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EUDAIMONIA Flashcards

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where well-being is construed as an ongoing, dynamic process (rather than a fixed state) of flourishing, personal growth, self-actualization or self-transcendence by means of engagement in an activity which utilizes one’s resources and is subjectively meaningful.

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eudaimonic paradigm

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is fulfilling or realizing one’s daimon or true nature.

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Eudaimonism

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A related concept yet empirically distinct to SWB is PWB.

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Psychological Wellbeing (PWB)

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According to Ryff and Keyes (1995) and Ryff and Singer (2006) the concept of PWB consists of six components

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Self-acceptance
Personal growth
Purpose in life
Positive relations with others
Environmental mastery
Autonomy

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AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS (3)

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PLEASANT LIFE, GOOD LIFE, MEANINGFUL LIFE

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Three basic psychological needs which must be met to attain psychological wellbeing.

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AUTONOMY, COMPETENCE, RELATEDNESS

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It is the tendency to self-regulate one’s behavior in accordance with personal volition (rather than external control).

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Autonomy

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It is the tendency to be interested and open, to seek learning/mastery opportunities (promote acquisition of new skills).

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COMPETENCE

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It is the tendency to feel connection and caring with group members (it promotes group cohesion and mutual protection).

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RELATEDNESS

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three more candidate basic needs that must be met for psychological well-being although they argue that there is not yet sufficient evidence for their inclusion.

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Meaning, or making sense of one’s life,

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appears as a basic need already in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs yet not recognized as one of the basic psychological needs because this need only appears when a person is threatened or made to feel insecure in any other way.

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SAFETY/SECURITY

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identifying one’s unique virtues and strengths of character, developing them, and then using them in the service of the greater good, particularly the welfare of humankind.

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EUDAIMONIA

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it’s a safety need of the self, a need to feel worth while.

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SELF ESTEEM

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is ‘the intense experiential involvement in moment-to-moment activity, which can be either physical or mental.

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FLOW

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This means that the activity must have rules and a clear outline in order to help orient the person doing it.

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Structured activity with clear goals and immediate feedback.

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This means that if the challenge is too far above our current skill level, then this will produce anxiety. If it is too low, it will produce boredom.

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Balance of challenges versus skills.

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The activity must initiate a complete merger of the activity and all consciousness.

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Complete concentration (merging of action and awareness).

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This stems from the activity’s ability to allow us to lose self-consciousness, thereby gaining a sense of control over what we are doing.

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SENSE OF CONTROL

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This element is the unique experience of where time speeds up, and before you know it, you’ve been engaging in the activity for hours when it felt like minutes.

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TRANSFORMATION OF TIME

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This component refers to the activity’s ability to make you want to do it all over again.

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Activity for the sake of activity

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You enjoy life and appear to be intrinsically led in your daily endeavors.

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PERSONALITY

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The activities in which we are most likely to experience flow are:

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sports and activity, dance participation, creative arts, sex, socializing, studying, listening to music, reading and paradoxically working.

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BENEFITS OF FLOW

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increased positive emotions ,higher grades, levels of commitment and achievement in education ,greater engagement and leadership development

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search for meaning and purpose is…. than the search for happiness (Wong, 2009).

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MORE RELEVANT

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Viktor Frankl’s concept of ‘will to meaning’ proposed three benefits of living a meaningful life, including

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creative, experiential and attitudinal value

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Since Frankl’s contribution, researchers have identified seven major sources of meaning, found cross-culturally, including

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achievement, acceptance, relationship, intimacy, religion, self-transcendence and fairness

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McGregor and Little (1998) concluded that the concept of wellbeing should be regarded as consisting of two elements

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HAPPINESS AND MEANING

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focuses on ‘human existence and the human drama of survival and flourishing’ (Wong, 2009: 361).

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EXISTENCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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THREE TYPES OF MATURE HAPPINESS

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AUTHENTIC, EUDAIMONIC, CHAIRONIC

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comes from being an authentic individual)

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AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS

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comes from doing virtuous deeds

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EUDAIMONIC HAPPINESS

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a spiritual gift of happiness that is bestowed; it is independent of our abilities and circumstances especially within sufferin

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CHAIRONIC HAPPINESS

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The most feared concept in human existence, yet is a potential avenue for growth and development.

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DEATH

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Posits that death can have either a negative or positive effect on us, depending on how we view it.

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MEANING MANAGEMENT THEORY

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By embracing …., we can live more authentically, there by enhancing the likelihood of self-actualization.

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DEATH

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when one accepts that death is a part of life and attempts to live life to the fullest.

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NEUTRAL DEATH ACCEPTANCE

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when one accepts that there is a an afterlife that will be pleasurable.

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APPROACH ACCEPTANCE

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which perceives death as the preferable option to a miserable life.

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ESCAPE ACCEPTANCE

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P…

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PURPOSE AND LIFE GOALS

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UNDERSTANDING THE DEMANDS OF EACH SITUATION AND LIFE AS A WHOLE

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R

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RESPONSIBLE ACTIONS AND REACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PURPOSE AND UNDERSTANDING

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EVALUATION OF YOUR LIFE IN ORDER TO ENSURE AUTHENTICITY AND EFFICACY

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