Abstract: Retirement brings a major transition in life. This transition may affect a retired person’s physical, mental, and social health and lead to psychological problems. This study investigated the effects of Yoga on the well-being of retired men. It ...
Psychological well-being in substitution therapy with levomethadone and D, L-methadone: A double-blind, randomised, cross-over study<span class="fett">Aims:</span> The goal of the study was to determine whether psychological well-being and drug craving ...
Diary Study on Activity-Based Flexible Offices: How the Interplay Between Work Task and Place of Work Promotes Psychological Well-BeingAbstract. Digitization and globalization require greater flexibility from companies, which in turn ...
Zusammenfassung.Anliegen: Die heilende Wirkung von Sprache und Schrift, in Form der in Amerika längst etablierten Poesietherapie, kann man sich auch in der deutschen Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie zunutze machen. Methodik: Untersucht wurden 19 Patienten ...
Zusammenfassung. Wir untersuchten die Wirkung eines gesundheitsorientierten Krafttrainings auf verschiedene Aspekte des psychischen Wohlbefindens für einen Zeitraum von 3 (t1) und 6 Monaten (t2). N = 531 Teilnehmer führten 6 Mal monatlich ein präventives (...
Violent Experiences and Course of Mental Health Problems in Unaccompanied Minor Refugees in GermanyAbstract.Background: Only little is known about the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors who came to Germany without custodians. Whereas cross-...
Abstract: Sleep quality is considered a basic dimension of emotional health. The psychophysiological mechanisms underlying the associations between sleep quality and positive emotions are still largely unknown, yet autonomic regulation may play a role. ...
Summary: Self-concept is a construct consisting of a group of specific self-perceptions that are hierarchically organized. Age-associated changes of self-concept are related to the individual's perception of the changes occurring throughout the aging ...
This study examined the factorial validity and reliability (Ωw) of the nonreversed, 44-item version of Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS; Ryff, 1989) on a Romanian convenience sample of 664 participants from the general population. The results ...
Abstract. Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) has provided a useful measure for investigating the eudaimonic well-being of adults and elderly people from the positive psychology perspective. However, its length and structure, and ...
Abstract. In this study we tested an integrated model of the relationship between immigrants' linguistic acculturation, socioeconomic status (SES), perceived discrimination, social support networks, general health status, and psychological well-being. A ...
We analyzed whether perceived work-related demands associated with social change (e.g., increased risk of becoming unemployed and more difficulties with long-term career planning) and processes of dealing with work-related demands relate to psychological ...
Dyadic coping has received increased attention during the last decade, both in theory and empirical studies. Two main models of dyadic coping are proposed in the current literature: (1) a comparative approach in which each partner’s individual coping is ...
When people are told that their negative memories are worse than other people’s, do they later remember those events differently? We asked participants to recall a recent negative memory then, 24 h later, we gave some participants feedback about the ...
Abstract. Despite the substantial attention paid to stress management in the extant coping literature, media use has been surprisingly overlooked as a strategy worthy of close examination. Although media scholars have suggested media use ...
Abstract. Prior research has shown an association between Facebook users’ likelihood of engaging in social surveillance (i.e., browsing through friends’ postings without directly interacting with them), their experience of envy, and their ...
Abstract. We investigated the role of positive and negative contact on outgroup attitudes, collective action tendencies, and psychological well-being among minority (Kurds) and majority (Turks) group members in a conflict area (N = 527), ...
Abstract. LGBT-related hate crime is a conscious act of aggression against an LGBT citizen. The present research investigates associations between hate crime, psychological well-being, trust in the police and intentions to report future ...
This study investigated the direct, reversed, and reciprocal relationships between bidirectional work-family conflict/work-family facilitation and psychological well-being (PWB). We administered a three-wave questionnaire survey to 260 married Chinese ...
This study examined perceived work-related demands emanating from social and economic change (i.e., increasing labor market uncertainties, nonstandard work hours, and job autonomy), with a special focus on work status (self-employed vs. employed). We ...