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Objectives: the objective of the research was to explore some psychological correlates of emotional and personal well-being. Design: a quasi-experimental study was conducted. The correlation analysis (by Spearman) was applied to the data obtained. Methods: the “Self-assessment of Emotional and Personal Well-being” (SEPWB) research tool (Glotova, Karapetyan, 2009) were offered to adults. The participants had to assess themselves on a seven-point scale, using the following parameters: “happy”, “lucky”, “optimist” (positive emotional component А); “successful”, “competent”, “reliable” (positive personal component B); “pessimistic”, “unhappy”, “envious” (negative component C). The results for each of the nine parameters were analysed and the general index of SEPWB (А+B-C) was calculated. The following research tools were also used: the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI-F; EI scale; the high scores on the EI scale mean the introversion, and the low scores mean the extraversion); the Rogers-Diamond Test of Social-Psychological Adaptation (SPA). Results: The correlation (n=857) of the general index of SEPWB (A+В-С) with the continuous “extroversion-introversion” (EI) scale of the MBTI-F, is statistically significant (r = -0.280; p < 0.001). All of the six positive parameters of the SEPWB showed negative correlation (p≤0,001) with the EI scale, i.e. with introversion. The negative parameters, on the contrary, had shown positive correlation with introversion. These results correspond to the results obtained using other constructs of well-being and other research tools (Schmutte, Ryff, 1997; Keyes, Shmotkin, Ryff, 2002). Multiple correlations (by Spearman) were revealed (n = 1201) between the nine parameters and the general index of “Self-Assessment of Emotional and Personal Well-being” tool and the integral indicators of the Rogers-Diamond Test SPA. The results showed the positive parameters and the general index of self-assessment of emotional and personal well-being as positively correlated with the six integral indicators of the SPA, while the negative parameters of emotional and personal well-being correlated negatively with the six integral indicators of the SPA. Conclusion: people with high scores of the positive parameters and the general index of self-assessment of emotional and personal well-being are characterized by extraversion, high scores of adaptation, self-acceptance, and acceptance of others, emotional comfort, internality, need to dominate.