Community Subjective Well-Being, Personality Traits and Quality of Life Therapy

Community resilience and the impact of stress: Adult response to Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon

“…Yet again, these studies do not address how individual perceptions of the resilience of various social institutions affect individual resistance to stress. The results of this study are somewhat similar to those of the few previous studies that focus on the relationship between community resilience as an individual resource and the ability to cope with threats that affect the entire community~Hernandez, 2002; Kimweli & Stilwell, 2002;Levine & Ion, 2001!.…”

“…Community intervention programs are suggested to heal the individual members, as well as the entire community, from the trauma of war and terror~Breton, 2001; Kathleen, Dubrow, & Stamm, 1999;Patton & Johnston 2001;Summerfield & Toser, 1991;Tobin, 2000!. The second line of thinking focuses on community resilience as perceived by an individual, associated with the residents' ability to cope with external threats that affect the entire community~Hernandez, 2002; Kimweli & Stilwell, 2002;Levine & Ion, 2001!. The present study follows the latter direction regarding community resilience, as it integrates the impact of political violence, individual cognitive appraisal concerning the threat, and social aspects of the community.…”

The Influences of Personality and Motivation on Exercise Participation and Quality of Life

“…Watten, Vassend, and Syversen (1995) contend that positive affectivity in personality dimensions is associated with quality of life. Kimweli and Stilwell (2002) also confirm that personality traits are associated with quality of life and subjective well-being. Based on the foregoing discussion, the following hypothesis was developed:…”

“…Recent studies by Ingledew, Markland, and Sheppard (2003), and Lochbaum and Lutz (2005) have indicated that the five personality factors (i.e., emotional stability, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) have a positive influence on exercise motivation and participation. Other studies by Evans (1997), Kempen, Jelicic, and Ormel (1997), and Kimweli and Stilwell (2002) confirm that personality traits are associated with the quality of life and subjective well-being. However, previous studies do not evaluate the combined effects of TPB and personality theory on exercise motivation and quality of life.…”

Client perception of a client-centered and occupation-based intervention for at-risk youth

“…In turn, the youth participants expressed hope in the future and were able to articulate future occupational goals. Youth who have a positive perception of the future are more likely to assert increased effort into building their future, such as pursuing education, and are more likely to have a higher quality of life (27,28).…”