>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
TODAY BETTER HAVING AN ANNUAL
MEETING OF OUR EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING HIGH PRIORITY
RESEARCH NETWORK.
THE NATIONAL CENTER OF GATHER
WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT THE OFFICE OF THE
PROCEDURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
RESEARCH AND THE OFFICE OF THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH.
RESEARCH NETWORKS AND ADVANCE
RESEARCH ON EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL -- THESE
NETWORK SUPPORT A RANGE OF
ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH
NETWORK MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
AND AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH
ON EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
TODAY IS OUR ANNUAL MEETING WITH
APPROXIMATE OF US AND WE ARE
VERY PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY
BY Dr. TYLER VANDERWEELE WHO
IS GETTING OUR KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
Dr. TYLER VANDERWEELE IS A
PROFESSOR OF THE AK DEEMOLOGY
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF OF
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIO SEQUENCING
AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC-HEALTH AND IS THE
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN FLOURISHING
PROGRAM AND CO DIRECTOR OF THE
INITIATIVE ON HEALTH
SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION AT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
HE IS A CURABLE PSYCHIATRIC AND
SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THE
STUDY OF RELIGION AND HEALTH.
HE WILL BE PRESENTING ON
FLOURISHING AND EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO TYLER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>>THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE BEING
WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
I WILL PRESENT ON FLOURISHING
AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
I'LL SPEND THE FIRST HALF OF THE
TALK DISCUSSING THIS BROADER
NOTION OF FLOURISH FLOURISH FLOE
OF OUR WORK AT THE FLOURISHING
PROGRAM AND RESEARCH EFFORTS ON
FLOURISHING AND THE SECOND HALF
OF THE TALK, I WILL MOVE TOWARDS
TRYING TO SITUATE THE NOTION OF
HE MOTIONAL THAT BROADER CONCEPT
OF FLOURISHING AND SO WE WILL
OFFER REMARKS IN THAT REGARD.
AND THEN I'LL PRESENT A LITTLE
BIT OF OUR OWN EMPIRICAL
RESEARCH ON EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING.
NOT SO MUCH AS KIND OF A
FUNDAMENTAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING BUT MORE OF
AN ILLUSTRATIVE FASHION TO RAISE
QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO WHAT
TYPES OF RESEARCH PURSUITS ON
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING MIGHT WE
EXPLORE.
AND THEN I'LL LEAD INTO FINAL
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND OPEN
QUESTIONS IN THIS AREA IN THE
MATERIAL I'LL BE PRESENTING
TODAY CAN BE FOUND IN THESE
PAPERS HERE OR THE HUMAN FLOOR
FLOURISHING PROGRAM WEBSITE.
I'LL BEGIN WITH FLOURISHING AND
I WANT TO DISCLAIM, I DON'T VIEW
MYSELF AS A AN EXPERT ON THE
TOPIC OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
IT'S CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT AND
I'LL OFFER AGAIN ON 29th HALF
OF SOME OWN REFLECTIONS AND OUR
OWN RESEARCH AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO Q&A AND LEARN FROM YOU AS
WELL.
WITH REGARD TO FLOURISHING, MANY
OF OUR INSTITUTIONS AND AK A 'EM
DACADEMICDIS PLANS.
THE HEALTH DEFINITION FROM 1984
IS STILL IN PLACE -- SORRY, 1948
IS THAT HEALTH IS A STATE OF
COMPLETE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AND
SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND NOT THE
ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR TAKING
THIS INTO ACCOUNT AUTOMATIC
ASPECTS OF THE AGENT'S
PREFERENCE AND SOMETIMES DEFINED
AS THE SIGN TIVE I CAN AND
COMMUNITIES THRIVE SO IN THIS
GRANDS VISIONS OF WHAT WE'RE
AFTER WITH RESPECT TO
FLOURISHING AND SOME SENSE OF
THINK THIS IS AN OVERARCHING
CONCEPT BUT MANY OF OUR
DISCUSSIONS AND STUDIES ARE
RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC DISEASE
STATES AND FEELING HAPPIER OR
INCOME FOR EXAMPLE SO WHAT IS
FLOOR ISSUING.
IF WE TURN TO OUR DICTIONARY THE
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY TO
GROW OR DEVELOP IN A HEALTHY AND
VIGOROUS WAY.
TO DO OR FAREWELL.
THE IT IS LATIN TO BLOOM
BLOSSOM, FLOWER.
IT'S A WORD USED TO TRANSLATE
HAPPINESS AR AS TO THEEL
EUDAIMONIA.
FLOURISHING OR COMPLETE COM
REHELPS I HAVE HUMAN WELL-BEING
AND LIVING IN A STATE WHERE ALL
ASPECTS OF A PERSON'S LIFE ARE
GOOD.
SO VERY BROAD AND ALL
ENCOMPASSING AND WE MOVE TOWARDS
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
ALSO, BUT THIS BROADER CONCEPT
OF FLOURISHING IS ARGUABLY WHAT
WE'RE AFTER AND WHAT WE'RE SEC S
A SOCIETY.
THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS
CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND MEASURES
OF A FLOURISHING PUT FORWARD OR
WELL-BEING.
LOGICAL WELL-BEING.
MANY OF I ARE FROM THE POSITIVE
PSYCHOLOGY LITERATURE AND MANY
ARE USEFUL FOR NUMEROUS
POTENTIAL RESEARCH AND ENDEAVOR
AND TO EVALUATE WELL-BEING IN
THE POPULATION.
BUT BECAUSE MANY OF THESE HAVE
ARISEN FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY
LITERATURE, AB SEPTEMBER FROM
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE
NOTION OF PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WE
REALLY FULLY FLOURISHING IF
WE'RE NOT PHYSICALLY HEALTHY IF
WE'RE TERRIBLY ILL OR BEDRIDDEN.
OFTEN, MISSING FOR MANY, THOUGH
NOT ALL, ARE ANY NOTION OF
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER STRENGTHS AND SORT OF
CONTRARY TO POST OF THE WESTERN
PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AND
RELIGIOUS CULTURAL TRADITIONS
WORLDWIDE.
WITH A CONCEPT SO BROAD WE MIGHT
WONDER IF IT'S NEVER POSSIBLE TO
MEASURE FLOURISHING AND THE
UNDERSTANDINGS DIFFER ACROSS
CULTURES AND PHYSIFOCAL AND
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS CAN WE
REALLY EVER ACHIEVE ANY SORT
CONSENSUS.
ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S THE CASE
THAT WELL-DEVELOPED CONCEPTIONS
OF FLOURISHING WILL VARY BY
CULTURE AND TRADITION.
I THINK OF ANY REASONABLE COP
EXCEPTION OF FLOURISHING WOULD
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FIVE
DOMAINS OF HUMAN LIFE.
NOT THAT FLOURISH ASKIING IS REE
ABLE TO THESE FIVE BUT FOR ANY
REASONABLE CONCEPTION OF
FLOURISHING WHATEVER ELSE IT
MIGHT INCLUDE IT WOULD INCLUDE
THESE FIVE AS WELL.
AND THESE ARE HAPPINESS AND LIFE
SATISFACTION.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
MEANING AND PURPOSE.
CHARACTER AND VIRTUE.
AND CLOSE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
IT IT'S NOT THAT FLOURISH ASKINS
REDUE ABLE BUT IT WOULD CONSIST
THESE FIVE AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK LATER WITH
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, IT ISN'T
LIKE A UNIQUE WAY TO DIVIDE UP
THE SPACE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO FORM
THESE CATEGORIES AND I'LL RETURN
TO THAT COMMENT WHEN DISCUSSING
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
THIS IS THE NOT A UNIQUE LIST
BUT I DO THINK EACH OF THESE
THINGS IS PART OF WHAT WE MEAN
BY FLOURISHING AND I THINK EACH
OF THESE TYPE OF DOMAINS STAFFS
THE FOLLOWING TWO CRITERIA SO
IT'S MERELY UNIVERSITILY DESIRED
AND WE HAVE EMPIRICAL DATA ON
THIS NOW AS WELL.
AND EACH IS AN END IN ITS SELF
THAT SORT OF DESIRED FOR IT'S
OWN SAKE, IT'S NOT MERELY A
MEANS TO SOME OTHER END AND
THOSE TWO CRITERIA BEING AN END
MIGHT HELP SHAPE SOME CONSENSUS
AROUND WHAT TO MEASURE.
SO, FOR A VERY BRIEF CRUDE
MEASURE OF FLOURISHING, AND
AGAIN, FOR MANY PURPOSES ONE
WOULD WANT, SOMETHING MORE WOULD
COMPREHENSIVE THAN WHAT I'M
GOING TO BE PROPOSING HERE, BUT
FOR A VERY CRUDE MEASURE OF
FLOURISHING ONE THAT COULD BE
FOR EXAMPLE EMBEDDED IN COHORT
STUDIES OR SURVEYS, WE'VE TAKEN
TWO QUESTIONS AND EACH OF THESE
FIVE DOMAIN QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED A FAIR BIT OF IMPERIAL
VALIDATION IN THE LITERATURE AND
ARE WIDELY USED, THE ONLY SORT
OF QUESTIONS WHICH WERE NEWLY
PROPOSED WERE THE CHARACTER,
DOMAIN AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF
GOOD WORK DONE ON CHARACTER
ASSESSMENTS.
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS A LOT
REQUIRE A LARGE SET OF ITEMS TO
ASSESS A SINGLE CHARACTER LIKE
COURAGE.
THERE'S BEEN MUCH LESS DONE ON
MORE GLOBAL ASSESSMENTS SO WE
WORKED WITH -- PULLING TWO
QUESTIONS OF CARDINAL VIRTUES
AND A FOUNDATION OF THE MORAL
VIRTUE AND PRACTICAL WISDOM OR
PRUDENCE, JUSTICE, FORTITUDE OR
COURAGE AND MODERATION OR
TEMPERANCE SO THE 10 QUESTIONS
WE'VE BEEN USING IN A LOT OF OUR
OWN WORK, WE USED AND
UNSATISFIED 10 COMPLETELY
SATISFIED PERHAPS THE MOST
WIDELY USED WELL-BEING QUESTION
IN THE LITERATURE AND IT'S BEEN
USED BY THE OECD AND THE U.K.
ANNUAL SURVEY BY GAL AND
NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW STUDY
IN THE UNITED STATES AND SO WHY
WE USED SUPPLEMENTED WITH
ANOTHER QUESTION AND AND I'M
HAPPY.
SECOND DOMAIN.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
THESE ARE STANDARD SELF-REPORTED
HEALTH QUESTIONS TAKING FROM THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW
WOULD YOU RATE YOUR PHYSICAL
HEALTH AND YOUR OVER ALL MENTAL
HEALTH AS 0-10 AND THIRD DOMAIN,
MEANING AND PURPOSE.
OVER ALL TO WHAT EX AT THE
PRESENT TIME DO YOU FEEL THE
THINGS DO YOU IN YOUR LIFE ARE
WORTH WHILE?
THIS IS A WIDELY USED QUESTION.
THE ANNUAL SURVEY MANY COHORT
STUDIES AND EMPLOYED THIS
QUESTION AS WELL.
AND WE SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH AN
ITEM WHICH MORE COMING TO COGNI.
I UNDERSTAND MY PURPOSE IN LIFE
TO DISAGREE AND COMPLETELY
AGREE.
FOURTH DOMAIN, CHARACTER,
CHARACTER STRENGTHS, FIRST
QUESTIONS IN CRUDE WAY TO EVEN
IN ADULT AND CHALLENGES
SITUATION.
ZERO NOT AT ALL AND 10
COMPLETELY TRUE OF ME AND SECOND
QUESTION INTENDED AGAINEL I'M
ABLE TO GIVE UP HAPPINESS FOR
GREATER HAPPINESSs LATER AND
THE FIFTH DOMAIN, CLOSE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS.
THESE WERE TAKEN FROM THE U.K.
CAMPAIGN TO END LONELINESS
SURVEY OF SHORT MEASUREMENT
INSTRUMENT AND SOCIAL
CONNECTEDNESS.
I'M CONTEMPT WITH MY FRIENDSHIPS
AND RELATIONSHIPS.
DISAGREE TO 10 AGREE.
TIME TO GET A SENSE OF QUANTITY
OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND MY
RELATIONSHIPS ARE SATISFIED ZERO
TO 10 TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
QUALITY OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AS YOU WILL SEE SHORTLY, WE
TYPICALLY LOOK AT THESE DOMAINS
SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE DYNAMICS
CAN BE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE
DOMAINS.
BUT WE'LL SOMETIMES AVERT TO ALL
10 FOR AN OVER ALL CRUDE
ASSESSMENT OF FLOURISHING AND
BETWEEN 0-10 BUT THIS SHOULD BE
UNDERSTOOD AS NOTHING MORE THAN
AN AVERAGE OF THE THOSE FIVE
MORE MEANINGFUL DA MENSES.
WE SUPPLEMENT ON FINANCIAL AND
MATERIAL STABILITY AS IMPORTANT
MEANS TO THE SUSTAIN BUT THOSE
AND AND ZERO ALL THE TIME AND 10
NETWORK AT ALL AND HOW OFTEN DO
YOU WORRY ABOUT SAFETY FOOD AND
HOUSING AND SOMETIMES AVERAGE
ALL OF THESE TOGETHER AND FOR A
MORE SECURE MEASURE OF
FLOURISHING AND IT'S MORE
SATISFACTORY CONCEPTUALLY AND
IT'S MEANS RATHER THAN ENDS
THOUGH IMPORTANT MEANS BUT MORE
SATISFACTORY IN PRACTICE AND SO
FAR AS INDICATING FLOURISHING
OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING BUT I DO THINK
THIS MEASUREMENT ASSESSMENT OF
APPROACH IS ACTUALLY ALSO
HELPFUL FOR THE SIMPLY PURPOSES
OF SELF-REFLECTION AND TRYING TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING WELL IN
ONES' LIFE AND WHAT IS NOT.
WHERE ONE MIGHT WANTED TO MAKE
CHANGES OR TRY TO IMPROVE.
TRACKING OVER TIME.
SEE WHAT IS GET BERG AND WHAT IS
NOT AND WHAT IS GETTING WORSE.
I TRIED TO GO THROUGH THESE
QUESTIONS MYSELF AND I'M GETTING
A HANDLE AND SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK.
IT WAS EYE OPENING TO SEE AREAS
I NEED TO WORK ON.
I WANT HELP IN SOME AREAS.
IT'S CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH THE
QUESTIONS AROUND PURPOSE.
MISSING A GREAT EVERY PURPOSE.
I NEED TO REACH OUT AND HELP
MORE AND GIVE BACK.
SO AGAIN I THINK SORT OF
ASSESSMENT IN SOME SENSE CAN IN
FACT BE USED AS ASSERTIVE
INTERVENTION FOR SELF-AWARENESS
AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT PROMPT
CHANGE.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE
APPROACH CAN BE QUITE USEFUL IN
UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS TAKING
PLACE.
JUST PURELY DESCRIPTIVELY AND
THE CAUSES AND DETERMINE AND
I'LL COME TO VERY HELPFUL AND
SO, THIS IS DATA THAT IS ROUGHLY
AND POPULATION COLLECTED IN
JANUARY 2020 AND BEFORE THE WITH
W.H.O. DECLARATION OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND IN JUNE OF
2020 IN THE MIDST OF THE
PANDEMIC AND PRIOR TO THE
PANDEMIC, THE AVERAGE IN THESE
VARIOUS DOMAINS, UNITED STATES
WAS ABOUT SEVEN, ACROSS THE
DOMAINS EXCEPT FOR FINANCIAL AND
WHICH WAS LOWER AND AND AND I
WAS AND SOME OF THESE DOUGH
MINUTES ARE EFFECTED MORE THAT
BE OTHERS AND SO HAPPINESS IS
LIFE SATISFACTION AND 7/10 OF A
POINT PROBABLY NOT SO PRICING
AND MEMBER AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
AND NO SURPRISE THERE AND
FINANCIAL MATERIAL STABILITY
WENT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.
AND JUNE OF 2020 WAS THE HEIGHT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE PURPOSE WENT DOWN SOMEWHAT
AND CHARACTER ASSESS ISMENTS
WERE PRETTY MUCH LEVEL.
SOMEWHAT SURPRISINGLY THAT
DOMAIN CLOSE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS WENT DOWN AND IT'S
SURPRISING AND THIS WAS
CORROBORATED BY OTHER STUDIES
THAT INDICATED THAT LONELINESS
HAD GONE UP FOR EXAMPLE A BIT
BUT LESS THAN ONE WOULD HAVE
ANTICIPATED AND IT'S SERIOUS AND
FAR ROACHING SOCIAL AND
COMMUNITY RESTRICTIONS AND THEY
WERE LIVING WITH IS RELATIVE THE
ROOM OR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT
WERE EVIDENCE THAT CHILDREN'S
ARE CLOSER TO THEIR FATHER
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND SO IN
ANY CASE, IT CAN GIVE A CENSUS
TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AND
IMPORTANTLY, THE MEANS DO DIS
DICE HIGHLY VARIABILITIES IN
THESE REPORTS OF FLOURISHING
INCREASES ACROSS ALL OF THESE
DOMAINS DURING THE PANDEMIC SO
FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE
HOME FOR OTHERS THIS WAS REALLY
A TIME OF THOSE LIVING ALONE.
THE ANALYSIS CAN HELP
DESCRIPTIVELY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
TAKING PLACE?
HOW ARE THINGS CHANGING?
SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO COLLECT
THIS DATA ANNUALLY AND BY
JANUARY OF 2022, THE AVERAGES
HAD FOR THE UNITED STATES HAD
ROUGHLY RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC
LEVELS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THOSE AVERAGES,
KIND OF THE DISGUISE OF
VARIABILITIES IN EXPERIENCE AND
IN JANUARY, AS OF JANUARY 2022,
A NEW PATTERN HAD EMERGED AND IT
BEGAN DURING THE -- PRIOR TO THE
PANDEMIC BUT AS OF JANUARY 2022
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SAW ALL
OF THESE DIMENSIONS AND IN FACT
INCREASING IN AGE.
YOUNG PEOPLE WERE NOT DOING WELL
AND THIS WAS A BIT SURPRISING
BECAUSE THE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS
OF WELL-BEING AND AGE HAD
SUGGESTED A NEW SHAPE WHERE AND
YOUNGER OR OLDER AND THEY'RE
STRUGGLING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
AND AGING PARENTS AND CAREER
CHALLENGES WERE SOMEWHAT LOWER
BUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED OVER TIME,
AND THIS BEGAN PRIOR TO THE AND
VERY EXACERBATED IT STARTED
FLATTENING AND AGAIN, BY JANUARY
OF 2022, EACH OF THESE
DIMENSIONS WAS INCREASING WITH
AGE SO I THINK THIS IS REAL
CAUSE FOR CONCERN, WHAT IS
TAKING PLACE HERE, HOW ARE WE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS AND HOW ARE WE
DO ADDRESS THIS?
HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE WELL-BEING
OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S REAL
VALUE IN THE DESCRIPTIVE
REPORTING OF THIS FLOURISHING OR
WELL-BEING DATA.
SO WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SETTINGS,
THERE'S WORKPLACE SETTINGS,
EMPLOYEES AND FACTORY WORKERS IN
MEXICO, PO POLAND, SRI LANKA,
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND CLINICAL
SETTINGS AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES
SO I HAVEN'T YET CONVINCED
HARVARD TO DO THIS.
SOME DISCUSSIONS NOW WITH THE
STUDENT WELL-BEING GROUPS HERE
IN VARIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOLS,
COMMUNITIES EMBEDDED IN COHORT
STUDIES AND NURSES HEALTH STUDY
1, 2 AND 3 AND STUDY IN THE U.K.
AND JAPANESE AGING AND
EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES EMPLOYING
THESE AS WELL.
BIG GLOBAL FLOURISHING STUDY
THAT I'LL BE MENTIONING SHORTLY.
SORT OF TO TRY TO BOTH
UNDERSTAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF
FLOURISHING OF WELL-BEING AND
ALSO OVER TIME, TO TRY TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE DETERMINANTS AS
WELL OF FLOURISHING WHEN WE'RE
COLLECTING DATA.
THE TEMPERATURE MATERIAL DOMAIN
IS RANKED THE LOWEST.
IT'S NOT THE CASE IN ALL SAMPLES
AND IT WASN'T THE BASED IN
SAMPLES IN DENMARK AND IN MANY
SETTINGS IT'S THE LOWEST
INCLUDING IN THE UNITED STATES.
THOSE MEANS ARE REALLY CRITICAL
IN THE NEED ADDRESSING.
ANOTHER PATTERN WE'VE OBSERVED
GENERALLY IS THAT SOCIAL
CONNECTEDNESS IS TYPICALLY
RANKED HIGHER AND ANY OTHER
SETTING THAN THE UNITED STATES
SO THIS IS LIKEWISE CAUSE FOR
PERHAPS WE'RE NOT INVESTING
ENOUGH IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT
SEEMS TO BE THE CASE IN MUCH OF
THE WEST AND MANY OF THESE
DIMENSIONS ARE INCREASING NOW IN
AGE CONTRARY TO PRIOR PATTERNS
AND RESEARCH AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF THE WORLD
IT'S NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE --
MEANS AND PURPOSE IS HIGHER IN
WORLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THAN
RICHER DEVELOP COUNCIL TREES AND
THIS IS ALSO IS INTERESTING AND
CAUSE FOR RAISES QUESTIONS HOW
WE CAN GO ABOUT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND THINKS WAYS THAD
WELL-BEING BETTER WE'RE
LAUNCHING HALF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION WITH NATIONALLY
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING IN EACH
COUNTRY AND WE'LL FOLLOW THIS
SAME GROUP OF ABOUT 200,000
INDIVIDUALS ONCE A YEAR FOR FIVE
YEARS TO TRY TO AGAIN STUDY THE
SORT OF DISTRIBUTION AND
DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN
WELL-BEING.
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.
THE DATA COLLECTION 80 OR 90,000
INDIVIDUALS HAVE GOT DATA NOW
AND IT'S A MUCH BROADER RANGE
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL SOCIAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, PERSONALITIES,
POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, FAMILY
DETERMINANTS OF WELL-BEING.
THIS WILL BE AN OPEN ACCESS DATA
RESOURCE HOSTED BY THE CENTER
FOR OPEN SCIENCE SO ANYONE WILL
MAKE USE OF THIS TO TRY TO HAVE
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
FLOURISHING.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE
BEEN DO YOU GO ON FLOURISHING
AND UNDERSTANDING OF FLOURISHING
AND I WANT TO SHIFT TO EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING WITH THE LANDSCAPE AT
LEAST HOW I BEST UNDERSTAND IT
AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ALL OF
YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
AND I'M GOING THROUGH A FIRST
PROPOSED DEFINITIONS OF THE
VARIOUS CON INSTRUC CONSTRUCT OT
DRAW.
IN A LOT OF THE WORK I AND
OTHERS ARE DOING, KINDS OF
FLOURISHING AND HUMAN WELL-BEING
ARE COMPLETE HUMAN WELL-BEING
ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY AND I
WILL TYPICALLY DO SO AND
ORDINARY SPEECH AND I THINK IF
ONE WERE TO TRY TO DRAW
DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO
PICKING UP ON NUANCES OF
CONNOTATION, WHAT I WOULD
PROPOSE IS AS FOLLOWS -- THE NOT
GENERAL DEFINITION WE'VE BEEN
USING FOR FLOURISHING IS SORT OF
THE RELATIVE ATTAINMENT OF A
STATE OF ALL ASPECTS OF A
PERSON'S LIFE ARE GOOD.
VERY BROAD AND ALL ENCOMPASSING.
IF I DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN
FLOUR SHALLING AND WELL-BEING I
WOULD BE THE RELATIVE A SANEMENT
OF A STATE IN WHICH ALL ASPECTS
OF A PERSON'S LIFE ARE GOOD.
INCLUDING THE CONTEXTS IN WHICH
THAT PERSON LIVES AND THE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THAT PERSON
LIVES.
SO THE COMMUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT
AS WELL AND THE COMMUNITY OR THE
ENVIRONMENT IS DOING IS PART OF
THAT AND THERE'S A CONSTANCE
WITH THAT PERSON'S FLOURISHING
AND ONE MIGHT CONTRAST THAT WITH
INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING WHICH ONE
MIGHT DEFINE AS THE RELATIVE
STATEMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF A
GOOD AS THEY PERTAIN TO THAT
INDIVIDUAL.
HOW IS THAT INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE
TURNING OUT?
SO, SOMEONE WHO IS DOING PRETTY
WELL, OVER ALL, THEY'RE NOT
FLOURISHING BECAUSE THE
COMMUNITY AROUND THEM IS NOT
DOING WELL SO I INCLUDE THAT
INDIVIDUAL'S WHOLE COMMUNITY OF
ENVIRONMENT IN THIS BROADER
NOTION OF FLOURISHING AND IT'S
RESPECT TODAY THAT INDIVIDUAL.
THEN, STILL, I MEAN, INDIVIDUAL
WELL-BEING, I STILL THINK IT'S
ALL ENCOMPASSING CONSTRUCT,
HUMAN WELL-BEING IS -- EVEN IF
WE RESTRICT IT TO THE INDIVIDUAL
IT COVERS A LOT OF CONCEPTUAL
TERRITORY SO THEN WITHIN THAT I
WOULD PROPOSE MENTAL WELL-BEING
OR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IS A
SUBSET OF THE WHOLE OF SOMEONE'S
WELL-BEING THAT MIGHT DEFINE
MENTAL WELL-BEING WHERE ALL
ASPECTS OF A PERSON'S MENTAL
LIFE ARE GOOD.
SO IT STILL COVERS A LOT.
SORT OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BEING
AND HAVING MEANING AND PURPOSE
AND KNOWLEDGE AND THESE SORT OF
THINGS BUT IT DOESN'T COVER WHEN
PHYSICAL STATE THAT IS PART OF
HUMAN WELL-BEING AND I WOULD SIT
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, A REALLY
CENTRAL COMPONENT BUT NOT THE
WHOLE OF LIFE IS GOOD SO IT'S
INSERTING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL
AND INTO THAT RELATIVE STATEMENT
IT'S A SUBSET OF GENERAL HUMAN
WOMAN BEING AND FLOURISHING AND
AGAIN, I DO THINK THERE ARE
ASPECTS OF A PERSON'S MENTAL
LIFE THAT EXTEND BEYOND EMOTIONS
AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND
THINGS LIKE COGNITION OR MEMORY
OR COGNITIVE HAVING A SENSE OF
MEANING.
AND SORT OF THE PAPER WHERE WE
LAID OUT SOME OF THESE PROPOSED
DEFINITIONS, THIS WAS A
COMMENTARY ON A PAPER THAT CAME
OUT OF THE NIH WORKING GROUP ON
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS
HAVE EVOLVED BUT THE INITIATIVE
PUT FORWARD TO COMMENT ON WAS
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AS A MULTI
DIMENSIONAL DEPOSIT HOW POSITIVE
A INDIVIDUAL FEELS GENERALLY AND
ABOUT LIFE OVER ALL.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND
CRITICAL CONSTRUCT AND I THINK
IT ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF A
WELL-BEING AS A WHOLE AND THIS
IS EXHAUST OF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING?
THINGS LIKE REGULATION OF ONES'
EMOTIONS THERE OR A
PROPORTIONALITY OF ONES'
EMOTIONS TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
HOW ONE GOES ABOUT INTERPRETING
OTHER'S WORDS.
YOU MIGHT SAY IT IS BECAUSE IT'S
HOW ONE FEELS ABOUT ONCE'
CAPACITY TO REGULATE EMOTIONS
AND THEN ONE GETS TO QUESTIONS
OF IS IT RELEVANT TO HOW YOU
FEEL YOU ARE REGULATING YOUR
EMOTIONS OR IS THERE AN
OBJECTIVE STATE AND THERE ARE
SOME OF QUESTIONS I'LL COME BACK
TO AT VERY END.
WITH REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF AN
INDIVIDUAL EASY MOTIONAL LIFE
ARE GUIDE IT INCLUDES FEELING
POSITIVE ABOUT LIFE AND THE
EMOTIONS TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF SOMEONE IS HAPPY ABOUT EVEN
IF THE COP TEXT OF AN INJUSTICE
OR A NEGATIVE EVENT, MY MIND
WOULD SAY WELL, THEIR EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING IS NOT GREAT EVEN
THOUGH THEY FEEL HAPPY.
THE EMOTION NEEDS TO BE
PREPORTION AT TO WHAT IS TAKING
PLACE AND MAYBE WHAT IS TAKING
PLACE IS NOT GOOD.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT CLAIM
THESE THREE COMPONENTS ARE IN
ANYWAY EXHAUSTIVE BUT TO MY MIND
THEY'RE A PART OF IT.
NOT AS INDICATED ABOUT
FLOURISHING OR WELL-BEING,
THERE'S NOT A UNIQUE WAY TO
CARVE UP THAT SPACE AND I
PROPOSE ONE BUT THERE ARE A FEW
OTHERS AND I JUST THIS THERE'S
NEVER A COMPLETE CONSENSUS ON
WHAT THE COMPONENTS ARE,
OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE CONSTRUCT
ITSELF IS ALL ENCOMPASSING SO
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSING
SOMETHING AND THE CRITERIA USED
TO DIVIDE UP THE CATEGORIES CAN
DIFFER.
WITH REGARD TO THAT OTHER
CATEGORIZATION EMOTIONAL WOMAN
BEING, AS I'M CONSIDERING IT
HERE, INVOLVES I THINK THE
WHOLE, OF HAPPINESS AND LIFE
SATISFACTION, DOMAIN THAT I
PROPOSED BUT ASPECTS AS WELL OR
MAYBE THE WHOLE OF MENTAL HEALTH
AT LEAST IN THE NARROW SENSE OF
ABSENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND
ALSO ASPECTS OF CHARACTER WHICH
I THINK RELATE TO MOTION
REGULATION.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF
DIVIDING UP THE --[ NO AUDIO ]
THEY FELT ] -- THEY WANTED US TT
ASPECT OF MENTAL HEALTH INTO THE
HAPPINESS AND COMBINE IT WITH
THE HAPPINESS TO EMOTIONAL
HEALTH OR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
CATEGORY.
SO, OUR WORK WITH ETNA WE WENT
WITH THAT CLASSIFICATION AND SO
IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR
RESEARCHERS, ON PSYCHOSOCIAL
WELL-BEING, WHAT WE PUT FORWARD
IN THIS WORK WAS A DEFINITION OF
EMOTIONAL HEALTH BEING AS
FOLLOWS.
SORT OF BEING HAPPEN HE'S AND
SATISFIED WITH LIFE, HAVING GOOD
MENTAL HEALTH, AND BEING IN
CONTROL AND ABLE TO DEAL WITH
DIFFICULTY MOTIONS.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF BACK
AND FOURTH AND ONE COULD TAKE
ISSUE IN VARIOUS WAYS BUT THIS
WAS THE CONSTRUCT DEFINITION
THAT WE USED AND THAT WORK AND
THESE WERE THE SEVEN QUESTIONS
WE HAD EMPLOYED SO THERE'S GOING
TO BE A LOT MISSING HERE STILL.
IF ANY ASSESSMENT, THERE'S A LOT
MISSING BUT IN SOME OF THE WORK
I'LL BE DESCRIBING TO RAISE
FURTHER QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS
ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE
APPROACHING THIS RESEARCH TOPIC
OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, THESE
WERE THE SEVEN WE USED, HOW
SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH LIFE AS A
WHOLE THESE DAYS SO SIMILAR TO
THE STANDARD LIVES SESSION
QUESTION.
HOW HAPPY HAVE YOU FELT DURING
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS?
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT WE USED IN OUR FLOURISHING
MEASURE.
I EXPECT MORE GOOD THINGS IN MY
LIFE THAN BAD.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THEIR OVER
ALL MENTAL HEALTH?
ARE YOU DEPRESSED?
EVENTUALLY ZERO WOULD BE NOT AT
ALL DEPRESSED, 10 VERY DEPRESSED
SO AGAIN ULTIMATELY REVERSE
CODED AND LIKEWISE DO YOU HAVE
ANXIETY THAT KEEPS YOU FROM
DOING THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT
YOU NEED TO DO AND IN SPECIAL
SITUATIONS, I MANAGED MY
EMOTIONS I WILL STILL IN CONTROL
OF MYSELF IN ONE OF THE MOR
POPULAR ITEMS IN THE EMOTION
REGULATION.
LITERATURE SO WE USED THIS WORK
WITH ETNA ON EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING AND I THINK TOUCHING
ON EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
INCLUDING HAPPINESS AND
SATISFACTION AND FEELING GOOD
ABOUT ONES' LIFE OVER ALL.
ABSENCE OF ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION AND FEELING ONE HAS
GOOD MENTAL HEALTH, CAPACITY TO
REGULATE EMOTIONS.
SO THIS WAS PART OF A BROADER --
THIS WORK WASN'T FOCUSED ON
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IT WAS PART
OF A PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDING OF
PURPOSE, CHARACTER, FINANCIAL
HEALTH, THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH
DIMENSIONS DID HAVE GOOD
SEPARATION AND FACTOR ANALYSIS
FROM THE OTHER WELL-BEING
DOMAINS WHICH SIX OR SEVEN ITEMS
OF SEPARATION FROM PHYSICAL
HEALTH, MEANING CHARACTER,
FINANCIAL HEALTH, CONDUCT SEL
SELF-.87CRONBAC'S.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE WORK WE
DID ON USING THIS MEASURE AND
NOT BECAUSE IN ANYWAY I THINK
THERE'S A GREATER PERFECT
MEASURE OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING,
NOR AS A DISTINCT IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE AN OWE
MOTIONAL WELL-BEING TO GIVE A
SENSE OF TYPES OF ANALYSIS THAT
MIGHT BE HELPFUL WHEN THINKING
ABOUT THIS TOPIC OF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING.
WE HAVE SOME BASIC -- VERY
SLIGHTLY HIGHER BUT THIS IS LIKE
THE 20th OF A STANDARD
MEDIATION INCLUDING ZERO HERE.
IMPORTANTLY, THE MENTAL HEALTH
AND THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WELL-BEING
EMOTIONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT THE RATES OF ANXIETY
TEND TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
MEN.
WOMEN HAD HAD HIGHER SOCIAL
WELL-BEING AND HIGHER WELL-BEING
IS ASSESSED BY CHARACTER AND
HIGHER FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
THOSE WERE THE ONLY NOTABLE
GENDER DIFFERENCES.
WE DIDN'T FIND THAT MUCH HERE
WITH EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING BUT
I'M THINKING ABOUT GENDER AND
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND IT'S
IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS BEING
INCLUDED AND IT WAS HIGHER AND
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND WITH
THOSE WITH GRADUATE SCHOOL AND
ATTAINMENT, THOUGH, NOT
DEFINITIVE, SAMPLE OF ABOUT 1500
PARTICIPANTS.
SO NOT HUGE POWER IS A LITTLE
BIT LIMITED AND HERE AND SOME OF
WHAT WE OBSERVED DEMOGRAPHICALLY
IN THIS WORK WITH ETNA.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT LONGITUDINAL
ASSOCIATIONS THAT TRIED TO GET
SOME SENSE OF WHAT ARE THE
AFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENT
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS OF
WELL-BEING ON EACH OTHER.
AND SO THIS WAS USING TWO WAYS
OF DATA, SEPARATED ABOUT A YEAR,
LOOKING AT HOW EACH DOMAIN AND
IN THIS CASE I'LL PRESENT THE
CASE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALTH WAS
RELATED TO TWO A YEAR LATER,
EACH OF THE OTHER WELL-BEING
DOMAINS CONTROLLING FOR THOSE
SAME WELL MEANING DOMAINS TO
ADDRESS ISSUES OF REVERSE
CAUSATION AND ADJUSTING ALSO FOR
A NUMBER OF CO VARIANTS, GENDER,
AGE, RACE, MARITAL STAT US AND
PERSONS AND HOME OWNERSHIP AND
PARTICIPATION AND WORK HOURS AND
VOLUNTEERING, SALARY, WORK TYPE
AND NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN
DIAGNOSED HEALTH PROBLEMS.
IT'S OBSERVATIONAL DATA.
IT'S NOT RAM DOMMIZED TRIAL FOR
CAUSAL EFFECT BUT CONTROLLING
FOR A HOST OF CONFOUNDING
VARIABLE AND THE OUTCOMES WHAT
ARE THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING OR EMOTIONAL HEALTH
ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
WELL-BEING A YEAR LATER IN THIS
WORK AND NOT SURPRISINGLY,
EMOTIONAL HEALTH AT BASELINE
EFFECTED EMOTIONAL HEALTH A YEAR
LATER AND BUT THEN ALSO SOME
EVIDENCE AT LEAST FOR SOME
EFFECT ON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON THIS SO
IN SOME WAYS THIS IS JUST
CORROBORATING IN A GENERIC SENSE
AND THOSE PATTERNS AND NOT MUCH
ON MEANING AND PURPOSE.
FEW, IT'S ONLY A YEAR MAYBE
SOMETHING LIKE MOTION REGULATION
DOES IN THE LONG RUN HAVE
EFFECTS ON MEANING AND PURPOSE
OVER ONE YEAR.
NOT MUCH EVIDENCE.
NOT MUCH ON CHARACTER STRENGTHS
BUT YOU KNOW, SOME EFFECT AT
LEAST ON A SENSE OF SOCIAL
CONNECTIVENESS AND NOT MUCH ON
FINANCIAL SECURITY BUT FAIR BIT
OF EFFECT COMBINING EVERYTHING
ON COMPOSITE, FLOURISHING BUT IN
THIS WORK, AND IN NO WAY CLAIM
THESE ARE DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS
FROM A SINGLE STUDY BUT
STRONGEST EVIDENCE FOR EMOTIONAL
HEALTH ON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND
SOCIAL QUILT IN YEAR TWO,
CONTROL ARE FOG FLOURISHING AND
IN YEAR ONE AND ALONG WITH ALL
THOSE OTHER POTENTIAL EX THOSE
AND WHEN POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
BUT WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE I THINK
IT'S WORTH WHILE LOOKING AT HOW
DIFFERENT CONCERNING THEY ARE
RELATED TO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE
CARE ABOUT TO GET TO MORE NUANCE
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT OVER ALL
CONSTRUCT THAT WE ARE STUDYING.
WE'RE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
WITH THE SAMPLE EYES HERE AND
1500 IS NOT AND IT'S NOT HUGE
AND WHEN WE DID THIS AND LOOKED
AT EACH INDICATE OR SEPARATELY,
CONTROLLING FOR CONFOUNDERS AND
FLOOR SHALLING AND AS MUCH
EVIDENCE FOR KIND OF HAPPINESS
AND LIFE SATISFACTION AND WE DID
FOR EVIDENCE FOR EFFECTIVE
EVIDENCE FOR EMOTIONAL
REGULATION EFFECTING COM POS I
HAVE FLOURISHING A YEAR OUT.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT, THIS IS THE
FINAL COLUMN, KIND OF
SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROL FOR ALL
OF THE INDICATORS AT ONES AND
AGAINST EACH OTHER AND GREATEST
OPTIMISM AND I EXPECT MORE GOOD
THINGS IN MY LIFE THAN BAD AND
EMOTION REGULATION AND I MANAGED
MY EMOTIONS SO I'M IN CONTROL OF
MYSELF IT'S NOT DEFINITIVE AND
SEEM TO MATTER MOST.
THE PICTURE DOESN'T BECOME MORE
COMPLICATED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN AND WITH
REGARD TO PHYSICAL HEALTH AND
AGAIN THIS IS JUST ONE STUDY, I
WOULDN'T CLAIM ANY OF THIS AS
DEFINITIVE AND IT'S VERY
EXPLORATORY AND FEELING HAPPY
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS AND HIGHEST
ASSOCIATION WITH SELF-REPORTED
PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THE FULL
YEAR LATER, AND FOR MEANING AND
PURPOSE, THE OPTIMISM AND THE
HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION
QUESTIONSES AND OVER ALL MENTAL
HEALTH RELEVANT AND FOR
CHARACTER STRENGTH IT WAS TWO
ITEMS AND DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
HAD A NEGATIVE EFFECT FOR SOCIAL
CONNECTIVENESS THAT REALLY WAS
THE HAPPENNESS AND THE OPTIMISM
THAT ARE STRONGEST EVIDENCE FOR
AN EFFECT ON SOCIAL CONNECTION
TIVENESS AND INTERESTINGLY FOR
FINANCIAL SECURITY, SOME
EVIDENCE FOR A NUMBER OF THESE
DIFFERENT ITEMS AND THIS IS NOT
HERE THIS ANALYSIS PITTING IT
AGAINST EACH OTHER IT'S EACH ONE
ONE AT A TIME.
BUT AGAIN, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE
PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND
THE DISCUSSIONS SO I'M GOING TO
THIS RELATIVELY SHORT AND I DO
THINK IN THIS EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING IS A IMPORTANT PART
OF HUMAN LIFE DAILY AND WE'RE
COMING UP AGAINST THESE
QUESTIONS OF EMOTIONAL HEALTH
AND HOURLY IT'S A COMPONENT OF
OVER ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL
WELL-BEING WHICH INCLUDES MORE
AND MEANINGFUL AND PURPOSE, FOR
EXAMPLE, INCLUDES NOT KNOWLEDGE
AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A
COMPONENT OF OVER ALL
FLOURISHING OF A PERSONS LIFE.
HOW BROAD IS THIS SCOPE OF
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
IT'S BROADER AND NOROVIRUSSER
THAN PRESENTING WHAT SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE MEASURE AND I DO
THINK THAT DEPENDS ON PART HOW
IT'S GOING TO BE USED AND THAT
CURIOUS AS TO IF THE WORKING
GROUP, WHAT ASPECTS OF
WELL-BEING ARE OF GREATEST
INTEREST.
HOW IS THESE MEASURES
POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE
DEVELOPED BEING DEPLOYED AND
THEN I AM FASCINATED BY THIS
QUESTION OF HOW THESE DIFFERENT
FACE SETS OF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING RELATE TO OTHER
ASPECTS OF FLOURISHING
CONCEPTUALLY AND EMPIRICALLY.
SO I'LL CONCLUDE THINGS THERE,
THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND
THE INVITATION TO BE HERE AND
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.
>>THANK YOU, VERY, VERY --
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR.
VANDERWEELE FOR YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
WE'VE HAD GOOD QUESTIONS COME
THROUGH THE CHAT SO I'LL READ
THOSE TO YOU.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I'LL
CONDENSE A LITTLE BIT IN THE
CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO, HOW DO THESE FLOURISHING
DOMAINS APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR
HIGHER ORDER OF ABSTRACT
THINKING LIKE CHILDREN OF
DISABILITY AND COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT AND MAYBE ALSO HOW
YOU I OBJECT VISION A CONCEPT OF
FLOURISHING DEVELOPMENTAL LENS.
>>YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY
GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE BEEN PROPOSING THESE 12
QUESTIONS FOR USE ONLY IN
POPULATIONS 18 AND OVER.
WE DO HAVE A MODIFIED AD ADOLEST
VERSION FOR YOUTH AGE 12-18
WHERE WE'VE TAKEN FOUR OF THE
QUESTIONS OUT AND REPLACED THOSE
WITH MERIN MORE AGE APPROPRIATE
QUESTIONS.
THAT WORKS EARLIER.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF
PAPERS ON COGNITIVE INTERVIEWS
AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL.
YOU KNOW, I DOEL THINK
VALIDATION IS SORT OF AN ONGOING
UNDERTAKING.
SO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMMIT AT
THIS POINT TO SAYING, OH, YEAH,
IT'S ALWAYS APPROPRIATE AND
THEN, HUMAN PROGRAM WHO IS
LEADING OUR WORK CHRISTINA
HINTON ON FLOURISHING AND
EDUCATION IS TRYING TO DO AN
ADAPTATION FOR 9-11-YEARS-OLD
WHERE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE
DIFFERENT AND CAPTURING SIMILAR
NOTIONS BUT IN A MUCH MORE
SIMPLE FORMAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO
TURNOUT.
SHE CLAIMS THUS FAR IT'S LOOKING
GOOD BUT WE'LL SEE.
I DO THINK THE EARLIER YOU GO
BACK, THE MORE DIFFICULT TO
PURPORT BECOMES.
THERE ARE ALWAYS ISSUES WITH
SELF-PURCHASE FORT AND QUESTIONS
OF VA LIT TEE AND THE EARLIER IN
AGE YOU GO THE MORE CHALLENGING
THAT CAN BE.
I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, YOU WANT
TO SUPPLEMENT THEM WITH MULTIPLE
AND FOR ANT IN TEACHERS AND
PARENTS AND SO ON AND I WOULD
SAY THE SAME FOR THOSE WITH
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS OR
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND I
DO THINK THERE ARE STILL
IMPORTANT MEANINGFUL THINGS THAT
ONE CAN OBTAIN WITH SELF-REPORT
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S
OBJECTIVE EX SUBJECTIVE
COMPONENTS SOME OF IT IS
SUBJECTIVE SO TRYING TO POSE AS
BEST AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THOSE
SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES TO EMERGE
IS CRITICAL.
SO, I MEAN, TO MY MIND, I DON'T
THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO KEEP
THE DOMAINS THE SAME BUT I WOULD
ALTER THE QUESTIONS IN
POPULATIONS WITH COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT AND AGAIN, DEPENDING
ON THE DEGREE OF COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT POSSIBLY ALSO TURNING
TO USE OF MULTIPLE INFORMANTS AS
WELL.
THAT WAS GREAT.
PART OF YOUR ANSWER ANSWERED
ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT ADD LESS
ENTERS.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION IS,
PERTAINING TO THE ETNA STUDY YOU
DESCRIBED.
DO YOU IMAGINE A SPECIFIC ROLE
FOR PRO SOCIALLY MOTIONERS A
TENDENCY TOWARDS EMOTIONS AT THE
DIMENSION ALF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING?
>>YEAH.
SO MAYBE FIRST I'LL TRY TO
ADDRESS THE EASIER QUESTIONS
THAT AS A COMPONENT FLOURISHING
AND I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT
IS THE CASE.
I MEAN, I WOULD TEND TO PUT PRO
SOCIALLY MOTIONS BUT ALSO PRO
SOCIAL BEHAVIORS UNDER WHAT I'M
FOLLOWING CHARACTER, CHARACTER
STRENGTHS AND WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT ISSUES OF CHARACTER OR PRO
SOCIALALITY MORE THAN WE DO SO
IT'S EMBEDDED IN THOSE FIVE
DOMAINS.
AND THEN, WITH REGARD TO
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE, I WOULD SAY
THAT THAT EXPERIENCE OF TRAN
SENDANCE IS PART OF FLOURISHING.
I WOULD PUT THAT WITHIN THE
CATEGORY OF SPIRITUAL
WELL-BEING.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT THERE ON MY
LIST BUT AS I SAID, I THINK
FLOURISHING ENCOMPASSES A LOT
MORE THAN THE SIDE DOMAINS AND
MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT
IT ENCOMPASSES SPIRITUAL
WELL-BEING ALSO.
I DO THINK SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING
IS TRICKIER BECAUSE I THINK
SPIRITUAL RELIGIOUS WELL-BEING
IS REALLY SHAPED BY THE CULTURE
AND THE RELIGION SO I THINK ANY
REASONABLE ASSESSMENT OR
PARTIALLY ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT IS
GOING TO BE TRADITION-SPECIFIC
AND WE'VE STARTED SOME
EXPLORATORY WORK ON
TRADITION-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS
OF SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING BUT I DO
FEEL THAT TO DO THAT WELL WHEN
ONE IS TO FOCUS ON THE
PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS OR
SPIRITUAL BELIEVES OF A
TRADITION THAT SOMEONE IS COMING
FROM.
SO, WE'VE FOCUSED MOST OF OUR
WORK ON FLOURISHING AND WHAT I
THINK IS PRETTY MUCH UNIVERSAL
AND AGAIN, I THINK SPIRITUAL
WELL-BEING HAS A STRONG CUL
ACTUALLY DEPENDENT COMPONENT.
THE OTHERS DO AS WELL BUT IT'S
EVEN STRONGER FOR SPIRITUAL
WELL-BEING.
WITH REGARD TO MY MIND WITH THE
MORE DIFFICULT QUESTION OF ARE
THESE THINGS PART OF EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING, I WOULD SAY, YEAH,
PRO SOCIAL EMOTIONS TO MY MIND,
ARE PART EVE MOTIONAL
WELL-BEING.
IT'S MAKING A NORMATIVE JUDGMENT
AND SO SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT
DISAGREE AND SAY YOU CAN HAVE
ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR EMOTIONAL
ARRIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD.
MAYBE HELPFUL FOR SOME PEOPLE.
MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE, YES,
THERE'S PRO SOCIALLY MOTIONS ARE
PART OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING BUT
AGAIN IT'S MAKING A STRONGER
NORMATIVE CLAIM THAN SOME OF THE
OTHERS.
AND THE SENSE OF SELF-TRANCE
ACCEPTEDDANCE, AGAIN, MY VIEW
WOULD BE THAT A SENSE OF
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE EXTENDS
BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE EMOTIONS
SO I THINK THAT YOU COULD SAY
SELF-TRANSCEND EMOTION AND THAT
WOULD BE PART UNDERSTAND MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING BUT I THINK
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE ITSELF
INCLUDES COMPONENTS THAT EXTEND
BEYOND WHAT I WOULD CARRY
MOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND I'M
SORRY FOR THE HAIR-SPLITING AND
NUANCES BUT IT'S A TRICKY
QUESTION AND THAT IS MY OWN
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MANNER.
>>THAT'S HOW I WOULD RESPOND.
ANOTHER QUESTIONS IS WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE ROLE OF
COLLECTED TRUST.
TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS IN
NOURISHING?
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ASSESSMENTS
AS OTHERS AS PART OF A
INDIVIDUAL FLOURISHING, FOR
EXAMPLE, HOW DOES FLOURISHING
INEQUALITY EFFECT INDIVIDUAL
FLOURISHING?
>>YEAH, SO, WE'VE BEEN DOING
WORK ON COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND
THAT'S LOOKING AT ALL
INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY
FLOURISHING AS THEY ASSESS
THEMSELVES.
BUT ALSO LOOKING AT A NATURE OF
RELATIONSHIPS AND WHETHER THERE
ARE PROFICIENT LEADERSHIP WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY OF HEALTHY
PRACTICES.
THIS SUSTAINED THE LIFE OF
COMMUNITY AND A SENSE OF
BELONGING AND INCLUSION AND
WELCOME.
A SENSE OF SHARED MISSION AND
PURPOSE.
IN THOSE ASSESSMENTS WE ASKED
THE INDIVIDUALS, NOT HOW THEY
FEEL ABOUT IT THEMSELVES, BUT
HOW THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS DOING
IN THIS REGARD.
DO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
TRUST ONE ANOTHER AND NOT JUST
DO YOU TRUST OTHERS BUT DO YOU
THINK EVERYONE TRUSTS EACH OTHER
AND SO, TO MY MIND, THAT SORT OF
INTER SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT IS
CRITICAL FOR ASSESSING COMMUNAL
WELL-BEING AND AS I PRESENTED
HERE, I DO THINK THAT
FLOURISHING UNDERSTOOD IN ITS
BROADEST SENSE INCLUDES THAT
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.
I THINK THERE CAN BE REAL
DISAGREEMENTS HERE IN SOME
PEOPLE MIGHT SAY NO, COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND INDIVIDUAL
WELL-BEING ARE FLOURISHING AND
THEY ARE SEPARATE BUT MY OWN
UNDERSTANDING THAT FULL
FLOURISHING I AM INCLUDES T INCS
MEANING.
IF THERE ARE DEEP INEQUALITY AND
PEOPLE AREN'T DOING WELL, IN
ONCE' COMMUNITY IT CONSTITUTES
ABSENCE.
ONE CAN SPEAK OF INDIVIDUAL
WELL-BEING AND THE ABSENCE OF
THOSE COMMUNAL ASPECTS OF
FLOURISHING BUT I VIEW IT AS
PART OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACTUAL
FLOURISH WHAT IS COMMUNITY IS
PART OF ONCE FLOURISHING ONCE OS
WELL.
>>CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT
MODERATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF
COMPLETE FLOURISHING EXPECTING
MORE THAN THAT FACING CHALLENGES
LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES SAY UNSTABLE
FINANCIAL HOUSING SITUATIONS,
ASSOCIATED WITH MORE FLOURISHING
OR COULD SUCH ON TA MITCH SET AN
INDIVIDUAL UP FOR EXPECTATIONS
VIOLATIONS?
>>THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION
AND I PROBABLY SHOULD DEFER TO
OTHERS WHO HAVE AS MUCH OPTIMISM
FOR OTHERS AS WELL AS MYSELF.
OPTIMISM IS AN INTERESTING
QUESTION.
I THINK THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT
ITS EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL HEALTH
ARE SOME ABOUT WHAT DEPENDENT ON
CONTEXT YOU'LL.
IN THE UNITED STATES IT'S ONE OF
THE STRONGEST PSYCHOLOGICAL
PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY.
IT DOESN'T PLAY OUT THAT WAY IN
JAPAN.
SO CLEARLY, AT LEAST WITH OUR
CURRENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE LIFE
ORIENTATION TEST REVISED SO
CLEARLY THERE ARE CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES AND THOSE MAY RELATE
TO ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AS
WELL.
AND AGAIN, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE ON
THE CALL CAN SPEAK ON SOME OF
THE IMPERIAL RESEARCH ON THAT I
MEAN, IT IS OPTIMISM A COMPONENT
OF WOMAN BEING?
TRUTH BE TOLD, IN SPITE OF ITS
PRESENCE, IN OUR MEASURE, I TEND
TO THINK OF IT MORE AS A
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSET.
AT LEAST IN THE WEST.
RATHER THAN AS AN INTRINSIC
COMPONENT OF WELL-BEING.
I DO THINK IT'S SORT OF SHAPED
BY CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHETHER YOU
ARE EXPECTING MORE GOOD THINGS
THAN BAD, YEAH, IT DOES DEPEND
ON HOW WELL YOUR LIFE IS GOING
AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS BEYOND
YOUR CONTROL AND YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE CRITIQUES IN THE
PHILOSOPHPHILOSOPHICLITERATURE,R
ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF A
GOOD OUTCOME HAPPENING IT
CONSTITUTES AN EPI STEMIC
DEFICIENCY AND IT'S SOME SOME
SENSE OF REVERSE.
I THINK OF IT MORE AS A
PSYCHOLOGICAL AS ASSET UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES RATHER
THAN AN INTRINSIC COMPONENT OF
EMOTIONEL WELL-BEING.
AGAIN, IN THE WEST, IT'S A
POWERFUL ONE AND IT'S ONE OF THE
STRONGEST PSYCHOLOGICAL
PREDICTORS ALONG WITH PURPOSE OF
MORTALITY.
SINCE YOU MENTIONED SOME PEOPLE
IN THE ROOM, I DON'T KNOW IF
ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A
COMMENT ABOUT HIS INPUT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
(INAUDIBLE).
WE TALK ABOUT UNREALISTIC
OPTIMISM AND IT'S HARMING OR THE
SORT OF FLY SIDE OF DEFENSE AND
THE WORE AND THEY ARE WHEN I CAN
SAY THAT WE HAVE LOOKED FOR
UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM IN MOSTLY
IN WESTERN SAMPLES IN THE U.S.
AND LOOK AT IF WE TAKE OFF THE
VERY TOP, TOP LEVELS OF PEOPLE
IN THE HIGHEST LEVELS
QUESTIONNAIRE AND DO WE FIND A
SORT OF A SORT OF PASSAGE THAT
DROPS OFF OR SOMETHING AND I CAN
SAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IT
IN OUR DATA IN OLDER ADULT AND
WE DO SEE A LITTLE BIT IN THE
YOUNGER ADULTS SO WE THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER
AND WE HAVE THEM REPORT THAT 30
MORE QUESTIONS A WORK THEN THEY
ARE AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS --
THAT'S WHERE I'VE SEEN A LITTLE
BIT OF EVIDENCE AND OUR MEASURE
IS REALLY OUR DESIGNS TO CAPTURE
THAT SO I THINK IT'S STILL A
QUESTION.
I THINK CONCEPTUALLY IT'S
POSSIBLE BUT ONE OF THE FINDINGS
ABOUT OPTIMISM AS AN ASSET, IS
THAT IT'S NOT USUALLY THAT
UNREALISTIC THAT PEOPLE AREN'T
REALLY (INAUDIBLE) AND THERE'S
AN ELEMENT OF IT THAT IS
ACTUALLY REASON BASED IN PART ON
LIFE EXPERIENCES AND IN FACT
OPTIMISM IS VERY STRONGLY
PATTERNED BY EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT SO PEOPLE WHO ARE
HIGHER EDUCATED TEND TO BE MORE
OPTIMISTIC WHICH I HAVE
INTERPRETED AS THEY'RE LEARNING
PROBABLE SOLVING SKILLS SO IF
THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE IT'S
BECAUSE COME TO BELIEVE AND TO
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE
DOING A GOOD JOB SO THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I THINK THERE'S CURRENTLY ROOM
FOR DISCUSSIONS (INAUDIBLE) IN
THE VERY PARTICULAR LIMITED
MEASURE AND WHERE WE HAVE MOST
OF OUR DATA.
I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY AN
AREA THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT.
(INAUDIBLE).
>>WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR
KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR OUR MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
VANDERWEELE FOR TAKING TIME OUT
AND SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THIS CONVERSATION OFF LINE AND
IN THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, PLEASURE BEING WITH
YOU HERE TODAY AND WISH YOU THE
BEST IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.