A National Representative Study of the Relative Impact of Physical and Psychological Problems on Life Satisfaction

Vázquez, Carmelo; Rahona, Juan José; Gomez, Diego; Caballero, Francisco Félix; Hervás, Gonzalo

doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9501-z

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“…The authors hypothesised that mental pain is more difficult to adapt toit occupies more of a personˈs mental space. Like their work, our results strongly suggest that health policy should give greater weight to mental 2 Another strand of research has examined the relation between life-satisfaction and personality factors, including neuroticism and extroversion, see Diener and Seligman 2002;Graham et al 2011;Vazquez et al 2015;Headey et al 1993;Boyce et al 2013.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?

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Layard

2015

SSRN Journal

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?

Flèche

Layard

2015

SSRN Journal

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“…Subsequent analyses with data from the sample of this study (Vázquez et al, 2015) have shown that, although physical and psychological problems both had an impact on life satisfaction, greater effect sizes were generally found for psychological rather than for physical illness. Regression analysis, controlling for the effects of comorbidity and sociodemographic variables (e.g., age, gender, marital status, employment status, and educational level), revealed a significant impact on life satisfaction of cancer and migraine (in the domain of physical problems), and of depression, lack of concentration, insomnia, and stress/anxiety (in the domain of psychological problems).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 73%

Predictor variables of happiness and its connection with risk and protective factors for health

Garaigordobil

2015

Front. Psychol.

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Great thinkers, philosophers, scientists, and artists from History have often been concerned about one of the most important elements of life: happiness. The study had four goals: (1) To analyze possible differences in feelings of happiness as a function of sex and age; (2) To explore the relations of happiness with risk factors (psychopathological symptoms, behavior problems) and protective factors (self-concept-self-esteem, cooperative behavior, social skills) for health; (3) To identify predictor variables of happiness; and (4) To explore whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between happiness and psychopathological symptoms. The sample comprised 286 adolescents (14–16 years old). The study used a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional methodology. Seven assessment instruments were administered. The ANOVAs confirm that there are no sex differences, but happiness decreases as age increases. Pearson coefficients show that adolescents with more feelings of happiness had fewer psychopathological symptoms (somatization, obsession–compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism…), fewer behavioral problems (school-academic, antisocial behavior, shyness-withdrawal, psychopathological, psychosomatic), high social adaptation, high self-concept/self-esteem, many cooperative behaviors, many appropriate social skills, and few negative social skills (inappropriate assertiveness, impulsiveness, jealousy-withdrawal). Multiple regression analysis identified five variables predicting happiness: high self-concept, few symptoms of depression, many cooperative behaviors, high self-esteem, and low psychoticism. Results showed a partial mediational effect of self-esteem in the relation between happiness and psychopathological symptoms. The discussion focuses on the importance of implementing programs to promote feelings of happiness, as well as protective factors for health (self-esteem, cooperation…).

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“…Oken, Chamine, and Wakeland (2015) found that people who identify themselves as having high levels of psychological stress have lower scores on quality of life and resilience measures. In a study of 2,966 Spanish adults, Vazquez, Rahona, Gomez, Caballero, and Hervas (2015) found an inverse correlation between psychological stress levels and quality of life. In a post hoc analysis, these researchers found a decrease in quality of life measures for each comorbid stressor, creating an additive effect for the relationship between psychological stress and quality of life.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%