Wellbeing

Wellbeing

a state of happiness and contentment with positive mental and physical health, a good quality of life and low levels of distress

subjective wellbeing

peoples cognitive and affective evaluations of their lives, the frequency of positive affect and level of negative affect and the cognitive evaluations of life satisfaction

affect

the experience and outward expression of emotion

affective balance

the balance between positive and negative emotions that an individual experiences in daily life (ratio is relation to mood and emotional states of individual)

life satisfaction

how satisfied an individual is with their life as a whole, is a cognitive judgemental evaluation of ones life circumstances and experiences (based on work, relationships and health)

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being

is a theoretically grounded instrument that focuses on measuring multiple facets of psycholoigcal well-being