Measuring different types of Well-being

Well-being is a very broad construct. Any good measure of well-being is likely to be multi-dimensional and consist of many factors or scales. A recent review of well-being measures grouped the well-being measures into four broad groups of Hedonic, Eudiamonic, Quality of Life and Wellness measures. Embed from Getty Images However, a better conceptualization of well-being is to consider it made of emotional/hedonic well-being, psychological well-being, social well being and vocational/economic well-being. Emotional well-being is typically measured by presence of positive emotions, absence of negative emotions and life satisfaction. While the first two aspects may be measured by PANAS , a popular measure of life satisfaction is Satisfaction with life scale.  I have proposed elsewhere that Life outlook also be measured as art of this emotional well-being. A good measure of Psychological well-being is the one developed by Ryff. It measures psychological well-being on six axes or scales. As defined here, the scales measure the following: Holds positive attitudes toward oneself and past life and concedes and accepts varied aspects of self (self-acceptance) Shows insight into own potential, sense of development, and open to new and challenging experiences (personal growth) Holds goals and beliefs that affirm sense of direction in life and feels that life has a purpose and meaning (purpose in life) Exhibits capability to manage complex environment, and can choose or manag...
Source: The Mouse Trap - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: happiness emotional well-being Psychological well-being social well-being Source Type: podcasts