Changing Concepts of Well Being

Running head: CHANGING CONCEPTS OF WELL BEING
Changing Concepts of Well Being
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Well- being is a condition of the individuals or a group, that entails upon the
experiences of life, health, prosperity and happiness. Well- being refers to a high life
satisfaction and having a sound mental health. It is a feeling of happiness and finding the
meaning of life and understanding the purposes of life (Huppert. 2014). In a more general
term, it is the feeling of happiness and being at peace and also a positive feeling. Researchers
have included many approaches to the concept of well-being. There are the concepts of
physical and emotional well- being, social and economic well- being, psychological well-
being and the mental well- being. However, the mental well-being is seen to be including all
the other aspects into its approach and is given the most importance (Atkinson, Fuller and
Painter. 2016). According to the World Health Organization, well- being of mental health
refers to the understanding of the human beings of their own potential and their capability to
cope with the stresses of their daily life and the contribution a person can make towards his or
her community and the productivity of an individual (Clift and Camic. 2016). According to
the organization, well- being of the physical and mental health contributes to the other
achievements a person can make in his or her life. In the following essay a detailed analysis
will be done on the well- being of the student and the changes that have been perceived in the
modern times as viewed among the students of London.
However, questions can and have arose for the importance of Wellness. It is seen that
for the maintenance of a quality life, with high satisfactions, it is an absolute need to achieve
an optimal level of well- being. Wellness is essentially an emotional feeling. Therefore, the
emotional imbalance in one’s life, can influence the other aspects of the person’s life along
with influencing upon the wellness. More importantly, well- being is dynamic in its character.
Therefore, the concept and level and the factors of well- being are continuously in the process
of change (LaPlaca, McNaught and Kinght. 2013). Therefore, to maintain the wellness, one
must be positive and accepting about the changes and manage the same in a positive manner.

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Well- being also helps in reducing the stress and illness and enables one to involve in positive
interactions.
Well- being is a subjective concept, and each person has their personal definition and
opinion of the concept thus, making it an abstract concept. Therefore, measuring the well-
being is a little difficult. However, the researchers have found ways to measure well- being
and from an objective perspective and through the usage of Self- Report. A self-report is a set
of questionnaires that is filled from the perspectives of the individuals, and includes both
subjective and objective approaches, and these are further, evaluated and compared and
generalized, in order to fit the purposes of the public policies (Fisher. 2014). There are some
prosperity instruments accessible that measure self-revealed prosperity in various ways,
contingent upon whether one gauges prosperity as a clinical result, a populace well- being
result, for cost-viability examines, or for other purposes. Utility measures are based with
respect to an individual or gathering's inclination for a specific groups. Friend reports,
observational strategies, physiological techniques, experience inspecting strategies,
environmental fleeting appraisal, and different strategies are utilized by analysts to quantify
various parts of prosperity (Fisher. 2014).
Survey Questionnaires/questions
National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES)
 General Well-Being Schedule
(1971–1975).
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)  Quality of Well-being Scale.
 Global life satisfaction.
 Satisfaction with emotional and
social support.
 Feeling happy in the past 30 days.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS)
 Global life satisfaction.
 Satisfaction with emotional and

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social support.
Porter Novelli Healthstyles Survey  Satisfaction with Life Scale.
 Meaning in life.
 Autonomy, competence, and
relatedness.
 Overall and domain specific life
satisfaction.
 Overall happiness.
 Positive and Negative Affect Scale.
Student Well- being:
The development of student well- being and mental health is the fundamental
approach of the educational systems and the health care programs. It is recognized that the
well- being of the students is essential for their growth and prosperity in the educational field
and professional field and contributes to the growth of the children. Therefore, the success of
a student depends vastly and is greatly influenced by their well- being. Also, it is observed
that the well- being of the student, both physical and mental, influences the cognition level of
the students. It is believed that a stressful mind is not productive at all (Fletcher and Sarkar.
2013). This is much true, especially on the parts if the students. Since, the students, specially
the adolescents have a growing mind and the imaginative skill presented among them is quite
strong, therefore, it must be ensured that the students are provided with much time to grow
and cognize the thoughts that they are provided with, and further putting them into correct
applications.
 The concept of well- being is stable and resilient in its approach and includes a
holistic approach for the growth of the characters of the students and includes the
following measures.
 the improvement of open, legit and strong connections.