Medica Jadertina, Vol. 45 No. 3-4, 2015.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The contribution of life goals to some aspects of mental well-being and health
Ivana Tucak Junaković
orcid.org/0000-0003-2166-1089
; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za psihologiju
Sažetak
Numerous studies have found that life goals contribute to well-being and health, while the absence of life goals, ambivalence, or conflict regarding them has been linked to a variety of negative effects on physical and mental health.
The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of the importance of life goals of power, achievement, intimacy, and altruism to some aspects of psychological well-being (i. e. life satisfaction, self-esteem, and integrity) and general health status, together with the control of some sociodemographic variables. Three hundred adults, aged 25 to 75 years, from different regions of Croatia took part in the study.
The results have shown that four categories of life goals correlated positively and mainly significantly with the examined aspects of psychological well-being and self-rated health. After controlling the contribution of some sociodemographic variables, the examined life goals together with regression analysis explained a statistically significant, even though modest, proportion of life satisfaction variance, self-esteem, integrity, and health. At the same time, altruism and achievement goals were shown to be the best general predictors of examined aspects of psychological well-being and health.
Ključne riječi
life goals; well-being; health
Hrčak ID:
152222
URI
Datum izdavanja:
29.1.2016.
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