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Psychological Well-Being across the Lifespan—Antecedents and Consequences

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 March 2023) | Viewed by 9420

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Dr. Dariusz Krok

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Institute of Psychology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
Interests: clinical psychology; health psychology; quality of life
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Dear Colleagues,

Psychological well-being is one of the most interesting and complex research topics in social sciences, biomedical and health sciences, and humanities. Its importance results from the widespread statement that not only life itself, but also experiencing it in terms of happiness, satisfaction, self-fulfillment, and meaning is significant for human beings. Regardless of age, culture or socio-economic conditions, people seek answers to the question of what makes their life valuable, meaningful, and worthwhile. Over the past decade or so, a strong evidence base has accumulated indicating the determinants and consequences of psychological well-being across lifespan, including experimental, longitudinal, and cross-sectional studies. However, advances in social and medical sciences, as well as dynamic changes in personal and social life, make it reasonable to undertake a comprehensive and in-depth study of the factors determining changes in well-being over the course of a person's life, at both the individual and societal levels.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide an academic forum for theoretical and empirical examples of current research examining factors and processes responsible for shaping psychological well-being across lifespan. We invite scholars from social sciences, biomedical and health sciences, and humanities backgrounds to submit high-quality papers that focuses on antecedents and consequences of psychological well-being across lifespan. Here are some examples of potential topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue:

  • Psychological well-being and mental illness
  • Stress, coping, and well-being
  • Changes in psychological well-being across lifespan
  • Well-being and posttraumatic growth
  • Promoting psychological well-being in schools and workplaces
  • Psychological well-being and mental health
  • Substance abuse and well-being
  • Human development and quality of life
  • Well-being and social support
  • Personality and well-being
  • New approaches to positive life-span development
  • Positive psychological well-being in children and adolescents
  • Psychological adjustment and health

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Krok
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • psychological well-being
  • human development
  • health and well-being
  • psychological adjustment and health
  • positive lifespan
  • stress regulation
  • coping and well-being
  • psychosocial interventions
  • well-being and society
  • mental health and quality of life
  • developmental changes

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Using Solution-Focused Coaching in Social Work Practice with the Long-Term Unemployed to Promote Their Well-Being
by Leoš Zatloukal, Tatiana Matulayová, Pavlína Jurníčková, Nataša Matulayová, Jakub Doležel and Hana Šlechtová
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 5180; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065180 - 15 Mar 2023
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Long-term unemployment, one of the challenges social workers face, produces a variety of non-monetary and social consequences. The helping professionals understand that interventions towards unemployed clients do not cover just the pure fact of their unemployment but that a holistic approach to the [...] Read more.
Long-term unemployment, one of the challenges social workers face, produces a variety of non-monetary and social consequences. The helping professionals understand that interventions towards unemployed clients do not cover just the pure fact of their unemployment but that a holistic approach to the clients’ living situations is needed. This paper aims to promote well-being while implementing solution-focused coaching in working with unemployed clients in social work practice. The Reteaming coaching model is supported by two detailed case studies describing three key areas covered in the Reteaming process. Working with clients in both cases contributed to various elements of the client’s psychological well-being: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement. The Reteaming coaching model can be used effectively as a suitable structured approach, mainly used in strength-based social work. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychological Well-Being across the Lifespan—Antecedents and Consequences)
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“Faith Is Not Enough?” Ego-Resiliency and Religiosity as Coping Resources with Pandemic Stress—Mediation Study
by Roman Ryszard Szałachowski and Wioletta Tuszyńska-Bogucka
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 1942; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031942 - 20 Jan 2023
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Based on the concepts of Pargament’s adaptational functions of religiosity, Huber’s centrality of religiosity, and Block’s conceptualisation of ego-resiliency as psychosocial resources, a nonexperimental, moderated mediation project was designed for a group of 175 women and 57 men who voluntarily participated in an [...] Read more.
Based on the concepts of Pargament’s adaptational functions of religiosity, Huber’s centrality of religiosity, and Block’s conceptualisation of ego-resiliency as psychosocial resources, a nonexperimental, moderated mediation project was designed for a group of 175 women and 57 men who voluntarily participated in an online study to determine whether and to what extent religiosity mediated or moderated the relationship between ego-resiliency and the severity of PTSD and depression during the COVID-19 epidemic. The analyses carried out showed that the studied variables, ego-resiliency and centrality of religiosity, were predictors of the intensity of some psychopathological reactions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic but were not connected via a mediation relationship. Therefore, one question remains open: what is the role of ego-resiliency and the nature of the stated immunogenic effect of the centrality of religiosity in dealing with the critical threat to mental health that is the COVID-19 pandemic? Full article
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Relationship between World Assumptions and Post-Traumatic Growth among Polish Cancer Patients: Moderating Effect of Rumination
by Małgorzata Szcześniak, Daria Madej and Grażyna Bielecka
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12444; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912444 - 29 Sep 2022
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Background: Although post-traumatic growth is believed to be the result of complex interplays between various factors, cognitive variables appear to play a special role in these interactions. Yet, research on this topic is scant. Therefore, the first purpose of this study was to [...] Read more.
Background: Although post-traumatic growth is believed to be the result of complex interplays between various factors, cognitive variables appear to play a special role in these interactions. Yet, research on this topic is scant. Therefore, the first purpose of this study was to verify whether there is a direct relationship between world assumptions and post-traumatic growth among Polish cancer patients. As the effect of psychological change in post-traumatic growth may be affected by basic beliefs about the world and oneself, the second goal was to assess whether this association is moderated by rumination. Methods: The study included 215 Polish cancer patients. The Post-traumatic Growth and Depreciation Inventory—Expanded version—(intrusive and deliberate rumination), the World Assumption Scale, and the Event-related Rumination Inventory were applied. Results: Positive, albeit weak, correlations were found between the dimensions of world assumptions and post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth correlated negatively with intrusive rumination and positively with deliberate rumination. The outcomes show that the level of post-traumatic growth resulting from world assumptions is significantly different at various levels of intrusive and deliberate rumination. Conclusion: Lower/medium intrusive rumination seems to strengthen the relationship between benevolence of the world/worthiness of the self and post-traumatic growth, and higher deliberate rumination tends to reinforce the relationship between meaningfulness and post-traumatic growth. Full article
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Total Pain and Illness Acceptance in Pelvic Cancer Patients: Exploring Self-Efficacy and Stress in a Moderated Mediation Model
by Dariusz Krok, Ewa Telka and Beata Zarzycka
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(15), 9631; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159631 - 5 Aug 2022
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Cancer patients experience pain not only in its physical dimension, but also in a broader context that includes psychological, social, and spiritual aspects due to a higher level of anxiety and stress. The present prospective, longitudinal study examined the relationship between total pain [...] Read more.
Cancer patients experience pain not only in its physical dimension, but also in a broader context that includes psychological, social, and spiritual aspects due to a higher level of anxiety and stress. The present prospective, longitudinal study examined the relationship between total pain and illness acceptance among pelvic cancer patients, taking into consideration the moderated mediation effects of self-efficacy and stress. The study involved a sample of pelvic cancer patients receiving radiotherapy treatment. Assessments were completed at T1 (before radiotherapy), T2 (after 3–4 weeks), and T3 (after radiotherapy) to assess the psychosocial dynamics of illness acceptance (N = 267). The more physical, psychological, social, and spiritual pain symptoms the patients experienced, the less they accepted negative health conditions and the effects of their illness. Stress moderated the indirect effect between total pain dimensions and illness acceptance through self-efficacy, but it did not moderate the relationship between total pain and illness acceptance. The relationships between total pain dimensions and illness acceptance thus depend on both the mediating effect of self-efficacy and the moderating effect of stress. This highlights the need to control one’s motivation and behavior and manage emotional strain or tension. Full article
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