a variety of social, educational, and health contexts. These obstacles have something in common: they are rooted in a deficit of public and social infrastructure that is evident in these two states (European Commission, 2011; Sardarova, 2020; OECD, 2018; UNICEF, 2015).

Social Progress Index for Urban and Rural Areas of a Region: Evidence from Peru

The present study describes the methodological process proposed by the Social Progress Imperative Global Organization to calculate the Social Progress Index in urban and rural areas of the province of Huancayo, Peru, in 2020. The survey was based on 229 observations regarding basic human needs, foundations of well-being and opportunities. The result produced an index of 56.04 for urban areas and 53.98 for rural areas; results that are in the low and low middle range respectively, identifying deficiencies in the quality of economic policies, with respect to the sanitation service, where more than 30% do not have access to drinking water, and others. It was concluded that the index showed no improvement with respect to 2019, likewise the social gaps still persist and the well-being of the aforementioned population was not increased.

Existential Suffering in Palliative Care: An Existential Positive Psychology Perspective.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies of the current healthcare system and needs a paradigm change to one that is holistic and community based, illustrated by the healing wheel. The present paper proposes that existential positive psychology (PP 2.0) represents a promising approach to meet the rising needs in palliative care. This framework has a twofold emphasis on (a) how to transcend and transform suffering as the foundation for wellbeing and (b) how to cultivate our spiritual and existential capabilities to achieve personal growth and flourishing. We propose that these objectives can be achieved simultaneously through dialectical palliative counselling, as illustrated by Wong’s integrative meaning therapy and the Conceptual Model of CALM Therapy in palliative care. We then outline the treatment objectives and the intervention strategies of IMT in providing palliative counselling for palliative care and hospice patients. Based on our review of recent literature, as well as our own research and practice, we discover that existential suffering in general and at the last stage of life in particular is indeed the foundation for healing and wellbeing as hypothesized by PP 2.0. We can also conclude that best palliative care is holistic—in addition to cultivating the inner spiritual resources of patients, it needs to be supported by the family, staff, and community, as symbolized by the healing wheel.

What Matters 2 Adults (WM2Adults): Understanding the Foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience a greater range of health and social disadvantages compared to other Australians. Wellbeing is a culturally-bound construct, and to date, a national evidence base around the components of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is lacking. Understanding and measurement of wellbeing for this population is critical in achieving health equity. This paper aims to identify and describe the foundations of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. This national qualitative study was underpinned by an Indigenist research approach which privileges the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults were purposively recruited from around Australia between September 2017 and September 2018 to participate in Yarning Circles, led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers. Yarning Circles were audio recorded, transcribed and analyzed. A Collaborative Yarning Methodology was used, which incorporated reflexive thematic analysis to identify and describe the foundations of wellbeing reported by participants. A total of 359 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults participated. Our analysis revealed five foundations of wellbeing: belonging and connection; holistic health; purpose and control; dignity and respect; and basic needs. These foundations were deeply interwoven by three interconnected aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life: family, community and culture. The findings of this study will substantially aid our efforts to develop a new wellbeing measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. The iterative Indigenist methods used in this study provide a robust research methodology for conducting large-scale, nationally-relevant qualitative research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Policies and practices that are informed by our results have the potential to address outcomes that are meaningful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

SUMMARY REPORT OF THE 12TH GENEVA CONFERENCE ON PERSON CENTERED MEDICINE

The Board of the ICPCM suggested Prof. Robert Cloninger from St. Louis, USA
 to become the Program Director for this event and he graciously accepted. The
 theme was chosen as “Promoting well-being and overcoming burn out.” This
 came as a natural follow-up of previous conferences where well-being has been a
 prominent issue. Furthermore, it has been evident in recent years that burnout
 among health professionals has become a real threat, not only to those that are
 being inflicted by the situation but also to those who rely on service provided by
 these professionals. This is not a new phenomenon but has been increasing in
 prevalence throughout the world in recent years and is therefore gaining increased
 attention. Health authorities have recognized these problems and are concerned
 but the solutions they generally propose to solve the problem seem not be very
 efficient. A great emphasis is on increasing resilience of health professionals and
 to adopt methods to help those already having signs of burnout or that have even
 entered into the full blown situation. A reflection of the cause of burnout and
 thereby the root to the solution is found in the preamble of the Declaration adopted
 by the Board of ICPCM following the event (see in more detail later): “Burnout is
 caused by a variety of dehumanizing processes in which there is a gap between
 who a person is and what they are required to do.” Furthermore, this is stated at
 the end of the preamble: “Effective improvement in the well-being cannot succeed
 without recognizing that the foundation for well-being in healthcare is respect for
 the intrinsic dignity of every person. Medical institutions initially tried to minimize
 or ignore the toxicity of organizational environments in which medical students
 and practitioners must operate. Hospitals and medical schools tried to improve
 the resilience of healthcare providers to stress, rather than admitting the need to
 change toxic organizational conditions. Unfortunately, there has been little
 benefit from such efforts because the fundamental problem was not addressed.
 Specifically, person-centered healthcare and people-centered healthcare systems
 are essential for promoting well-being and overcoming burnout.”

Resilient Water Services and Systems: The Foundation of Well-Being.

The book Resilient Water Services and Systems: The Foundation of Well-Being was published 2019. It is edited by Petri Juuti, Harri Mattila, Riikka Rajala, Klaas Schwartz, Chad Staddon, and published by the International Water Association (IWA) Publishers, 2019. The book is reviewed and recommended for both scholars and practitioners to study.

A regional social progress index: the case of Epirus, Greece

With reference to a social progress index (SPI), this paper considers the progress level of the region of Epirus, Greece, to gain insights into factors affecting different facets of the region's social wellbeing and to identify its socioeconomic strengths and weaknesses. In a sample of respondents representing three levels of education and three types of employment who live in Epirus, the region is empirically evaluated for how satisfying it meets three criteria (i.e., basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and personal and social opportunities) and each of their four sub criteria. Revealing wide variation in the satisfaction of Epirus's mean scores compared to those of wellbeing indices applied worldwide and in Greece, the results informed suggestions for improving Epirus's social progress and for verifying its current development relative to other regions of EU member countries.

Effectiveness of Employee Welfare Measures in AVR Manufactures Pvt Ltd

Welfare helps in keeping the confidence and inspiration of the representatives high in order to hold the workers for longer span. The welfare estimates need not be in money related terms just but rather in any sort/structures. Representative welfare incorporates checking of working conditions, making of modern congruity through foundation for wellbeing, mechanical relations and protection against ailment, mishap and joblessness for the laborers and their families Keywords: Welfare, mechanical relations

Practices causing time delay in seeking care for mental illness

Background: Mental health is the foundation for wellbeing and effective functioning for an individual. When people consult clinicians to determine the cause and treatment for such illness, they may also seek answers to questions that medical science can’t answer. Many patients rely on a religious or traditional framework to help answer these questions that often hinder medical treatment and affect its prognosis. This study aim to estimate the practices adopted by the community for cure of mental illness and estimates the time delay that occurred to initiate medical treatment because of these practices.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 103 patients and their caretakers undergoing treatment in the Psychiatry Department of a tertiary care hospital using a semi structured questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed for mean and statistical significance between proportions.Results: Among the 103 patients, 54.4% were males and 45.6% females. 54.3% of patients suffered from psychosis and 45.6% from neurotic illness. About 60.1% of the patients had experienced some form of traditional and religious practices for treating their illness before approaching medical treatment causing an average time delay of 2.6 years to initiate regular medical treatment.Conclusions: The high rate of religious and traditional practices followed by the community for psychiatric illness leads to significant time delay in initiating evidence based management of illness resulting in significant reduction in the quality of life of these patients. Hence mental health awareness initiative at community level and strengthening mental health services at primary care level is the need of the hour.

Assessing Jordan B. Peterson’s contribution to the psychology of wellbeing: A book review of 12 Rules for Life

This article first critically examines the Jordan B. Peterson phenomenon and the popular appeal of his book, 12 Rules for Life . It then evaluates this book’s contribution to the psychology of wellbeing in four areas: (a) the psychology of religious values, (b) the importance of personal responsibility, (c) accepting suffering as the foundation for wellbeing, and (d) the process of finding one’s meaning based on personal sacrifice and negotiating a balance between chaos and order. Finally, it examines empirical support for his ideas, as well as his contribution to the emerging domain of existential positive psychology. Finally, implications for the future of positive psychology research and interventions are discussed.

The Empirics of Social Progress: The Interplay between Subjective Well-Being and Societal Performance

Though economists have long recognized that GDP is not by itself a measure of societal well-being, most GDP alternatives incorporate direct measures of economic performance. We propose instead an independently constructed measure, a social progress index, focusing exclusively on noneconomic dimensions of societal performance, highlighting three core dimensions—basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity. GDP and social progress are correlated but distinct, the social progress dimension least related to GDP (opportunity) is strongly related to subjective well-being, and the relationship between social progress and well-being is greater for individuals at lower relative income and educational attainment.

Relationship of Social Progress Index (SPI) with Gross Domestic Product (GDP PPP per capita): The moderating role of Corruption Perception Index (CPI)

This study investigated the impact of social progress on economic development in 119 countries, while taking their individual corruption perception into consideration. Simple linear regression was use on the secondary data for 119 countries and 5 continents while the SPSS PROCESS macro was used to test the moderating effect of corruption perception. As hypothesized, a positive relationship of the social progress index (SPI) with gross domestic product (GDP) PPP per capita was observe. This means that countries, which fulfill basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing and foster availability of opportunities have enhanced economic development. Moreover, the moderating role of corruption perception between the relationship of social progress and economic development was confirmed; thus indicating that countries with better corruption perception rating possess a stronger relationship of SPI and GDP (PPP) per capita and vice versa. When checked for continents, moderation results showed that the continents that have higher values of corruption perception index (CPI) are more socially and economically developed.

A Study on Psychological Well-Being of Women Working in Southern Railways Tiruchirappalli

Mental health is the foundation for well-being and effective functioning for an individual and for a community and that of women is important both for their own health and for the well-being of their children and families. Different factors have significant influence on the psychological well-being, like poor nutrition, diseases, injuries and severe pain in body part etc, which can contribute to well-being issues and psychological distress. Working women statistics, women suffer high levels of physical, sexual and psychological abuse (Mankani, 2012). ‘Low birth weight, miscarriage and prematurity are the widespread problems in undernourished population that can be exacerbated by heavy and stressful work’. This study is aimed to assess the psychological well-being of women working in Southern Railways Tiruchirappalli. Objective of the study includes socio demographic profile of the respondents and assessment of the psychological well-being of women working in Southern Railways, Tiruchirappalli. The researcher has used descriptive research design, the universe of the present study comprises of 343 women working in Southern Railways, Tircuhirappalli. Simple random sampling method was adopted to enquire 96 respondents for the study, which forms 1/3rd of the 343 universe. The researcher has used self prepared interview schedule pertaining to socio-demographic characteristics and a standardized tool on the psychological well-being scale developed by Ryff (1989). The major findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (63.5%) have moderate level of psychological well-being

Setting the Foundation for Well-Being: Evaluation of a Supervisor-Focused Mental Health Training

Recent reports from across the developed world indicate that adverse mental health conditions are prevalent in society and the workplace (ABS 2009). Estimates of the financial and social impact on individual well-being dictate that organizational researchers prioritize mental health in the workplace and find ways to better support employees. Based on this, the current study aimed to evaluate the impact of a supervisor-focused mental health training intended to equip supervisors with the knowledge and skills to become advocates for their own mental health, as well as serve as a resource for employees facing mental health challenges at work. Supervisors from a financial services institution in Australia completed surveys pre-training (T1), immediately post-training (T2), and 1 month post-training (T3). Results supported an increase in supervisors’ perceived knowledge related to mental health and well-being in the workplace, as well as an increase in supervisor reports of both personally-targeted well-being behavior and employee-targeted supervisor well-being support from before to after participation in the training. Further, we found that participants’ domain specific well-being self-efficacy (i.e., personal well-being self-efficacy, supervisor-reported well-being support efficacy) was positively impacted by participation in the training and positively associated with self-reported well-being behavior and supervisor well-being support. Theoretical and practical implications of supervisor-focused mental health training are discussed.

Foundations of Well-Being

Neuroscientists continue to document the behaviors and actions that cause the brain to release powerful chemicals that generate those significant human actions and behaviors. Leaders who understand the power of connection to purpose, trust, and vulnerability can unleash the power of neurobiology to improve employee well-being and engagement. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2017;48(6):251–253.

Gender and Mental Health: Are There Differences?

Mental health is clearly an integral part of health. There is no health without mental health. It is the foundation of well-being and effective functioning for an individual and for a community. Mental health and mental illnesses are determined by the interaction of multiple social, psychological and biological factors. The current study focuses on the gender differences in mental health among youth in Kerala. The participants consisted of 211 undergraduate students between 18 and 24 years. The data were collected using the Demographic proforma and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI). Results showed that youth in Kerala had average mental health. There were no significant associations between demographic characteristics and mental health. Independent sample t test revealed no significant gender difference in overall mental health but gender difference was observed in General positive affect. General positive affect was greater among males than in females. Findings of the current study conclude that male and female youth of Kerala do not differ in terms of their mental health. Limitations, strengths, and implications of the findings are discussed in detail.