Wellbeing

Question 1

Who theorised the model of subjective wellbeing?

Answer 1

Diener

Question 2

Explain the model of subjective wellbeing?

Answer 2

• Subjective wellbeing describes how individuals evaluate their lives to determine their level of wellbeing
• Wellbeing through a subjective lense as it relies on individual’s own experiences and evaluations

Question 3

What are the 2 key components of dieners research?

Answer 3

• Life satisfaction
• Affective balance

Question 4

What is life satisfaction?

Answer 4

• Describes how people make judgements of their fufilments within specific areas of their life (how satisfied they are with their life)
• Highly influenced by the domain closest to you (family and friends, as well as affective balance)

Question 5

What is affective balance?

Answer 5

• Encoumpasses all moods, emotions and feelings that an individual has over a period of time
• Individuals experience a combination of positive and negative feelings, the ratio of these feelings will affect their subjective wellbeing

Question 6

What are the 2 things that make up subjective wellbeing?

Answer 6

Life satisfaction + Affective balance

Question 7

Who theorised the six factor model?

Answer 7

Ryff

Question 8

Explain the 6 factor model and name the factors.

Answer 8

6 Factors thata influence the psychological wellbeing of individuals
- Autonomy
- Personal Growth
- Positive Relations
- Purpose in Life
- Environmental Mastery
- Self Acceptance

Question 9

Explain autonomy with its high and low dimension.

Answer 9

• Ability to make our own decisions using free will
• High: People who are independent and regulate their own behaviour
• Low: Concerned with expectations of others rely on others to make decisions

Question 10

Explain environmental mastery with its high and low dimension.

Answer 10

• Feeling able to alter, change, or influence our own lives
• High: create or change environments to suit needs
• Low: Cannot manage everyday tasks, feel powerless to change our environment

Question 11

Explain personal growth with its high and low dimension.

Answer 11

• When someone feels they are able to continue to develop and experience new things
• High: Open to new experiences, sense or purpose and improvement
• Low: Sense of stagnation, may feel bored/uninterested in life

Question 12

Explain positive relations with its high and low dimension.

Answer 12

• Where individuals have binds with others that include intimacy, empathy & affection
• High: Build trust & satisfying relationships, empathy for others, capable of affections

Question 13

Explain purpose in life with its high and low dimension.

Answer 13

• When individuals have goals in life that give us meaning
• High: have goals and aims
• Low: Limited goals and aims believe life has no meaning

Question 14

Explain self accaptance with its high and low dimension.

Answer 14

• Individuals can have a positive outlook on all parts of themselves
• High: Positive self attitude, acknowledge positive and negative aspects
• Low: Dissatisfied with themselves, want to be different