PURPOSE Using the life stress model of psychological well-being, in this study we examined risks and resources predicting the occurrence of both positive and negative affect among older Asian Indian immigrants who experienced stressful life events. DESIGN AND METHODS We collected data through a telephone survey of 226 respondents (aged 50 years and older) in the Southeastern United States. We...

BACKGROUND The aims of the study were to assess the impact of both positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) on self-reported oral health-related quality of life and to determine the effect of including affectivity on the relationship between oral health-related quality of life and a set of explanatory variables consisting of oral health status, socio-economic status and dental visiting pattern. ...

Background. An important outcome from the debate on whether wellness equals happiness, is the need of research focusing on how psychological well-being might influence humans' ability to adapt to the changing environment and live in harmony. To get a detailed picture of the influence of positive and negative affect, the current study employed the affective profiles model in which individuals ar...

BACKGROUND One important aspect of subjective judgments about one's well-being (i.e., subjective well-being: life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) is that cultural features, such as, nationality seem to shape cognitive judgments about the "the ideal life." In this comparative study we examined differences in subjective well-being and psychological well-being between Italian a...

Although research has demonstrated a strong linkage betweenmeaning of life and positive emotion, few studies have examined this association in the context of acculturation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive effects of meaning of life and acculturative stressor on positive affect in a sample of Chinese international students in Australia and Hong Kong, and to compare th...

In recent years, a number of studies have used Material Values Scale (MVS) to assess beliefs about importance to own material things. The aims of this study were to validate the MVS scale and to explore the relationships between materialistic values and well-being of Croatian citizens. The study was carried out on a representative sample of N = 1129 Croatian citizens. We used the short 9-item v...

Previous studies suggest that self-compassion is related to numerous facets of mental health, but the role of cognitions in this relationship remains unknown. To examine the mediating role of cognitions in the relationship between self-compassion and anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction when controlling for self-esteem in Japanese people, we conducted two studies. Study 1 (N = 231) examin...

BACKGROUND A bias to develop negative affect in response to daily life stressors may be an important depression endophenotype, but remains difficult to assess. AIMS To assess this mood bias endophenotype, uncontaminated by current mood, in the course of daily life. METHOD The experience sampling method was used to collect multiple appraisals of daily life event-related stress and negative a...

background nowadays, work related stress appears to affect almost all people with connected clinical works. the purpose of this research was to study the relationships of work stress and work engagement with the satisfaction from lives of nurses in ahvaz governmental hospitals. material and methods a correlation study was carried out. nurses from governmental hospitals were selected and statist...