Journal article
All things being equal: do personal resources contribute equally to well-being and mental health?
Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol.4(1), pp.89-101
2013
Abstract
The separate and relative contributions of personal resources to well-being and mental health were examined in a convenience sample of full-time employees. Optimism, self-efficacy and humour as a coping style were each strongly associated with greater life satisfaction and psychological well-being and reduced symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. However, the effect of humour was mediated by optimism and self-efficacy in the regression analyses, except for depression. Further analysis found that those with more severe symptoms still endorsed using humour without seeming to benefit from its use for coping. Therapists could therefore encourage and nurture positive affect associated with humour in addition to reinforcing self-confidence and positive cognitions, to foster and support the development and maintenance of good psychological health
Details
- Title
- All things being equal: do personal resources contribute equally to well-being and mental health?
- Authors
- Prudence M Millear (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol.4(1), pp.89-101
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1080/21507686.2013.778305
- ISSN
- 2150-7686
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448776702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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