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Joy! Joy! Joy! Down in my Heart
The Science of Well-Being
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Quality of Life ASSESSMENT
Paper and Pencil Exercise ( Identify Top 3 Conceptual Domains Material and Physical Well-Being Relationship with Other People Social, Community, and Civic Activities Personal Development & Fulfillment Recreation
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Four Constituents of Well-Being
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On Well-Being “Feeling Good and Functioning Well”
Balance between Positive Emotions & Negative Emotions More than the absence of “ill-being” Combination of Hedonic (Pleasure) Eudemonic (Pursuit of the Greater Good) “Authentic Happiness” or “Real Happiness” Deep and abiding and not transitory or fleeing Huppert, 2013
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Well-Being as Positive Mental Health
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Spectrum of Mental Health
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Positive Relationships
FLOURISHING Competence Emotional Stability Engagement Meaning Optimism Positive Emotion Positive Relationships Resilience Self-esteem, and Vitality
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Drivers of Well-Being Material & Living Conditions
Employment and Work-Related Factors Health Education Social Relationships Huppert, 2013
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Drivers of Well-Being Governance and Basic Rights
Natural and Living Environments Personal Characteristics Population-Level Variables Others: Genetics Predisposition & Individual Attitudes & Behaviors Huppert, 2013
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Drivers of Well-Being Governance and Basic Rights
Natural and Living Environments Personal Characteristics Population-Level Variables Others: Genetics Predisposition & Individual Attitudes & Behaviors Huppert, 2013
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Interventions to Enhance Well-Being
Individual-Level Interventions Early Stages Contextual Domains Organizational-Level Interventions Workplace Interventions Social Policies Huppert, 2013
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Human Flourishing Biblical Views
Shalom (Isa 9:5-6; 32:15-20): “Peace to you,” “state of being peaceful,” (non- conflictual relationship with God and others), “over all well-being” (completeness in all ways), integral to God’s saving work and intentions for us. Ashre (Psa 1 & 2). “Blessed/Happy/Flourishing are all who take refuge in him,” “wise living…cultivation of character traits that build health communities” Makarios (Matt 5:3-12). “The Beatitudes-” state of true God-centered human flourishing Pennington, 2015
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Human Flourishing Augustine: Flourishing and Happiness centered on God—the Source of everything Good, True, & Beautiful. The Golden Rule Modernity: Anthropocentric: Love of Others Post-Modernity/Contemporary: Experiential Satisfaction Pennington, 2015
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