Subjective well-being . Considering it as the evaluation that people make of their life , which includes both cognitive judgments and affective reactions (moods and emotions).
Summary
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- 1 Considerations about subjective well-being
- 2 Dimensions for the operationalization of subjective well-being
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources
Considerations about subjective well-being
The term subjective well-being can be considered a redundancy since it implies personal experience, the subjective appreciation of it.
Subjective well-being is part of health in its most general sense and manifests itself in all spheres of human activity . When an individual feels good, they are more productive, sociable and creative, they have a positive future projection, they instill happiness and happiness implies the ability to love, work, relate socially and control the environment.
For Lawton, well-being is seen as a cognitive assessment, as the evaluation of the congruence between the desired goals and those obtained in life.
Diener et al. Provide a more integrative conception of subjective well-being, considering it as people’s evaluation of their life, which includes both cognitive judgments and affective reactions (moods and emotions).
Carmen R. Victoria García-Viniegras and Idarmis González Benítez ( 2000 ), consider that subjective well-being is the subjective assessment that expresses people’s satisfaction and their degree of satisfaction with specific or global aspects of their life, in which states predominate. positive moods.
Díaz Llanes ( 2001 ) considers that subjective well-being can be defined as the evaluation that people make of their lives, and includes a cognitive dimension (which refers to satisfaction with life as a whole or for specific areas such as marriage, work, etc.), and another affective (related to the frequency and intensity of positive and negative emotions), which through a complex interaction generate in the individual perceptions that cover a spectrum of experiences that goes from agony to ecstasy.
A subject is said to possess high subjective well-being if he expresses satisfaction with his life and frequent positive emotions, and only infrequently, negative emotions.
Dimensions for the operationalization of subjective well-being
- Self-acceptance: It is the criterion most used to define well-being, and it is conceptualized as the central figure of mental health, as a characteristic of maturity, personal fulfillment and optimal functioning.
- Positive relationships with others: The importance of warmth and trust in interpersonal relationships, as well as the ability to love, are seen as one of the main components of mental health, while being a criterion of maturity.
- Autonomy: Emphasizes self-determination, independence, and regulation of behavior.
- Mastery of the environment: The ability to choose or create environments according to one’s physical conditions is defined as a characteristic of mental health. It implies the ability to manipulate and control complex environments or environments with the participation of the environment.
- Purpose in life: Emphasizes the understanding of a purpose or meaning of life, a sense of direction or intentionality. Who functions positively has goals, intentions, and a sense of direction.
- Personal growth: Optimal psychological functioning requires not only developing the above characteristics, but also continuing to develop your own potential, growing, and expanding as a person.
Ryff ( 1989 ) on the concept of well-being points out that at least self-acceptance, self- esteem and purpose in life have to do with many of the symptoms commonly associated with depression, as well as the mastery of the environment and positive relationships with the others are related to the concept of perceived social support.
For Guillermo Díaz Llanes ( 2001 ) the determinants of subjective well-being are the result of the systemic activity of various synergetic objects, such as the macro-environment, with its economic, legal, and socio-demographic subsystems; also the micro-environment, which includes subsystems such as the family , the school, work, health, recreation , cultural , reference groups and the individual, which regulates through personality, the influences of biology and aforementioned systems.