Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: istential issues were crucial in patients with eating disorders, and overall, well-being outcomes were particularly important for women [3,4] .Recent empirical evidence confirms Engel's assumptions on well-being as an important aspect of health and disease to an extent that I have never dared to imagine.The authors of the World Happiness Report 2016 Update found that positive affect, autonomy, generosity and social support were highly correlated with quality of life and well-being, while there was almost no correlation between negative affect -an important criterion in the definition of psychiatric disorders -and overall happiness [5] .A study including all 3.9 million US personnel who served during the Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom points in the same direction.It demonstrated that the direct involvement in acts of war was not associated with the rate of suicide at all [6] .Instead, socially positive experiences such as marriage, social support, long-term employment and ascending in the military hierarchy were the main drivers of survival.This means that resiliency and quality of life may be better explained by social well-being than by combat trauma.Unsurprisingly, books about resiliency, personal growth, mindfulness, flow and well-being dominate nonfiction bestseller lists across the world.In contrast, most
Source: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
DOI: 10.1159/000447268
Author: Gregor Hasler
Institution: University of Bern
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2477695616