Does self-improvement explain well-being in life and at workplace? Analysis based on selected measures of well-being

• Authors: Anna Maria Zawadzka , Anna Szabowska-Walaszczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two studies were performed to test the relationship between readiness for self-improvement (consisting of two components: readiness to improve oneself and readiness to take care of one’s health) and selected measures of well-being. The first study investigated whether readiness for self-improvement is related to the selected measures of overall subjective well-being (or life satisfaction). The second one investigated in what way readiness for self-improvement is related to subjective well-being at workplace (or work engagement). The results obtained in both cases showed that readiness for self-improvement is indeed related to and does account for well-being. In the first study, readiness for self-improvement (i.e. readiness to improve oneself) accounted for overall life satisfaction within important human life domains and satisfaction with the present and future life. In the second study, work engagement, was significantly linked to readiness to improve oneself but was not with readiness to take care of one’s health.

Keywords

EN

self-improvement; well-being; life satisfaction; work engagement

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 134-141

Dates

published

2014-06-01

online

2014-06-17

Contributors

author

Anna Maria Zawadzka

• Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-592 Gdańsk, Poland

author

Anna Szabowska-Walaszczyk

• Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-592 Gdańsk, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ppb-2014-0018