Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: The Homo Sapiens Superpower

Understanding Human Well - being

Survey the level of well-being and Psychometric characteristics of hospital nurses’ well-being at work

Background and Aims: mental health problems is common among nurses, because they must face to stressors of their workplace which include work-rest cycle problems, overload responsibility, financial problems, lack of vacation time, pressures of work, patient communication frameworks  and painful experiences of patients. Based on previous researches psychological resiliency can help them to appro...

Behavior and Well - Being : Behavior and Well - Being

The welfare of White Leghorn hens housed in conventional (CON) and modifi ed (MOD) battery cages was assessed by evaluating behaviour during the laying period. CON (30x45cm) (n=84) and MOD (60x45cm) (n=84) each provided 450cm2 of fl oor space for 3 hens. MOD included a perch (30x5cm) and a nest box (NB) (24x45cm), providing an additional 360cm2 of nest area per bird. Location of lay was assesse...

The Well-being Mandala

This paper is part of an effort, undertaken by the staff of the Tellus Institute and their collaborators, to address the issue of a Great Transition (GT). A GT is one of many possible futures for humanity. Whether a GT occurs is, to a great extent, a matter of choice. “Push” (necessity, avoidance of risk/harm) and “pull” (pursuit of attractive options) will guide our collective decision. Well-b...

The well-being of playful adults: Adult playfulness, subjective well-being, physical well-being, and the pursuit of enjoyable activities

It was hypothesized that playfulness in adults relates positively to different indicators of subjective but also physical well-being. A sample of 255 adults completed subjective measures of playfulness along with self-ratings for different facets of well-being and the endorsement to enjoyable activities. Adult playfulness demonstrated robust positive relations with life satisfaction and an incl...