The Role of Personality and Environmental Factors in Well-Being and Positive Behavior
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 (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 3788
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent studies have reported consistent relationships between personality, environmental factors, and people's well-being (WB). The personality comprises basic traits (biologically conditioned predispositions to think, feel, and behave that are relatively constant across time) and socio-cognitive constructs called characteristic adaptations (skills, values, and self-beliefs, e.g., self-esteem or self-efficacy) shaped by the interplay of personality traits, personal activity, and stimuli of the social and natural world. The relationships between personality and longevity, cognitive functions, physical fitness, WB, and some positive activity (e.g., prosocial behaviors) are undergoing more thorough investigation. Some environmental factors (e.g., positive interventions, social support) also promote WB and positive behaviors. However, WB, positive behaviors, and their relationships may depend on personality constructs and the interplay between them, environmental factors, and also on their interactions (e.g., personality x environmental threats; personality x socio-cultural factors).
This Special Issue aims to contribute to our knowledge of the role of personality and environment in predicting various WB aspects (e.g., subjective WB, eudaimonic WB, flourishing, job satisfaction, burnout, health) and positive behavior (beneficial for the person themselves and/or for society, e.g., health-protective or preventive, recreational sports, self-development, job crafting, prosocial or civic activity), as well as their relationships. Broader knowledge of personality and environmental factors as determinants will help in supporting and increasing WB and positive behaviors, in preventing health problems in the future. Original articles, literature reviews, meta-analyses, brief reports, and commentaries are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Zalewska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- psychology
- environmental factors (e.g., positive interventions, environmental threats, socio-cultural factors)
- personality
- personality traits
- personality-characteristic adaptations (skills, values, self-beliefs)
- well-being
- subjective well-being
- eudaimonic well-being
- flourishing
- job-related well-being
- affective well-being
- job satisfaction
- meaning at work
- job or family burnout
- health
- positive behaviors (e.g., health-protective or preventive, prosocial or civic activity)
- social psychology
- work-family balance
