ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS EXPERIENCED IN CHILDHOOD ARE RELATED TO EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING DECADES LATER

Childhood adversity, midlife generativity, and later life well-being.

OBJECTIVES Prior studies confirm that after experiencing childhood adversity, resilient adults can recover and engage in generative growth. This study explored the long-term effects of childhood adversity (assessed as harsh parenting and/or childhood poverty) on successful aging for individuals who either achieved or failed to achieve Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage of generativity i...

Prevalence of recalled childhood emotional abuse among child welfare staff and related well-being factors

a r t i c l e i n f o This study examined 1) the prevalence of childhood emotional abuse retrospectively recalled by child welfare personnel, and 2) the relationship between emotional abuse and three measures of current well-being. Child welfare agency staff (n = 253) completed the emotional abuse subscale of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, as well as published scales measuring self-esteem,...

How are biomarkers related to physical and mental well-being?

We investigate how biological markers of individual responses to stressful experiences are associated with profiles of physical and mental functioning in a national sample of middle-aged and elderly Taiwanese. Data come from a population-based sample of middle-aged and elderly Taiwanese in 2000. The data combine rich biological measures with self-reported information on physical and mental heal...

Environment , Well - Being , and Experienced Preference

Emotional Well-being 1 Running Head: EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING Psychological Needs and Emotional Well-being in Older and Younger Koreans and Americans

This study tested the relevance of ten psychological needs in emotional well-being among older and younger adults in two cultures (the US and South Korea). Participants were asked to recall their “most satisfying event” for the past month, and then were asked to evaluate the relevance of ten psychological needs to that event. Results indicated that both age and cultural groups generally emphasi...