Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology.

Mental balance and well-being: building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology.

Clinical psychology has focused primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disease, and only recently has scientific attention turned to understanding and cultivating positive mental health. The Buddhist tradition, on the other hand, has focused for over 2,500 years on cultivating exceptional states of mental well-being as well as identifying and treating psychological problems. This ar...

Subjective Well-Being: An Intersection between Economics and Psychology By

This thesis uses subjective well-being data to understand the impact that an individual’s economic circumstances have on their well-being. Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 look specifically at the role of income on well-being; whilst Chapters 6 and 7 focus on the effect of employment status. This thesis draws heavily on psychological concepts and ideas; highlighting that an interdisciplinary approach to ...

Buddhism, Ethics and Psychology

Many prominent psychologists, theorists, and scholars have cited the relevance of Buddhism. Leading Buddhist scholar and professor at Columbia University, Robert Thurman, in his book Infinite Life, suggests that Buddhism is the original psychology. Most recently, cognitive psychology has given the most attention to the study of Buddhism, mindfulness practice, and meditation. Yet, interest in th...

environmental psychology effects on mental health job satisfaction and personal well being of nurses

objective: environmental psychology as a science could be useful in understanding the dissociation between the man and the environment. the aim of this study was to compare mental health, job satisfaction and well-being of nurses who work in hospital environments with different designs. material: this was a quasi-experimental study, in which 250 nurses filled out the mental health, well-being a...

Mental well-being in the workplace: building the business case