Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes

Howell, Ryan T.; Kern, Margaret L.; Lyubomirsky, Sonja

doi:10.1080/17437190701492486

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“…For instance, in a sample of nursing professionals, affect balance was positively related to conscientiousness and negatively related to neuroticism (González et al, 2014). Yet very few studies have explored the link between affect balance and health (e.g., Howell, Kern, & Lyubomirsky, 2007), and none have done so in the context of personality.…”

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Big Five traits, affect balance and health behaviors: A self-regulation resource perspective

Sirois

Hirsch

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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Big Five traits, affect balance and health behaviors: A self-regulation resource perspective

Sirois

Hirsch

2015

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…An important implication is that an individual is only completely healthy when he or she experiences both low levels of psychopathological symptoms and a good state of well-being. Moreover, positive mental health may have effects on individual and social functioning that are independent from the effects of psychopathology (Howell, Kern, & Lyubomirsky, 2007; Pressman & Cohen, 2005; Veenhoven, 2008). Crucially, both reduction of symptoms and promotion of well-being are needed for complete mental health.…”

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Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers

Ascenso

Perkins

Atkins

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: Music has been linked with well-being across clinical and community settings. Yet, research has focused on assessment of single dimensions of well-being and on the typical receiver of support services. Acknowledging the burden that a caring role encompasses and integrating recent proposals for a multifaceted definition of well-being, we explore the extent to which group drumming interventions translate into multidimensional well-being change for both mental health service users and carers. Method: Thirty-nine participants engaged in one of a series of community drumming programmes were assessed via semi-structured interviews (n = 11) and focus groups (n = 28) at the end of each programme. Data were analysed using IPA. Results and Conclusion: Emotional, psychological and social dimensions of well-being emerged for both patients and carers, accounted for through six themes: (1) hedonia: positive affect and pleasant physical effects of drumming; (2) agency: initiative and sense of control; (3) accomplishment: non-specific and in relation to musical goals; (4) engagement, through focus and flow; (5) a redefinition of self, through self-awareness, construction of a positive identity, self-prospection and incorporation of a musical identity; and (6) social well-being, through connectedness and positive relationships. The potential of such interventions for clinical contexts is discussed.

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“…In addition, the health benefits of positive affect are being established (Chida & Steptoe, 2008;Howell, Kern, & Lyubomirsky, 2007; Steptoe, Dockray, & Wardle, 2009), and evidence to suggest that C may be positively related to positive affect is emerging (Besser & Shackelford, 2007;Nater, Hoppmann, & Klumb, 2010;Zellars, Perrewe, Hochwarter & Anderson, 2006). Therefore, it is possible that C could exert its protective effect through either the experience of fewer negative health outcomes or the experience of more positive health outcomes.…”

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“…At the daily level, positive affect has been shown to have a beneficial influence on physiological processes such as cortisol levels and ambulatory blood pressure (Steptoe & Wardle, 2005). Recent reviews suggest that positive affect can have significant effects on health both at the daily level and in the longer term with an effect size comparable to negative affect (Chida & Steptoe, 2008;Howell et al, 2007;Steptoe et al, 2009). Therefore, affect may represent an important additional mechanism through which C may influence both ongoing and future health; if daily hassles lead low C individuals to experience more negative affect or less positive affect, these individuals may experience ill-health consequences of negative affect, and/or fail to experience the health benefits of positive affect.…”

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Investigating the effects of conscientiousness on daily stress, affect and physical symptom processes: A daily diary study

Gartland

O’Connor

Lawton

et al. 2013

British J Health Psychol

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Objectives: Higher conscientiousness (C) predicts better health outcomes. Recent research suggests stress may play an important role in explaining this relationship. The current study aimed to establish whether C moderates the relationship between daily hassle appraisals, daily affect and physical symptoms.Design and Methods: A daily diary design was used, where participants (N=103) completed a baseline measure of C followed by a 14-day daily diary, providing daily details of hassles (primary & secondary appraisals) experienced as well as positive and negative affect and physical symptoms.Results: Hierarchical linear modelling revealed that Total C (as well as two facets of C: Order and Industriousness) moderated the relationship between stress appraisals and positive affect. Specifically, the negative association between the daily appraisal of hassles as stressful (i.e., where perceived demands outweighed perceived resources) and positive affect was stronger for lower and average levels of C, Order and Industriousness. No significant moderated effects were found for negative affect or physical symptoms. The Order facet was found to be an important factor predicting attrition.Conclusions: The current study provided evidence that C and two of its facets can moderate the relationship between hassle appraisal and positive affect. C may exert part of its influence on health by modifying the effects of daily stressors.

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Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes

Cited by 508 publications

References 227 publications

Big Five traits, affect balance and health behaviors: A self-regulation resource perspective

Big Five traits, affect balance and health behaviors: A self-regulation resource perspective

Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers

Investigating the effects of conscientiousness on daily stress, affect and physical symptom processes: A daily diary study

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