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Demands, desires, and well‐being: An assessment of events, responses, and outcomes
Author(s) -
Reich John W.,
McCall Michael A.,
Grossman Robert M.,
Zautra Alex J.,
Guarnaccia Charles A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198810)16:4<392::aid-jcop2290160405>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - mood , causation , event (particle physics) , psychology , sample (material) , ecological validity , mental health , applied psychology , social psychology , cognition , psychiatry , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This project investigated the impact of daily events, varying in source of causation, on reports of physical and mental well‐being in a multiple‐measurement design (5 days). Subjects responded daily to health and mood instruments and to instruments assessing event occurrence, responses to events, and outcomes of those responses. Events were either environment‐initiated “demands” or self‐initiated “desires.” Positive and negative components of well‐being are found to be differentially impacted by types of events and by the different event properties. The procedure was sensitive to the particular “ecology of events” representative of this particular subject sample. The results suggest the validity of a multicomponent analysis of both events and well‐being in a dynamic, multiple‐measurement approach. Implications for future research employing this model are then briefly discussed.