Screen LibraryMental well-being : international contributions to the study of positive mental health /
This book provides a new generation of research in which scholars are investigating mental health and human development as not merely the absence of illness or dysfunction, but also the presence of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a fundamental facet of the quality of life. Nations, c...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5195-8 |
| Summary: |
This book provides a new generation of research in which scholars are investigating mental health and human development as not merely the absence of illness or dysfunction, but also the presence of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a fundamental facet of the quality of life. Nations, communities, or individuals who are wealthier, have more education, and live longer are considered to have higher quality of life or personal well-being. The subjective standpoint emerged during the 1950s as an important alternative to the objective approach to measuring individual's well-being. Research has clearly shown that measures of subjective well-being, which are conceptualized as indicators of mental health (or 'mental well-being'), are factorially distinct from but correlated with measures of symptoms of common mental disorders such as depression. Despite countless proclamations that health is not merely the absence of illness, there had been little or no empirical research to verify this assumption. Research now supports the hypothesis that health is not merely the absence of illness, it is also the presence of higher levels of subjective well-being.This edited volume brings together for the first time the growing scientific literature on positive mental health that is now being conducted in many countries other than the USA and provides students and scholars with an invaluable source for teaching and for generating new ideas for furthering this important line of research. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
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9789400751958 (electronic bk.) 9400751958 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RA790 |
| CLC: | R749.05 |
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Toward an International Epidemiology of Positive Mental Health -- Promoting and Protecting Positive Mental Health: Early and Often Throughout the Lifespan / Complete Mental Health in South Australian Youth: Prevalence, Measurement, and Promotion / The Complete Mental Health Model: The Social Distribution of Mental Health and Mental Illness in the Dutch Population / The Prevalence of Levels of Well-Being Revisited in an African Context / Prevalence and Correlates of Complete Mental Health in the South Korean Adult Population / Positive Mental Health: Measurement, Prevalence, and Correlates in a Chinese Cultural Context / The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS): Performance in Different Cultural and Geographical Groups / Toward an Internationalized Understanding of Mechanisms of Positive Mental Health -- Universals and Cultural Differences in the Causes and Structure of Happiness: A Multilevel Review / Mental Well-Being in Iran: The Importance of Comprehensive Well-Being in Understanding the Linkages of Personality and Values / Emotional Well-Being and Self-Control Skills of Children and Adolescents: The Israeli Perspective / The Nature of Happiness: Nature Affiliation and Mental Well-Being / Physiological Correlates of Mental Well-Being / Toward the Application of Positive Mental Health Internationally -- Recovery: A Complete Mental Health Perspective / The Significance of Salutogenesis and Well-Being in Mental Health Promotion: From Theory to Practice / Positive Psychology Interventions: Research Evidence, Practical Utility, and Future Steps / Promoting Positive Mental Health and Well-Being: Practice and Policy / |