Abstract: This study examined the importance of striving for personal goals in accounting for older adults' subjective well-being. In a sample of 62 elders, it was found that self- assessments of the attainability of personal goals were significantly ...
Summary: Differential profiles of coping and their relationships to indicators of psychophysiological well-being were investigated in a working sample (n = 137). Measures used included standardized multidimensional questionnaires of coping and mood states ...
Summary: In this paper results are reported on the relationship between perceived parental rearing and subjective somatic complaints, interpersonal problems and life satisfaction in a representative sample of 766 subjects in the age of 60 years or more. ...
Summary: From 1991 until 1996 the long-term effects of the SIMA training programs were analysed on the subjective well-being and the subjective age of the participants aged 75 to 93 years (in 1991 mean age 79.5 years). Well-being was measured by ...
Why is the Students' Subjective and Individual Experiences of Justice in their Teachers' Behavior Important?Abstract. The present paper introduces the construct of teacher justice, i.e. the students’ subjective and individual experiences of ...
The Effects of the Transition into Differential Learning Environments on Children's Well-BeingAbstract. The transition to the secondary school has been supposed as a special break of the school biography that is associated with changes in well-being. ...
Relationship qualities in daycare and school. Links with academic competencies, motivation, social integration, and well-being.Abstract. The relationship that a child or adolescent has with the care provider or ...
Perceived Apprecation in University Teacher Education: Subject Differences and Effects on Well-Being and Intention to QuitAbstract. Perceived appreciation is an important social resource for academic performance, ...
Life Quality and Well-Being in Old AgeAbstract: Life quality and well-being are relevant clinical criteria for the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in the elderly. Therefore suitable diagnostic instruments are necessary. In the present paper, the ...
Well-Being in old age – content validity of the Ryff Scale for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilitiesAbstract. Background: Well-being is an important but rarely assessed outcome of care. The Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being ...
Covid-19 protections and social life limitations in nursing homes – Analysis of prescriptions and survey dataAbstract.Background: The tension between health protection and restrictions of social life in nursing homes ...
Zusammenfassung: Konsistenz im psychischen Geschehen gilt als Voraussetzung für gutes Funktionieren und für gute Gesundheit. Inkonsistenz dagegen verhindert eine effiziente Auseinandersetzung mit den Anforderungen der Umwelt und somit die Befriedigung der ...
Zusammenfassung: Es wird der Forschungsstand zu sozialer Schichtzugehörigkeit und Gesundheit beleuchtet und hinsichtlich altersspezifischer Merkmale diskutiert. Daraus ergeben sich drei mögliche Entwicklungsverläufe, die sich in Divergenz, Kontinuität und ...
Simplification of the Beck-Depression-Inventory (BDI)Abstract. In order to improve the economy of the Beck Depression Inventory, the number of items was reduced from 84 to 20. Only one item is used for each symptom. Losing weight as a symptom was ...
Work and health: concepts and findings in occupational stress researchAbstract. To present an overview of research on occupational stress, we first discuss some basic concepts concerning work and health. Relevant characteristics of work concerning task ...
Work and health: controversies with regard to person and situationAbstract. This article discusses a number of controversies that are typical for the field of work and health. First, we ask if a concept of “objective” stressors and resources at work ...
Participation rate and sample selectivity in age-comparative cross-sectional designsAbstract. One limitation of cross-sectional comparisons of age differences relates to the potential effects of age-specific sample selectivity on the means and variances ...
The situational adaptivity of coping with daily hassles in childhood and adolescenceAbstract. Effective coping can be characterized by a fit between the demands of the problem situation and the kind of coping behavior. While, for example, direct and ...
Evaluation of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for depressed adolescents and young adultsAbstract. In the present study a group intervention in the tradition of the Adolescent Coping with Depression Course (CWD-A) of Lewinsohn and colleagues was ...