An Empirical Investigation of a Theoretically Based Measure of Perceived Wellness.

Harari, Marc J.; Waehler, Charles A.; Rogers, James R.

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.52.1.93

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“…Met die skepping van die konsep 'salutogenese' het Antonovsky, soos aangehaal in Harari, Waehler en Rogers (2005) , ingesien dat die klem eerder moet val op faktore wat tot beter gesondheid en welstand lei as op spesifieke patologie (Harari et al 2005). Die welstandsbeweging, wat die gesondheidsklem van die behandeling en genesing van siekte na voorkoming verskuif, het op grond van hierdie konsep tot stand gekom.…”

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“…Dit kan as 'n proses beskou word waarin 'n indivdu deurlopend probeer om sy of haar lewensgehalte te verbeter deur die balansering van fisieke, verstandelike en geestelike welstand (Harari et al 2005).…”

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“…Die Opname van Waargenome Welstand -OWW (Perceived Wellness Survey [PWS]) is opgestel en in vroeëre navorsing gebruik om die wyse te meet waarop 'n individu binne elke welstandsdimensie funksioneer (Harari et al 2005). Harari et al (2005) het 'n projek onderneem om die mate waarin die OPP alle welstandsdimensies weerspieël te evalueer. Hulle bevinding was dat die OPP nie vir al die afsonderlike welstandsdimensies voorsiening maak nie en dus ontoereikend is.…”

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Die vasstelling van ’n fisieke-welstandaanwyser

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Nortje

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Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskr Natuurwetenskap Tegnol

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With the increasing prevalence of emphasis on lifestyle-related wellness, the focus has been diverted from treatment and cure of disease to prevention and health promotion. Therefore, the area of wellness has received much attention and has been promoted with much enthusiasm, especially in the corporate industry. The present study delved into the area of overall physical wellness and explored its components and the influence of an active work environment on these components. This study adopted a cross-sectional, quantitative experimental design Undergraduate university students (n = 165) and 234 training recruits and law enforcement employees underwent several wellness assessments in a bid to compare overall physical wellness in sedentary and active work environments. The individual results were compared and scored into risk areas that were ultimately compounded to formulate an overall physical wellness indicator. It was found that the students were superior in some areas of wellness; the recruits, however, possessed a more pronounced state of overall physical wellness. This indicates that physical activity does contribute significantly to attaining a state of overall physical wellness and so reduces the risk of developing lifestyle related chronic conditions. The overall findings suggest that maintaining a healthy lifestyle through physical activity and health-promoting behaviour will result in a greater state of wellness. In this area of research a host of possibilities for future research are unfolding especially the overall wellness indicator.

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Die vasstelling van ’n fisieke-welstandaanwyser

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“…There are six items for each dimension: mental health (1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31); emotional health (2,8,14,20,26,32); social health (27, 33, 3, 9, 15, 21); physical health (4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 34); spiritual health (5,11,17,23,29,35); and intellectual health (6,12,18,24,30,36) . Included are 21 positive and 15 negative items placed randomly throughout the questionnaire.…”

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“…These studies showed that the PWS is an appropriate instrument for performing research and evaluating interventions in the area of perceived wellness. Other studies performed in South Africa and America also indicate that this instrument has acceptable reliability and validity (11,12).…”

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Validation of Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS) in a Sample of Iranian Population

Kaveh

Ostovarfar

Keshavarzi

et al. 2016

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The individual's perception of health, when health is understood to include many dimensions of life, is considered the basis for any improvement in health status. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Perceived Wellness Scale (PWS) by applying it to employees of the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 180 staff members of the university selected by convenience sampling. The study instrument was a Persian version of the PWS prepared through a translation and back-translation process. The reliability and validity of the instrument were assessed by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. A total of 180 employees participated in the study. The mean age of the participants was 32.29 years (SD = 7.39) and 78.1% of the participants were women. The results showed that the Persian version of the PWS is acceptable. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.87 for the whole scale, ranging from 0.68 to 0.85 on different dimensions of the scale. The results of split-half reliability and CFA indicated that the reliability and validity of the PWS are acceptable. The PWS is therefore an effective tool for evaluating the different dimensions of perceived wellness in the Iranian population.

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