title: The assessment of subjective well-being and its relationship to the stress process.
abstract: Research into relationships between stressors and adaptational outcomes has often represented well-being as the relative lack of pathological signs. However, such assessments do not discriminate between not being ill and experiencing degrees of subjective well-being (i.e., from feeling "OK" to feeling "Great!"). This article suggests that subjective well-being be more narrowly defined to refer strictly to positive indicators of health status. In this study, psychometric properties of a new instrument, the Well-Being Scale-36, were examined. Relationships between subjective well-being and components of the stress process were explored. The results indicated that well-being and various forms of pathology should be conceptualized as distinct but related entities.
authors.affiliation: Clarity Consulting Corporation, Westport, CT 06880.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schlosser
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics