In our research the quality of life is always used in connection with health, and we consider it as concomitant of harmonious social adaptation. The subjective experience of quality of life is awareness of life, well-being, comfort, which may equally refer to the cognitive side, to how much one is satisfied with his/her life, as well as to the affective side, which can be measured by the frequency of experienced positive emotional states, by how often one is happy, contented. The perceived quality of life could be defined depending on more factors and it is related to health behaviour and the success of adaptation. The present research analyses to what extent satisfaction with life, attitude to future, sense of control, relationship with parents/friends, contentment with achievement, effectiveness of self-realization and psycho-somatic well-being affect the quality of life of adolescents living in different geographical, socio-cultural milieus. We consider our hypothesis justified, according to which the contemporary adolescents are not characterized by positive awareness of life, and this negatively affects the past-present-future integration, mostly the attitude towards future, the struggle for inner control, the psycho-somatic functioning, in all the adolescents’ quality of life. The examined adolescents more or less possess the inner and outer (psychic) conditions for harmonious adaptation, if they choose values that really constitute the basis for a healthy way of life, but we should not forget those endangered adolescents who in case of the absence of proper intervention may struggle with adaptation problems, or may become deviant. The development of school mental hygiene, the introduction of proper preventive programmes is therefore vital for them.
Introduction: In the present research our goal was to demonstrate if there is a relation between the affective tone of personality (flow – anti-flow) and the functionality of the Psychological Immune System. Methods: The study was conducted on 599 teenagers. The questionnaire contained the Psychological Immune System Inventory (PISI), The Flow Questionnaire (Oláh) and questions regarding the emotive tone. In this article we will present the second part of our study: the results regarding the relation between flow and functionality of the Psychological Immune System. Results: It was proven that there is a correlation between the psychological tone of personality (flow – anti-flow) and the functionality of the Psychological Immune System. There are significant differences between the values obtained in the Monitoring Subsystem and the flow experienced during activities done alone, as well as the Auto-regulating Subsystem values and the flow experienced at school or with friends. Conclusions: Positive thinking, optimism and feeling of control aid the flow experience in individual activities, emotional control and self-regulation aid the flow during school activities and activities with friends.
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