Successful cognitive ageing: Interactions between cognition, activities, and life satisfactionAbstract. Successful ageing is constituted by well retained cognition, subjective well-being (SWB), and activity. This study examined interactions between these ...
Abstract. The main objective of nursing homes is to enable their residents a good life despite their existing physical, mental, and social health problems. In this cross-sectional study, we explored the mechanisms of positive aging in nursing-home ...
Efficacy of a Structured Child-Appropriate Psychoeducation Program for Specific Learning DisabilitiesAbstract.Objective: The present study investigated the effects of a partly standardised psychoeducation program ...
Many reasons speak against it, yet many people feel good: The paradox of subjective well-beingAbstract. It is suggested that the well-being paradox consists of two facets: (i) even under adversive circumstances many people are happy, and (ii) the ...
Development and Validation of the Short Version of the „Fragebogeninventar für Freizeitinteressen” (FIFI-K)Abstract. The „Fragebogeninventar für Freizeitinteressen (FIFI)” (Piepenburg & Kandler, 2016) is the first comprehensive German questionnaire that ...
Abstract. Although a sense of university belonging has been established as a crucial factor for students’ academic success and subjective well-being, little is known about its importance regarding the adaptation of international ...
General health assessment vs. job satisfaction: The relationship of indicators of subjective well-being with self-reported absenteeismAbstract. The present study was based on the assumption that people are motivated to gain or maintain their well-being. ...
Emotion Training With Students: An Effectiveness Study Concerning the Relation Between Subjective Well-Being, Emotional Awareness, and Emotion ExpressionAbstract. Studies increasingly highlight the importance of emotional competence in the development ...
Zusammenfassung. Diese Studie untersucht an einer Gruppe von 40 deutschen Vätern erstgeborener Kinder im Alter von etwa 20 Monaten Einflüsse auf das subjektive Wohlbefinden der Väter. Es handelt sich dabei um per Fragebogen erhobene Daten des subjektiven ...
Abstract. Research of the Methodology Group at the Freie Universität Berlin focuses on subjective well-being, mood regulation, health psychology, and the development of new methods for the analysis of psychological data. In particular, we are interested ...
Self-efficacy and social downward comparison in colorectal cancer patientsAbstract. Personal resources play an important role in coping with life-threatening diseases. The longitudinal study described here examined a population of 160 patients suffering ...
“Joy in the Heart and in the Legs”: Efficacy and Therapeutic Effects of Swing DanceAbstract. The aim of the present study was to examine whether swing dancing increases the dancer’s happiness, and if so, which active factors ...
Subjective well-being in Parkinson diseaseAbstract.Purpose of the study: It is the first time that the concept of subjective well-being by Ryff together with other psychological variables was used to examined patients with Parkinson disease. The aim was ...
Well-Being and Mental Health. Concrete Contexts From the Perspective of 4–6-Year-OldsAbstract. This article presents the results of the child perspective studies (Nentwig-Gesemann et al., 2017, 2021) focused on the question of kindergarten quality from ...
Subjective quality of life can be defined in terms of life satisfaction (LS), subjective well-being (SWB), happiness, and morale. In our study, we investigated the effect of demographic, health, affective, and adaptation-to-old-age factors on the above ...
Objectives: Previous research suggests that mechanisms related to afferent and efferent components of the baroreflex are associated with blood pressure level and mood, and that mood as a component of subjective well-being may be mediated by changes in ...
Abstract. The dynamic development of interindividual differences and the temporal interplay between different personality constructs are of major interest to many researchers in the field of personality psychology. Furthermore, the ...
Abstract. The focus of the study is on the importance of early optimism for adult subjective well-being (SWB). Only females were studied. Data from age 13 and age 43 were taken from the Swedish longitudinal research program Individual Development and ...
Data from 30 nations on the relationship between educational performance in reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy as assessed in the PISA survey and the health performance indicators of the World Health report are analyzed. Health level was ...
Abstract. In their article, Lang, Weiss, Gerstorf, & Wagner, (2013) use the adult life span sample of the national German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to explore functional outcomes of life satisfaction with regard to hazards of mortality. ...