scholarly journals Impact of Meaning in Life on Psychological Well Being among Street Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1244-1245
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Street Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Relations of existential characteristics and hardiness with psychosomatic cardiac symptoms in young people

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Grigoriev ◽  
I. V. Vasilieva
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Cardiac Symptoms ◽  
Healthy Sample

Objective. Evaluation of the psychological well-being and hardiness in adolescents with cardiac symptoms.Materials and methods.The study involved 80 people aged 18–24 years, a relatively healthy sample. To assess the existential characteristics, the scale of psychological well-being of С. Ryff in the adaptation of N.N. Lepeshinsky. To assess the psychological quality of hardiness, the S. Maddi questionnaire was used in adaptation D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova. To assess the psychosomatic component of cardiac symptoms the Giessen questionnaire of psychosomatic complaints was used. Descriptive statistics methods, the Mann – Whitney test for independent samples, a one-way analysis of variance with a posteriori pairwise comparison using the Newman-Keuls test were used.Results.For members of the healthy sample at the age of 18–24 years, the severity of psychosomatic cardiac complaints is relatively homogeneous by sex and age; the most significant differences in existential characteristics and hardiness in connection with the severity of psychosomatic cardiac symptoms fall on indicators of “commitment”, “control”, “environmental management”. Conclusion. The most significant and discriminating contribution to the prevention of psychosomatic cardiac complaints is such existential and stress-coping characteristics of personality as the ability to effectively use life situations to achieve one’s own goals, to fight for success and get results from their actions, to strive for maximum involvement in the activities of interest for the reflected, conscious meaning in life.

Goal adjustment capacities in uncontrollable life circumstances: Benefits for psychological well-being during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy M. Hamm ◽  
Jaron X. Y. Tan ◽  
Meaghan Barlow ◽  
Rachel Delaney ◽  
Katherine Anne Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Goal Adjustment ◽  
Goal Disengagement ◽  
Life Circumstances ◽  
Nationally Representative

Goal adjustment capacities (i.e., goal disengagement and goal reengagement) are core self-regulatory resources theorized to buffer psychological well-being during intractable life circumstances. However, research has yet to examine whether these capacities protect well-being for individuals who encounter uncontrollable losses in their ability to pursue important life goals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a nationally-representative sample of American adults aged 18-80 (n = 292), the present longitudinal study examined the influence of goal disengagement and reengagement on levels and change in psychological well-being for individuals who differed in perceived control over their goals early in the pandemic. Results from multilevel growth models showed that goal reengagement, but not goal disengagement, capacities predicted higher levels of well-being (lower perceived stress, depressive symptoms; higher life satisfaction, meaning in life) for individuals who reported pandemic-induced declines in control over their goals. Findings inform theories of motivation and self-regulation and point to the adaptive value of goal reengagement capacities during uncontrollable life circumstances.

scholarly journals Mindfulness in informal caregivers of palliative patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kögler ◽  
Monika Brandstätter ◽  
Gian Domenico Borasio ◽  
Veronika Fensterer ◽  
Helmut Küchenhoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Psychological Well Being

AbstractObjectives:Mindfulness is a concept of growing impact on psychotherapy and has been shown to be effective for stress reduction and to improve psychological well-being. Existential Behavioural Therapy (EBT) was developed to support relatives of palliative care (PC) patients to cope with their situation during caregiving and bereavement. Mindfulness training was a core element of the intervention.We investigated the relationship between mindfulness, mental distress, and psychological well-being in informal caregivers, and evaluated if the effects of the intervention were mediated by mindfulness.Methods:Relatives of PC inpatients took part in a randomized-controlled EBT trial and completed the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised, items from the Five Facets of Mindfulness as well as the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the WHOQOL-BREF, a numerical rating scale on quality of life (range 0–10), and the Schedule for Meaning in Life Evaluation at pre- and post-intervention, and a 3- and 12-months follow-up.Results:One-hundred-and-thirty carers were included, most of them (71.6%) recently being bereaved at the beginning of the intervention. High correlations between mindfulness and mental distress (r = −0.51, p < 0.001) as well as life satisfaction (r = 0.52, p < 0.001) were found. Mindfulness was a significant predictor of improvement in psychological distress, meaning in life and quality of life three months after the intervention. The EBT effects were partly mediated by mindfulness.Significance of results:Mindfulness seems to be a promising concept in supporting informal caregivers of PC patients. Further research is needed to identify the required format and intensity of mindfulness practice necessary for improvement.

Meaning in life, resilience, and psychological well-being among children affected by parental HIV

AIDS Care ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1410-1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongfei Du ◽  
Xiaoming Li ◽  
Peilian Chi ◽  
Junfeng Zhao ◽  
Guoxiang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Relationship Between Gratitude With Well-Being Teens whose Parents Divorced

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohanna Tungga Prameswarawati
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother And Child

Gratitude and psychological well-being are aspects of positive emotions that exist in individuals. Individuals who have a sense of gratitude for being able to realize that he received a lot of goodness, good appreciation from God, others and the surrounding environment. While individuals who have psychological well-being when they are able to accept themselves, form warm relationships, have independence, control the external environment, have meaning in life and realize their potential continuously. The family is the smallest unit in society consisting of father, mother and child. The family can be the base of one's life, a source of care with affection, the first, most important and closest educational park that can be enjoyed because the teachings about the values ​​of life, both religious and socio-cultural are fundamental things that can be obtained in a family.The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between gratitude and psychological well-being in adolescent boys and girls and who experience parental divorce.Research methods The subjects of this study were adolescents aged 15 to 20 years in two different cities. The sampling technique used is the cluster sampling method. Cluster sampling is sampling based on area or cluster. Clusters referred to in this study are classes in the school. Research subjects numbered 224 people. Whereas in other studies using a sampling technique used is sampling saturation. Samples that will be used in this study are as many populations as there are 33 students who have divorced parents, 20 students in class XI and 13 students in class XII. Data analysis using descriptive statistics with percentage techniques. Before calculating the percentage, a score group is made. Calculation of psychological well-being data for students whose parents are divorced is obtained based on the calculation of the average score (mean). The data generated in this study are descriptive percentage statistical techniques because the research describes the psychological well-being (psychological well-being) of students whose parents are divorced. 33 students.

scholarly journals Does Reflection on Everyday Events Enhance Meaning in Life and Well-Being among Emerging Adults? Self-Efficacy as Mediator between Meaning in Life and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9714
Author(s):  
Natalia Czyżowska ◽  
Ewa Gurba
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Meaning In Life Questionnaire ◽  
Experimental Group

In recent years, the issue of the meaning in life has aroused particularly great interest in researchers considering the question of whether and how, using simple interventions, outside the therapeutic office, the sense of meaning in life and well-being can be strengthened. The aim of this study was to explore whether interventions based on reflection on everyday, stressful situations can contribute to fostering the sense of meaning in life and psychological well-being among emerging adults. Additionally, we aimed to explore relationships between the above-mentioned constructs and self-efficacy. The research focuses on emerging adults, who, as statistics show, are the most vulnerable among all adults to various mental problems. A pretest–posttest control group design was used. The study involved 80 emerging adults (56 women and 24 men) who were randomly assigned to the experimental group, which completed specially prepared diaries for a week, or the control group. Participants completed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, the Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being twice. In the experimental group, significant differences were noted between pretest and posttest in psychological well-being, especially in the area of relationships with others (Mpretest = 59.3; Mposttest = 65.07; t(39) = −11.40; p = 0.001) and purpose in life (Mpretest = 54.85; Mposttest = 58.21; t(39) = −3.15; p = 0.003), as well as self-efficacy (Mpretest = 28.06; Mposttest = 29.60; t(39) = −2.82; p = 0.007). There were no differences in the level of meaning in life. The analysis carried out showed that self-efficacy mediates the relationship between presence of meaning in life and psychological well-being (the Aroian test: z = 4.48; SE = 0.11; p = 0.0007).

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