A qualitative study of daily activities that inform a process-based model of well-being among Singaporean adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individual appraisals of personal well-being consider a spectrum of constructs including the reflections on the degree to which one's life is ultimately secure, meaningful, or valued in the context of dynamic changes in their bio-psycho-social environments. Standardized questionnaires for well-being evaluate an ideal state of health which is operationally defined by abstract constructs. Patient reports describe well-being as a more dynamic construct that relates to how they adapt to successive changes in their life situations. While response shift theory addresses this dynamic nature, little is known about how personal well-being is pursued as personal aspirations evolve. In this study, we identify regularly practiced goal-directed activities reported to contribute to th

SUBMITTER: Hashim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831003 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature