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- Title
El papel del optimismo y del apoyo social en el bienestar subjetivo.
- Authors
Quevedo, Rosario J. Marrero; Abella, Mónica Carballeira
- Abstract
Introduction In recent years, a great deal of research has been carried out to identify the aspects that affect subjective well-being. In these studies, different indicators of well-being have been used. While some studies have used satisfaction with life as an indicator, others have focussed on psychological adjustment, while still in some other cases the focus has been on positive emotions and even physical health, understood as the lack of illness, as contributing to well-being. Nevertheless, these indicators have not been directly comparable. The objective of this study is to analyze whether optimism and social support equally affect or not subjective well-being. Subjective well-being has been defined as the global tendency to experience life in a pleasant way. The evaluation that people carry out has two components: a cognitive component, evaluated through life satisfaction, and an affective one, measured through positive and negative affect. Previous research has been centred on analysing the factors which could influence either on positive or negative ways, such as personality, optimism, coping styles, and social support. It has been demonstrated that well-being is determined, in some way, by optimism and social support. However, there has been very little research analysing the relative impact of these variables on the different measures of well-being. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the influence of optimism and social support on the different components of subjective well-being. We have analysed: firstly, the relationships of optimism and social support with well-being; second, whether or not optimists feel more subjective well-being; third, social support together with optimism have an enhancer effect on well-being; and four, optimism and social support can differentially predict the several components of subjective well-being. Method This is a cross-sectional study where subjective well-being has been assessed in 477 people from general population between 18 and 66 years old (M=25.66; SD=8.81). The following measures were used: satisfaction with specific life domains (partner, job/studies, health and leisure), life satisfaction, positive emotions, negative emotions, and mental health. Optimism was evaluated through the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and Social Support through the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ-6). Moreover, certain demographic and physical health characteristics were assessed through a semi-structured interview. In order to analyse the relationships among the variables included in the study, we administered partial correlations, controlling for gender.…
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being; OPTIMISM; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL support; CONDUCT of life; PSYCHOLOGICAL research; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Salud Mental, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0185-3325
- Publication type
Article