Subjective Psychological Well-being Research Articles

The Prospective Relationships between Dispositional Optimism and Subjective and Psychological Well-being in Children and Adolescents

AbstractOptimism is a construct considered fundamental for human functioning and well-being; however, few studies link optimism to subjective and psychological well-being during childhood and adolescence. Therefore, the objective of this study is to demonstrate the prospective relationships between dispositional optimism, and subjective well-being (SWB) and psychological well-being (PWB) through a prospective study with 479 children aged 10.74 years old (SD = 0.72) and 503 adolescents aged 13.41 years old (SD = 1.09). Two cross-lagged models were calculated, one for each group, which responded the questionnaires in two waves one year apart from each other. The results of the first cross-lagged model with children show positive and prospective relationships between optimism (Time 1) and the cognitive and affective components of SWB (Time 2) and the indicator of PWB (Time 2). Equivalent results are observed in the cross-lagged model conducted with the adolescent sample. Finally, multi-group analysis was performed to evaluate the existence of gender-based invariance. The findings indicated variations between the models, notably, a more pronounced influence of optimism on psychological well-being was discerned among girls, encompassing both childhood and adolescence. The results were discussed, emphasizing the relevance of developing optimism as a dispositional trait at early ages.

If you're happy andyou know it: neural correlates ofself-evaluated psychological health andwell-being.

Psychological health and well-being have important implications for individual and societal thriving. Research underscores the subjective nature of well-being, but how do individuals intuit this subjective sense of well-being in the moment? This pre-registered study addresses this question by examining the neural correlates of self-evaluated psychological health and their dynamic relationship with trial-level evaluations. Participants (N = 105) completed a self-evaluation task and made judgments about three facets of psychological health and positive functioning-self-oriented well-being, social well-being and ill-being. Consistent with pre-registered hypotheses, self-evaluation elicited activity in the default mode network, and there was strong spatial overlap among constructs. Trial-level analyses assessed whether and how activity in a priori regions of interest-perigenual anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC), ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and ventral striatum-were related to subjective evaluations. These regions explained additional variance in whether participants endorsed or rejected items but were differentially related to evaluations. Stronger activity in pgACC was associated with a higher probability of endorsement across constructs, whereas stronger activity in vmPFC was associated with a higher probability of endorsing ill-being items, but a lower probability of endorsing self-oriented and social well-being items. These results add nuance to neurocognitive accounts of self-evaluation and extend our understanding of the neurobiological basis of subjective psychological health and well-being.

Characteristics of business, pleasure, and VFR segments who travel during risky times

PurposeThis study aims to explore what may have contributed to risk-taking travel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and what may be the drivers of satisfaction and intention to travel again. The study compares travelers based on their travel purposes (business, pleasure and visiting friends and relatives [VFR]) and explore the influence of subjective well-being received from their travel activities.Design/methodology/approachData from a structured survey of 323 US residents who traveled during the COVID-19 pandemic were collected on MTurk. Respondents were asked travel behavior questions related to their favorite trips and to rate several multi-item scales measuring the benefits expected and received from their trip, the trip’s contribution to their positive mental and subjective psychological well-being, as well as their satisfaction with the trip and intention to travel in the future. In addition, personality measures focused on risk-taking, thrill-seeking and self-confidence, as well as additional risk-related concepts of optimism bias, probability neglect and proximity to self.FindingsData analysis revealed some differences among respondents who traveled for business, pleasure and VFR purposes. Business travelers were more risk takers and thrill seekers; pleasure travelers achieved more well-being benefits from their favorite trips during the pandemic; however, VFR travelers’ satisfaction and intention to go on similar trips were explained more by the benefits they received from their favorite trips.Originality/valueAlthough several studies addressed consumers’ travel motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lack of empirical research comparing the characteristics of travelers based on their travel purposes, as well as their sociodemographics, personality traits and the expected and perceived well-being benefits from traveling.

Emotional well-being of schoolchildren: theoretical foundations and prospects for research

Introduction. Within the framework of current educational reforms, a trend towards raising requirements for intellectual and psycho-emotional abilities of all educational process participants has become evident. With an increasing number of emotionally intense events, the issue of forming and maintaining the emotional well-being of schoolchildren is becoming more urgent. The key feature of the school environment is emotional well-being, which the authors define as a stable and emotionally positive state of a child in the learning environment; and which is based on satisfying one’s age-related needs, awareness of one’s own emotions and possession of the skills of emotional regulation and reflection.Aim. The article aims to formulate and analyse the problem of emotional well-being, to provide an overview of scientific approaches to its operationalisation, and to determine methodological foundations and directions for assessing the emotional well-being of Russian schoolchildren.Methodology and research methods. Research methods include a review of scientific works by contemporary Russian and foreign scholars; systemic, comparative, and logical analysis of modern approaches to the notion of emotional well-being of schoolchildren. The research methodological foundation is rooted in the provisions of positive psychology, the concepts of subjective well-being (N. Bradburn, E. Dinner) and psychological well-being (C. Ryff), self-determination theory (M. Seligman, R. M. Ryan, E. L. Deci), and ecological systems theory (W. Bronfenbrenner).Results and scientific novelty. The paper determines scientific approaches to analyse emotional well-being of a schoolchild, contributes to the concept of operationalisation, and defines the directions for assessing emotional well-being on the basis of two factors: social environment and personal characteristics of a schoolchild.Practical significance. The research results can be used as a foundation for designing the empirical research into characteristics of the emotional well-being of Russian schoolchildren. The present findings might help to develop a programme for improving schoolchildren emotional well-being considered as a key factor to assess schoolchildren emotional well-being in the learning environment in the context of constant social transformations.

Factors influencing emotional support of older adults living in the community: a scoping review protocol

BackgroundEmotional support is key to improve older adults’ subjective health, and psychological, social and emotional well-being. However, many older adults living in the community lack emotional support, increasing the risk for loneliness, depression, anxiety, potentially avoidable healthcare use and costs, and premature death. Multiple intersecting factors may influence emotional support of older adults in the community, but these are poorly understood. Studies have focused on specific populations (e.g., older adults with depression, cancer). Although relevant, these studies may not capture modifiable factors for the wider and more diverse population of older adults living in the community. Our scoping review will address these important gaps. We will identify and synthesize the evidence on factors that influence emotional support of older adults in the community.MethodsWe will use the Johanna Briggs Institute updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews to guide our review process. We will search MEDLINE, EMBASE, APA Psycinfo, CINAHL, Dissertations and Theses Global, and Scopus from inception. We will include studies published in English, examining factors influencing emotional support of older adults residing in community, without restrictions on the study design or year of publication. We will also include gray literature (dissertations and reports). Two independent reviewers will conduct title, abstract, and full-text screening, as well as risk of bias assessment, using validated quality appraisal tools based on study designs. Discrepancies will be resolved by consensus. The primary reviewer will extract the data from all studies, and the second reviewer will check the extractions of all the studies. We will use descriptive statistics and narrative synthesis for analysis. Family/friend caregivers and older adults involved as an advisory group will help with explaining the findings in terms of whether associations observed reflect their experiences and reality. We will analyze the discussion and generate themes, and summarize in a narrative form.DiscussionThis scoping review may identify factors that could be modified or mitigated to improve emotional support provision for older adults residing in community. The knowledge will inform the development of tailored interventions directed to older adults and their caregivers.Systematic review registrationhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4TAEB (associated project link: osf.io/6y48t).

Mind-Wandering and Its Relationship With Psychological Wellbeing and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptomatology in the Context of Covid-19.

Mind-wandering (MW) as a research topic has received considerable attention over the last several decades. The recent differentiation between spontaneous and deliberate MW has suggested a particular effect of the former on psychopathology; in that increased spontaneous MW may precede mental illness. The present study sought to explore MW as a potential contributing factor to poor mental health in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. More specifically, we sought to determine firstly, whether the effects of MW frequency, type and content on subjective psychological wellbeing was consistent with previous findings after controlling for the impacts of Covid-related stress. Secondly, previous research has demonstrated an effect of both Covid-stress and spontaneous MW on the experience of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology (OCS), and so the present study explored this relationship further by assessing whether Covid-stress mediated the relationship between spontaneous MW and OCS. Participants completed measures of MW, OCS and psychological wellbeing through an online questionnaire. The results indicated that increased spontaneous MW was indicative of both poorer subjective psychological wellbeing and OCS, with Covid-stress partially mediating the relationship between spontaneous MW and OCS. Our findings provide further support for the adverse effect of unintentional MW on psychological wellbeing, as well as for the differentiation between both forms of the cognitive phenomenon. Additionally, they provide an important insight into one of the factors that may have preceded poor mental health among the Irish population during Covid-19. Future research may build upon the present study by exploring similar relationships among clinical populations.

Translation, adaptation, and initial evaluation of a guided self-help intervention to reduce psychological distress among nurses during COVID-19 in China.

This study aimed to reduce the unprecedented and intense psychological distress that nurses were forced to experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Chinese version of the World Health Organization's Self-Help Plus (SH+) intervention guide was adapted and tested among nurses. The objective of this study was to translate and adapt the SH+ guideline into the Chinese version and to test its feasibility in reducing psychological distress among nurses during COVID-19. A staged approach comprising translation, adaptations, initial evaluation by pilot implementation, and a qualitative process evaluation was conducted in two hospitals in Xi'an, China. The translation of the Chinese version was authorized by the World Health Organization. We adapted SH+ for use among clinical nurses working during the pandemic in China through a qualitative process evaluation, which was guided by the descriptive phenomenological study design. The outcomes of the pilot included psychological distress, psychological flexibility, depressive and anxiety symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and subjective psychological wellbeing, which were assessed using the Kessler 6 symptom checklist, the Comprehensive Assessment of ACT Process (CompACT), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C), and the Index of Wellbeing (IWB), respectively. The SH+ materials, including audio-recorded sessions and an accompanying illustrated manual, were translated into Chinese and adapted in line with feedback from the nurses. An uncontrolled pilot study (n = 28) for 5 weeks showed a statistically significant reduction of psychological distress (mean difference in Kessler 6 score, -2.74; 95% CI [-3.71, -1.78]; p < 0.001). We also found improvements in psychological flexibility (mean difference in CompACT score, 6.89; 95% CI [-12.35, -4.47]; p < 0.001), subjective psychological wellbeing (mean difference in IWB score, 0.86; 95% CI [0.07, 1.65]; p < 0.05), and depressive symptoms (mean difference in PHQ-9 score, -1.52; 95% CI [-2.78, -0.26]; p < 0.05). The process evaluation showed that nurses found the SH+ program very useful but difficult to adhere to. We found that the translated Chinese version of SH+ was applicable and feasible in the Chinese cultural context. There was a potential effect of adapted SH + in reducing nurses' psychological distress during COVID-19 and suggested the value of exploring strategies to increase adherence to the program.

Genetic architecture ofwell-being: cumulative effect ofserotonergic polymorphisms.

Serotonin influences mental health and well-being. To understand the influences of genetic variations in serotonin pathway on well-being, we examined the effects of seven serotonergic polymorphisms on subjective well-being (i.e.affective balance and global life satisfaction) and psychological well-being (i.e.optimal psychological functions in the face of existential challenges) in a larger sample. Results indicated that the cumulative genetic score, but single genetic effects of serotonergic polymorphisms, was related to individual differences in well-being. Specifically, individuals with a greater cumulative genetic score, which is related to a low risk of depression, tended to exhibit high levels of subjective well-being and psychological well-being. These findings suggest that the overall serotoninergic genetic profile, rather than a specific genetic polymorphism, could greatly influence the individual differences in well-being.

Self-Compassion as a Key Factor of Subjective Happiness and Psychological Well-Being among Greek Adults during COVID-19 Lockdowns.

The present study examined the association and complementary effect of self-compassion on the subjective happiness and psychological well-being of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was based on a concurrent correlational design to examine relationships between self-compassion, subjective happiness, psychological well-being, resilience, and the meaning in life. Data were collected via a battery of questionnaires and analyzed, focusing on the above variables. The sample of this study (N = 526) consisted of Greek professionals in education and university students. The results showed that there is a strong positive relationship between self-compassion and subjective happiness, and between self-compassion and psychological well-being. The findings suggest that an attitude of self-compassion may well influence the development of psychological well-being and increase the subjective happiness of adults during the distressing era of a long-term pandemic. The results also indicated a positive relationship between self-compassion and meaning in life and showed that self-compassion is a prerequisite for resilience, which in turn may serve as a moderator of psychological well-being and subjective happiness.

The Subjective and Psychological Well-Being of Children in South Africa: a Population-Based Study

Objective and subjective indicators reflect distinct but complementary information on children’s lives. While South Africa has well-developed reporting systems and reasonable data on children’s objective living conditions, there is a substantial lack of data as it relates to subjective indicators – that is what children think and feel, and how they evaluate their overall life and different aspects of their lives. This study is conceptualised to contribute to the data on children’s subjective and psychological well-being. We used a nationally representative population-based sample to provide an analysis of children’s subjective well-being (including context-free cognitive life-satisfaction, domain-based cognitive life-satisfaction, and positive and negative affect) and psychological well-being (eudaimonic perspective) across the nine provincial regions, age (10- to 12-years-old), gender (boys and girls), geographical context (urban and rural), and socio-economic status (low, lower-middle, and middle). We used data from the South African Children’s Worlds Study, with a nationally representative sample of 7 428 children (10- and 12-years-old), selected from primary schools in all nine provincial regions in South Africa. We found an appropriate fit structure for all the measuring instruments, and confirmed measurement invariance across provincial region, age, gender, geographical context, and socio-economic status. The scores on these separate components on children’s subjective and psychological well-being represent normative scores, and can be generalised to 10- and 12-year-old children across the country.

Tanrı’ya Bağlanma, Tanrı Algısı ve Duygu Durumu ile Psikolojik İyi Olma Arasındaki İlişki: Kronik Hastalıklar Örneği

Worldwide population growth, inadequate and unhealthy living conditions are among the main reasons that increase the number of people with chronic diseases. Chronic diseases generally consist of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, stroke, and chronic respiratory diseases. Although chronic diseases usually develop due to advancing age, they may sometimes be seen at young ages. These diseases progress slowly and require regular and continuous treatment and care. In addition, the number of individuals with chronic diseases is increasing day by day due to the increase in population, and since it is not possible to cure the disease, patients are given supportive treatment. In addition to drug treatment, psycho-educational programs are applied to patients by specialists. In other words, patients are informed about the conditions that may cause the disease, what to pay attention to and how the disease can affect their lives. Because high mortality rates due to chronic diseases can negatively affect the psychological health of patients. In this process, patients are informed about the ways of coping with the problems brought about by the disease and psychological support is provided to them as necessary. If a psychopathological condition has developed due to the disease, psychological treatment can be started for the patient. To the extent that the patient gives consent, moral support practices can also be used during the treatment process. Here, a holistic approach to the patient's problems is important for patient health. According to the World Health Organization's definition, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of the individual. Well-being is divided into two as subjective well-being and psychological well-being. According to Ryff, psychological well-being is the state of being aware that a person with a complex structure is a whole and that they have their own responsibility to protect, maintain and improve their well-being in this whole. This research was conducted to determine whether attachment to God, perception of God and emotional state predict psychological well-being. For this purpose, adult individuals with chronic diseases were included in this study. The research sample consisted of 304 individuals residing in different provinces of Turkey and having chronic diseases. The age range of the sample is between 25 and 72 and the mean age is 47.98. This research, in which scanning method and survey technique were used is fieldwork. In this research, God Attachment Inventory, God Perception Scale and Psychological Well-Being Scale were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed with the SPSS package program. The findings show that attachment to God, perception of God and emotional states are among the variables that predict psychological well-being. The other variables predicting psychological well-being; loving God, anxious attachment to God, anxious mood, high school and secondary school graduate, conditional God, restless emotional state, and the place where their spent most of their life (village-town). This study showed that there was a relationship between the biological, psychological and spiritual dimensions of human beings. This study will provide data for spiritual counseling and guidance services in health field.

Examining the Relationship between Subjective Well-being and Psychological Well-being among 12-Year-Old-Children from 30 Countries

Examining the Relationship between Subjective Well-being and Psychological Well-being among 12-Year-Old-Children from 30 Countries

Meaningful Engagement as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being for Adults With Low Income.

The activities that people engage in influence their well-being. Adults with low income have limited resources, which can affect their engagement in meaningful activities. Exploring the connection between meaningful engagement and well-being is an important step in providing occupational justice for this marginalized population. To examine whether engagement in meaningful activities uniquely contributes to well-being for adults with low income after controlling for demographic variables. Cross-sectional exploratory study design. Community agencies serving adults with low income, a local library, and a university union hall in northwest Ohio. Adults with low income (N = 186). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey (EMAS), and the World Health Organization-5 Wellbeing Index (WHO-5). We examined the influence of demographics and EMAS on the WHO-5. We identified a moderate correlation between the EMAS and WHO-5 (r = .52, p ≤ .05). Linear regression revealed an R2 = .27, F(7, 164) = 8.75, p < .001, with the EMAS and participant attributes as predictor variables. The R2 changed to .02 (p = .85) without the EMAS in the model. Findings support the need for and use of meaningful activities to support well-being and health for adults with low income. What This Article Adds: Findings build on the evidence supporting the role of engagement in meaningful activities by drawing connections to a well-known and widely used measure of subjective psychological well-being and applying these connections to adults with low income. Occupational therapy practitioners can use measures such as the EMAS to strategically infuse aspects of meaning that promote engagement and foster well-being.

Parenting and Adolescents’ Subjective Psychological Well-Being: Does Immigration Background Matter?

Parenting and Adolescents’ Subjective Psychological Well-Being: Does Immigration Background Matter?

P121 Real world effectiveness of Digital Therapeutics on quality of life and emotional wellbeing amongst patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract Background/Aims Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic chronic autoimmune disease. It presents as an inflammatory arthritis with varying severity and symptoms like joint pain, joint stiffness, fatigue, sleep disturbances, dryness, etc reducing the quality of life (QoL).1 Patients with RA experience impairment in all aspects of QoL (limitation of physical function, disability and pain) and mental health (anxiety and depression etc). Depression is two times more common in RA patients and intriguingly a bi-directional relationship with RA has been shown in cross-sectional studies.2 Patients with RA are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, with high levels of associated mortality and suicide.3 There is an imperative need to improve the QoL and emotional wellbeing for these patients. Digitalization plays an incredibly significant role in health care, not only in monitoring but also in self-management of disease and symptoms. The aim of the study is to assess the impact of a digital health program on the emotional wellbeing and QoL of patients suffering from RA. Methods An intervention trial with a patient support program was delivered using Wellthy Care digital platform over a period of 16 weeks. Recruitment of 30 patients was done using a convenient sampling method. Patients who were diagnosed with RA were included in the trial. Patients who were under 18, pregnant/lactating, and with hearing disability were excluded. The program included interventions such as physiotherapy sessions, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) counselling, nutrition counselling, health and lifestyle coaching, symptom monitoring, disease awareness and self-management training. WHO-5 wellbeing score4, a widely used questionnaire for assessing subjective psychological well-being was administered along with a proprietary questionnaire for QoL by Wellthy. Results The Mean emotional wellbeing score of patients at baseline was 10.13 and at endline was 18.13. The program positively impacted the emotional wellbeing and quality of life by 78.97% and 41.18 % respectively. The mean Qol score of the patients at baseline was 12.82 and at endline was 18.1. The Paired T-test witnessed significant improvement in emotional wellbeing scores, Qol scores following RA patient support program from 10.13±4.65 to 18.13±3.04, an improvement of 8.0±1.61(p &amp;lt; 0.01), from 12.82±2.87 to 18.1±1.5, an improvement of 5.28±1.37 (p &amp;lt; 0.01), respectively. Conclusion The RA support program delivered by Wellthy therapeutics proved to be highly effective in improving emotional wellbeing and QoL for RA patients. This health program had a great impact on several dimensions of patient-reported outcomes for emotional wellbeing and QoL. Digital health technology has the potential to bridge the gap in current care delivery of chronic and debilitating conditions such as RA. Disclosure S. Bhalla: None. A. Shah: None. B. Sinha: None. S. Damse: None. P. Thiyagarajah: None. K. Soulat: None.

Psychological Well-Being and Resilience of Slovenian Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Students' mental health is recognised as an important public health issue, and the strict measures and many changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated this. The aims of the study were thus to explore psychological well-being among university students in Slovenia during the beginning of the second lockdown, and to assess associations among their psychological well-being, demographic characteristics, presence of a chronic health condition, and resilience. The Slovenian online cross-sectional survey was performed as part of a large-scale international survey led by the COVID-HL Consortium, between the 2nd and 23rd November 2020. The study was carried out on a sample of 3,468 university students (70% female) in Slovenia, aged between 18 to 40 (M=22/SD=3). In addition to sociodemographic data and that on the presence of a chronic health condition, data on subjective social status (SSS), psychological well-being (WHO-5) and resilience (CD-RISC 10) was also gathered. In our study 52% of university students reported good psychological well-being. Hierarchical binary logistic regression revealed that male, older students, those with higher perceived subjective social status, students without a chronic health condition, and those with higher score on resilience were more likely to have good psychological well-being. Resilience was the strongest predictor of psychological well-being in our study. Systematic preventive approaches/interventions in the field of mental health should be implemented among students in Slovenia. In this context it is important to develop and deliver programmes for enhancing resilience, which is an important protective factor in times of mental distress.

Modelling Well-Being with Mindfulness Intervention on Bottom- and Middle-40% Income Earners in Malaysia.

This paper examines mindfulness as a costless cognitive asset in reducing stress and improving subjective well-being and psychological well-being among Malaysian bottom-forty-percent and middle-forty-percent income earners, known as B40 and M40, respectively. The participants recruited for this experimental study were divided into intervention and control groups and completed pre- and post-assessment questionnaires. The leveraging on digital technologies during pandemic times from May to June 2021 enabled participants in the intervention group (n = 95) to undergo four weekly online mindfulness intervention sessions through Google Meet and completed daily home mindfulness practices using the mobile application for mindfulness: the MindFi version 3.8.0 mobile app. Based on the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, the intervention group's mindfulness and well-being levels increased significantly after four weeks. This outcome contrasted to those in the control group (n = 31), who exhibited lower mindfulness and well-being levels. The PLS-SEM structural model consists of mindfulness as an independent variable, subjective and psychological well-being as dependent variables, and perceived stress and financial desire discrepancies as the mediators. This model has a goodness-of-fit of 0.076, proving that it is a fit and strong model. There is a positive relationship between mindfulness and subjective well-being (β = 0.162, p-value < 0.01). This model supports the mediation effect of perceived stress between mindfulness and subjective well-being variables (β = 0.152, p-value < 0.05). The overall structural model implies that the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention training not only enhanced bottom- and middle-income earners' well-being but also lowered the perceived stress level that, henceforth, brought the mind and body together in the present moment.

Patient-reported well-being in value-based care using tildrakizumab in a real-world setting: protocol of a multinational, phase IV, 1-cohort prospective observational study (the POSITIVE study)

IntroductionPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that negatively impacts the quality of life of patients and their families. However, the most commonly used decision-making tools in psoriasis, Psoriasis Area...

Role of Subjective Happiness, Psychological Well-Being, Spirituality and Satisfaction with Life in Adult Psychopaths

Role of Subjective Happiness, Psychological Well-Being, Spirituality and Satisfaction with Life in Adult Psychopaths

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПЕРЕЖИВАНИЯ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО БЛАГОПОЛУЧИЯ У ЖЕНЩИН РАЗНОГО ВОЗРАСТА

The article considers aspects of women’s psychological well-being in the period of young and middle adulthood, as well as the personal characteristics of women of those age groups. The paper analyzes differences in the experience of subjective psychological well-being, level of self-attitude and the value orientations among the representatives of both groups and studies the correlations between psychological well-being and the above-mentioned personal characteristics: self-attitude and the value orientations - in groups of women of young and middle adulthood. The results demonstrate that women in the age of young adulthood have a significantly higher level of subjective psychological wellbeing, in contrast to older women. Women at the age of middle adulthood turned out to be more closed, they also have a stronger desire to preserve their qualities and see themselves unchanged. At the same time, the study showed that in both groups, closeness as an element of self-attitude is one of the factors that determine subjective psychological well-being. Moreover, in course of the study, it was revealed that the links between psychological well-being and value orientations are found only in the group of women of middle adulthood, while in the group of women in the age of early adulthood, no such links were found