Quest and Identity within a Religious Ideological Surround

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Watson ◽  
Ronald J. Morris ◽  
Ralph W. Hood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Quest Scale ◽  
Definition Of

Current controversies over religious orientation center on issues that appear to be partially nonempirical, normative, and sociological. These issues, in other words, may be ideological. In exploring this possibility, the present study had different religious orientation types evaluate items from the Quest Scale. For a group with an intrinsic commitment, a number of items proved to be antireligious in their implications while one was proreligious. This intrinsic interpretation of Quest also predicted relative mental health, including superior identity formation; and this was especially true for intrinsic subjects themselves. For no other type was the self-definition of Quest as robustly or as discriminatively linked to psychological well-being. The original Quest Scale was tied to poorer self-functioning. Overall, these data demonstrated the importance of measuring not just personal beliefs, but the personal meaning of those beliefs as well.

scholarly journals A Mobile App for the Self-Report of Psychological Well-Being During Pregnancy (BrightSelf): Qualitative Design Study

10.2196/10007 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. e10007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Doherty ◽  
Marguerite Barry ◽  
José Marcano-Belisario ◽  
Bérenger Arnaud ◽  
Cecily Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Health Technologies

Background Maternal mental health impacts both parental well-being and childhood development. In the United Kingdom, 15% of women are affected by depression during pregnancy or within 1 year of giving birth. Suicide is a leading cause of perinatal maternal mortality, and it is estimated that >50% of perinatal depression cases go undiagnosed. Mobile technologies are potentially valuable tools for the early recognition of depressive symptoms, but complex design challenges must be addressed to enable their use in public health screening. Objective The aim of this study was to explore the issues and challenges surrounding the use of mobile phones for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. Methods This paper presents design research carried out as part of the development of BrightSelf, a mobile app for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. Design sessions were carried out with 38 participants, including pregnant women, mothers, midwives, and other health professionals. Overall, 19 hours of audio were fully transcribed and used as the basis of thematic analysis. Results The study highlighted anxieties concerning the pregnancy journey, challenges surrounding current approaches to the appraisal of well-being in perinatal care, and the midwife-patient relationship. Designers should consider the framing of perinatal mental health technologies, the experience of self-report, supporting self-awareness and disclosure, providing value to users through both self-report and supplementary features, and designing for longitudinal engagement. Conclusions This study highlights the needs, motivations, and anxieties of women with respect to technology use in pregnancy and implications for the design of mobile health technologies.

scholarly journals A Mobile App for the Self-Report of Psychological Well-Being During Pregnancy (BrightSelf): Qualitative Design Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Doherty ◽  
Marguerite Barry ◽  
José Marcano-Belisario ◽  
Bérenger Arnaud ◽  
Cecily Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Health Technologies

BACKGROUND Maternal mental health impacts both parental well-being and childhood development. In the United Kingdom, 15% of women are affected by depression during pregnancy or within 1 year of giving birth. Suicide is a leading cause of perinatal maternal mortality, and it is estimated that >50% of perinatal depression cases go undiagnosed. Mobile technologies are potentially valuable tools for the early recognition of depressive symptoms, but complex design challenges must be addressed to enable their use in public health screening. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the issues and challenges surrounding the use of mobile phones for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. METHODS This paper presents design research carried out as part of the development of BrightSelf, a mobile app for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. Design sessions were carried out with 38 participants, including pregnant women, mothers, midwives, and other health professionals. Overall, 19 hours of audio were fully transcribed and used as the basis of thematic analysis. RESULTS The study highlighted anxieties concerning the pregnancy journey, challenges surrounding current approaches to the appraisal of well-being in perinatal care, and the midwife-patient relationship. Designers should consider the framing of perinatal mental health technologies, the experience of self-report, supporting self-awareness and disclosure, providing value to users through both self-report and supplementary features, and designing for longitudinal engagement. CONCLUSIONS This study highlights the needs, motivations, and anxieties of women with respect to technology use in pregnancy and implications for the design of mobile health technologies.

scholarly journals Positive mental health among cancer survivors: overlap in psychological well-being, personal meaning, and posttraumatic growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-450
Author(s):  
K. Holtmaat ◽  
N. van der Spek ◽  
B. I. Lissenberg-Witte ◽  
P. Cuijpers ◽  
I. M. Verdonck-de Leeuw
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Mental Health ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Psychological Well Being

Short Stature and the Relationship to Male Mental Health Status

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsie Mobbs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Short Stature ◽  
Growth Failure ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Delayed Puberty ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of

Growth treatment for human growth failure when its cause is not identified is generally justified by two possible outcome measures: an increase in height and an increase in psychological well-being. An endocrinological cosmetic increase in height can arguably only be justified if it can be demonstrated as being likely to increase psychological well-being. New evidence is pointing to improved growth and mental health outcomes through psychotherapeutic family intervention during the child’s infancy. The medical definition of short stature (SS) is arbitrary (Cowell 1995): SS is usually defined for the height of an individual who is in less than the 3rd percentile of the reference range, which is 1.88 standard deviations (SDs) below the population mean (National Center for Health Statistics 1977; WHO 1986, 2006). Short stature may be caused by a multitude of factors, sometimes overlapping, and it may have many potential classifications. The condition of maturational delay occurs when significant SS and delayed pubertal development are seen in an otherwise healthy male (Cowell 1995; Cowell, Craig, and Ambler 1999; Cowell and Walker 1996). The medical diagnosis of maturational delay short stature (MDSS) is (a) considered in individuals with a late onset of puberty in which there is a family history of delayed puberty and an absence of organic symptoms or signs; and (b) diagnostic differentiation is made between MDSS and idiopathic short stature (ISS), with the latter encompassing MDSS but failing to meet the criteria of delayed puberty. When a history of SS is present in family members, the diagnosis of familial SS (FSS) is considered. Males present for treatment of SS much more frequently than females, which is a reflection of biology and possible societal bias, and some will present with behavioral disturbances. Multifactorial causes for these behavior problems can be embedded in past history and are not always easily accessible (Seegal 2000). Home environment problems may be present in growth failure, especially when demonstrated behavior problems are present (Gohlke et al. 1998; Nieves-Rivers et al. 1998).

Life Story Coherence and its Relation to Psychological Well-Being

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Royce Baerger ◽  
Dan P. McAdams
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Past ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Mental Well Being

Over the past few years, the concept of coherence as it applies to people's storied accounts of their lives has become an increasingly popular topic. However, theories of coherence have been slow to appear, and a comprehensive definition of the construct has yet to be presented by researchers. Moreover, almost no work has been done relating the concept of coherence to the particular form of the life story. Thus, the aims of the present study were twofold: first, to investigate whether it is possible to construct a reliable coding scheme for life story coherence, and second, to examine the relationships between life story coherence and mental health. The results of the study indicate that the life story coherence coding system is a reliable measure, and that the coherence construct is therefore amenable to quantitative analysis. The most important finding of this study was that, as predicted, life story coherence demonstrated a statistically significant relationship to psychological well-being. This finding thus lends statistical credibility to the claims of narrative psychologists, who argue that mental well-being is related to, if not the result of, a well-integrated and coherent life story.

Personal meaning as a predictor of psychological well-being over time in individuals receiving HIV-related mental health services

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene W. Farber ◽  
Amanda Woods ◽  
Regina M. Sherman ◽  
Sanjay M. Sharma ◽  
Peter E. Campos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Furloughs, Teleworking and Other Work Situations during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Impact on Mental Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2898
Author(s):  
Israel Escudero-Castillo ◽  
Fco. Javier Mato-Díaz ◽  
Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Exogenous Shock ◽  
Work Location ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Market Status ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Labour Market Status

As a consequence of the Spring 2020 lockdown that occurred in Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lost their jobs or had to be furloughed. The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of the latter changes in labour market status on psychological well-being. For this purpose, an ad-hoc questionnaire featuring socio-demographic and mental health criteria was created. Granted that the pandemic can be viewed as an exogenous shock, the bias caused by the bidirectional problems between the work situation and mental well-being can be tackled. Results indicate that the lockdown exerted a greater negative effect on the self-perceived well-being of unemployed and furloughed persons than on those in employment. Moreover, among those in continuous employment, teleworkers experienced a lesser degree of self-perceived well-being post lockdown as compared to those people remaining in the same work location throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Finally, the lockdown provoked worse effects on the self-perceived well-being of women as compared to men, a result that appears to be related to gender differences in household production. In conclusion, these results could be especially relevant given that the evolution of the pandemic is having ongoing effects on employment and, therefore, on the mental health of workers.

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