Week One Flashcards
Hedonic Wellbeing
The hedonic component (subjective wellbeing conceptualized as the experience of positive emotions and the absence of negative emotions
Eudaimonic Wellbeing
meaning, self-actualization, personal growth
The component that is referred to as psychological well-being is conceptualized as the search for the attainment of meaning, personal growth, and self-actualization
WHO Definition of Wellbeing 2009
A state where an individual can cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and contribute to their community
Wellbeing Huppert 2009
1. Combination of What?
2. Feeling Good Definition
3. Functioning Effectively Definition
Psychological well-being is about lives going well. Combination of feeling good and functioning effectively. Feeling good: happiness and contentment + interest, engagement, confidence and affection. Functioning effectively: development of one’s potential, having control over life, sense of purpose, effective relationships
Factors of High Subjective Wellbeing
More Successful, Help Others, Practice Optimism, Galvanised into action when faced with life’s struggles, Creative, Resilient, Good Physical Health, Aulturistic, Live Longer
Te Whare Tapa Whā (1984)
- Te Taha Wairua - Spirituality
- Te Taha Hinengaro - Mental & Emotional
- Te Taha Whānau - Family
- Whenua - Land, Roots
- Te Taha Tinana - Physical
The Fonofale (1984)
- Outer: Context, Time, Environment
- Roof: Culture
- Pillars: Physical, Spiritual, Mental, other
- Foundation: Family
Ryffs Model of Psychological Wellbeing (1989)
- Self-acceptance
- Positive relations with others
- Autonomy
- Environmental mastery
- Purpose in life
- Personal Growth
Wheel of Wellness Witmer et al. 1998
1. Center
2. Circle One
3. Outer
- Center: Spirituality & Self Direction
- Circle One: Work & Lesuire, Friendship, Love
- Circle Two: Business, Media, Government, Community, Family, Religion, Education.
- Outer: Global Events
Five Ways to Wellbeing 2008
1. G
2. B
3. K
4. C
5. T
- Give
- Be Active
- Keep Learning
- Connect
- Take Notice
Diener and Ryan’s Tripartite Model of Subjective Wellbeing 2009
LS
AG
PA
NA
- Life Satisfaction
- An assessment of how well one’s life measures up to aspirations and goals
- Positive affect
- Negative affect
PERMA Model of Psychological Wellbeing Seligman 2011
- Positive Emotions
- Engagement
- Relationships
- Meaning
- Accomplishments
How Do We Measure Wellbeing in a Research Context?
- Wellbeing Questionnaires
- Compare and Contrast
- WHO-5 Wellbeing Scale
- The Flourishing Scale
Challenges of Measurement
1. Measures are?
2. Subjective well-being questions are? 4 answers
3. Reliance on what?
4. Impact of what?
5. What claims, expectations, and harms?
6. Wellbeing is interconnected with what?
- Poorly constructed measures
- Subjective well-being questions are biased by contextual factors, the wording of questions, the order and
type of preceding questions, and respondents’ current moods. - Reliance on homogenous privileged research samples.
- Impact of context on response
- Exaggerated claims, inflated expectations, disillusionment, unintentional harms
- Wellbeing is interconnected with everything else
