Healthy Psychological Well-Being

(Myers and Dewall, pg.30). If I wake up and I am thinking to myself that this is going to be a bad day, it affects me and I will usually have a bad day. It has been said that positive thinking will produce a positive outcome. According to Darshan Goswami, “Some long term studies on positive thinking and health have been conducted that confirms positive thinking strengthens the immune system and assists in healing.” (The Power of Positive Thinking) By my own observations, I agree with this statement. When I have gone to work thinking that I do not want to be there and that it will be a bad day, I end up having a bad day. The opposite holds true as well. My emotions can have an influence over my health. When I get too upset about something at work, it will literally make me sick to my stomach and end up giving me a headache. If I dwell on not feeling well it can literally make me feel sick. This is another example of how negative and positive thinking can affect health. This gives way to our body’s neural communications and how they send messages to other

In addition, this study hypothesized that if one mediated the effect of optimism on health outcomes by removing the effect of a person’s affectivity inclination, negative or positive, that optimism would not be shown as the correlation variable. Rather the authors hypothesized,

Referred to as the negativity effect, researchers argue that individuals attribute higher values to negative information than to positive information in the overall evaluation of an entity (Fiske, 1980; Klein, 1996). Similarly, the negativity effect has also been shown to influence the perceptions or evaluations of other people (Herr, Kardes, & Kim, 1991; Wright, 1974). Prior research has argued that the negativity effect emerges as a result of positive expectations individuals have of others (Ahluwalia, 2002; Klein & Ahluwalia, 2005). For example, Klein and Ahluwalia (2005) posit that positive expectations compel individuals to underestimate the value of positive information when negative information is present. Moreover, due to disproportionate

The idea of self is a significant part of every individual’s life. The way we visualise ourselves can be altered by feelings of self worth and self esteem and lead to a change or influence in the way we act. The evaluation of one’s attitude towards self can be seen to be improved by the individual believing they are worthy which could lead to a self fulfilling prophecy. The better-than-average effect can depict this theory by assessing individuals on their motivational bias and attributes (Brown, 2011). In this particular study, participants are given a questionnaire regarding ten traits, half of high importance and half of low importance. They were then told to rate these attributes on importance of possession. As predicted, the results show that the

“Reinforce positive self-perception” (Ackley et al., 2017, p# 764). Client correlates results of actions with self-worth. Patient must dissociate failure in one aspect of life with total failure in life. Positive thinking not only helps an individual manage daily activates but also in high pressure situations” (Roodbari, et al, 2015). Positive reinforcement serves to constantly empower the client and maintain the feeling of self-worth and value even in stressful situations. Positive reinforcement will promote self-affection and promote independence.

Perceptions of support seem to foster positive emotions in employees and may be strongly associated with their psychological well-being (Ryff & Singer, 1998) Conceptual dimensions of psychological well-being are close to the components of authenticity. In a study of 80 students, Kernis and Goldman (2005) found significant correlations between authenticity and various psychological wellbeing measures (such as self-esteem and life satisfaction). In another study of 111 students, they found that authenticity sub-scales were generally related to those of psychological well-being. Kernis and Goldman (2005) also reported positive relationships between the components of authenticity and psychological well-being. Some recent works indicate support

Mental wellbeing is a global issue that affects everyone. “Around 20% of the world's children and adolescents have mental disorders or problems... About half of mental disorders begin before the age of 14.” Mental disorders can help to “contribute to many suicides around the world,” and it can “increase the risk of getting ill from other diseases such as HIV, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and vice-versa.” (according to the World Health Organisation) This is why mental wellbeing needs to be tackled.

College is the time when humans can be sculpted to fit the needs of the society around them or when we as a student can discover who we are and break out of any societal mold. This is a tumultuous period and our mental wellness can be tested over and over again. There are many aspects of mental wellness, but some of the main points are Intellectual, Spiritual, and Emotional. Which aspect of the mental wellness is most important and affects us the most?

The number of people in the world aged 60 years or over is projected to grow by 56 per cent between 2015 and 2030. By 2050, the global population of older persons is projected to more than double its size since 2015 (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002). The demographic changes will lead to higher demands on trained health-care professionals and health-care services. This will also put increased pressures on the working population to support older adult’s healthcare and support programs through increased taxation. Maintaining mental wellbeing among the older population is increasingly important, as it benefits both society in terms of decreased burden of disability and related costs (Smit, Ederveen, Cuijpers, Deeg, & Beekman,

According to ASU Wellness topics I recently read one the articles relating to Stress Management. One of the facts the article mentioned was that 30.5% of students affected their academic performance. Another interesting fact I read and was unaware of is that stress is divided into two parts. You have the stress of everyday things called chronic stress then there is a type of stress that evolves from major events. In this essay I will talk about my current mental health, my life-style concerns including possible changes to optimize my future mental health, and how I plan put those changes into effect.

Well-being, in my opinion, is best defined as the fulfillment of needs and satisfaction with life in an individual on a mental level, which in turn leads to better physical health and functioning in a society. Public health includes individual and population-level factors that affect the health of people. I think a well-being perspective in public health should be considered because it relates to health. With my definition, well-being is a key predictor of public health because it constitutes how an individual will function in society. My definition also infers that a lack of well-being on the individual level will negatively influence a population. According to Grad (2002), “the Preamble of the Constitution defines health positively,

Mental health refers to an individual’s psychological and emotional wellbeing (World Health Organisation, 2014). With over 25 million UK residents (Mental Health Foundation, 1999) spending a large majority of their time at work, it is important that concerns for a person’s welfare extend to the workplace. Every year mental health problems, including stress, anxiety and depression affect 1 in 6 British employees (Mental Health Foundation, 1999). Despite this, a Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey of over 800 companies found that only 1 in 10 of these companies had an official mental health policy (Mental Health Foundation, 1999). Mental health, it appears, is still a taboo subject in the workplace. Studies have shown that

Positive thinking, positive attitude in oneself helps to keep up a healthy lifestyle. Automatic negative thinking affects one’s personality and activates stress response by

According to authors Markus, H, & Wurf, E. (1987) a person’s behavior is driven by many other factors other than self-concept, the influence of self-concept will not always be shown in one’s actions, as a consequence it will show in one’s self-esteem and cause mood changes as well as how they interact with the world around them (p. 300).

Psychosocial health occupies an important role in retirement (“WHO | Mental health: strengthening our response,” 2016). According to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013), healthy psychosocial status influences elderly in the ways of self-reliance, personal growth, goal in life and harmonious relations with family and friends. A good psychosocial support can address an individual’s emotional, psychological, spiritual and social needs, which are the essential parts of positive human development (OVC Support, 2016).