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Vaingankar JA, Subramaniam M, Seow E, Chang S, Sambasivam R, Luo N, Verma S, Chong SA, van Dam RM. Youth Positive Mental Health Concepts and Definitions: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11506. [PMID: 36141781 PMCID: PMC9517177 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research on youth positive mental health (PMH) lacks comprehensiveness. We reviewed literature to (i) identify and understand concepts related to youth PMH and (ii) to summarize their definitions under broad conceptual themes. METHOD We conducted a systematic review using PRISMA methodology. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO database (ID:CRD42020203712). Pubmed, Embase, PsycINFO, and OpenGrey databases were searched for publications that examined, assessed, explained, or defined PMH concepts in youth populations. Methods included searching, independent screening and review using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria, extraction, coding, and iterative thematic syntheses of literature. RESULTS Of 3427 unique records identified, 105 articles from 26 countries met review criteria. Qualitative analysis resulted in 22 broad themes of youth PMH. These included interpersonal relationships (interpersonal competence, school connectedness, etc.), positive emotions (feel and create pleasant emotions, gratitude, etc.), self-efficacy (strengths, human agency, etc.), life satisfaction (global assessment of one's life), and personal growth (goal achievement, life aspirations, etc.). Five novel concepts related to youth PMH were identified. CONCLUSIONS Our review summarized and operationalized multiple concepts of youth PMH for applications in research, evaluation, and public health improvement.
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- Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar
- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Early Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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Jovanović V, Rudnev M, Arslan G, Buzea C, Dimitrova R, Góngora V, Guse T, Ho RTH, Iqbal N, Jámbori S, Jhang FH, Kaniušonytė G, Li J, Lim YJ, Lodi E, Mannerström R, Marcionetti J, Neto F, Osin E, Park J, Fonseca-Pedrero E, Piotrowski J, Proctor C, Rahmandani A, Salmela-Aro K, Ortuño-Sierra J, Stefenel D, Sugimura K, Tan SA, Wang S, Yip PSF, Żemojtel-Piotrowska M, Žukauskienė R. The Satisfaction with Life Scale in Adolescent Samples: Measurement Invariance across 24 Countries and Regions, Age, and Gender. APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE 2022; 17:2139-2161. [PMID: 35096193 PMCID: PMC8784202 DOI: 10.1007/s11482-021-10024-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Measurement of adolescent life satisfaction across cultures has not received much attention in previous empirical research. The present study evaluated measurement invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) among adolescents in 24 countries and regions (N = 22,710; age range = 13-19 years; 53% female). A single-factor model with residual covariance between a pair of items tapping past life satisfaction fitted well in 19 countries and regions and showed a partial metric invariance. In a subset of nine countries and regions, partial scalar invariance was supported. Partial metric invariance across all 24 countries and regions was achieved when custom model modifications in five countries and regions were included. Three SWLS items showed evidence of noninvariance across cultures. The measurement model was found to operate similarly across gender and age. Our findings suggest that caution is needed when using the SWLS for measuring life satisfaction among adolescents from different cultures. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11482-021-10024-w.
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- Veljko Jovanović
- Department of Psychology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
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- Department of Social Sciences and Communication, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brașov, Romania
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Centre On Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Law and Social Work, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- College of Teacher Education, Dali University, Dali, China
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- Department of Psychology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Education and Learning, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Locarno, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory LINP-2, Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, France
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- Department of Management, NUCB Business School, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Positive Psychology Research Centre, St Saviour, Guernsey
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- Department of Psychology, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Psychology and Counselling, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Kerstetter D, Shen X, Yi X, Pan B, Zhang G, Li R, Gao J, Li G. Sources of Happiness: A Mixed Methods Phenomenological Study of Factors Affecting Residents' Subjective Wellbeing in Shenzhen, China. Psychol Rep 2020; 125:167-199. [PMID: 33201754 DOI: 10.1177/0033294120971742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maintaining cultural sensitivity has been a challenge in subjective wellbeing (SWB) research involving nonwestern populations, which continues to primarily use a quantitative approach and Westernoriginating measurements. Accounting for culturally specific characteristics of the study area and sample, we employed a concurrent mixed-methods phenomenological approach to uncover factors contributing to urban Chinese residents' SWB in the context of their daily lives. Data from 65 semi-structured interviews in Shenzhen, China revealed five meta-themes, including harmony in interpersonal relationships, financial wellbeing and homeownership, health, physical and social environment, and intentional activities and mentality. Residents' background contextual information was cross-referenced with the meta-themes to enrich data interpretation, unveiling the profound imprint of age and life stages, the broad-scale structural inequities associated with China's household registration system, and the firm grip of traditional family core values and folk wisdom in the form of a transcendental mindset of inner peace and dignity. The results provide a contextualized understanding of the primary sources of SWB relevant to today's urban Chinese residents, and offer valuable insight about the social-cultural complexities involved in "ordinary" Chinese residents' pursuit of happiness that is co-shaped by individual effort, deep-rooted traditional values, and consequential social infrastructure and policies amidst the country's deepening, transformative urbanization. Keywords: China, Cultural Sensitivity, Happiness, Mixed Methods, Phenomenological Approach, Socio-Cultural Context, Sources of Happiness, Subjective Wellbeing, Urban Resident.
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- Deborah Kerstetter
- Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Forest Ecosystems and Society, 2694Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Trip.com Group, International Accommodation Resource Unit, New York, NY, USA
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- Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management, 7161San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA
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- Shenzhen Tourism College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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Measurement of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Orientations to Happiness: The Spanish Orientations to Happiness Scale. SPANISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 22:E11. [PMID: 30885284 DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2019.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Understanding happiness and well-being has been one of the central issues for psychologists in recent decades. Happiness orientations have been identified as important pathways toward different types of well-being, and so the development and validation of scales for their measurement is an important step in their study. The present research aims to adapt and validate the Spanish Orientations to Happiness Scale (SOTH), a 6-item scale based on the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire. This brief scale, which measures hedonic and eudemonic orientations, was administered to 1,647 Spanish workers. Scale structure was subjected to exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analysis to obtain evidence of factorial validity. Evidence for convergent validity was assessed by correlating the scale with two measures of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, and discriminant validity was assessed with the average variance extracted (AVE). Results of EFA showed a two-factor solution, and CFA partially supported this structure, χ2(8, N = 793) = 36.61, p .72) and valid (AVE = .50), and so it is a valuable tool for assessing orientations to happiness in the Spanish context. Finally, the scientific value and practical utility of the scale are discussed.
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Gongora VC. Positive Variables in Adult Patients Who Are at Different Stages of a Naturalistic Psychotherapeutic Treatment. EUROPES JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2018; 14:748-763. [PMID: 30555583 PMCID: PMC6266524 DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v14i4.1546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study aimed twofold: 1) to study some positive variables (three paths to well-being, life satisfaction, overall well-being and meaning of life) in adult patients who are at different stages of a naturalistic cognitive behavioral psychotherapeutic treatment and 2) to analyze their relationship with the progress during treatment, therapeutic alliance and adherence to treatment from the therapist´s perspective. The sample was composed of 85 outpatients who were in psychotherapeutic treatment. Patients completed the Three Pathways to Well-being Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Well-being Index and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Therapists completed treatment related data and an opinion survey of patient´s progress, adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. Findings showed positive variables to be higher at the final stage of psychotherapy, particularly higher satisfaction with life, engagement, well-being, and presence of meaning in life. Higher positive variables were moderately associated with more progress during treatment according to therapist’s perspective; however a low association was found with adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. No differences were found in positive variables according the type of prevalent symptoms.
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- Vanesa C Gongora
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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