The relationship between quality of life and positive thinking and mental well-being

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Alireza Nourani ¹ , Aboutaleb Seadatee Shamir ²

1 - Master of Personality Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Personality, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-05-30 Accepted : 2020-05-30 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: quality of life, social relations, Environmental Health, psychological well-being, mental and positive well-being,

Abstract :

Purpose: The present study aimed to predict the quality of life based on mental well-being and positive thinking. Methodology: The present research method was a descriptive correlation in terms of data collection and in terms of purpose it was among the basic researches. The statistical population of this study was all employees of export banks of Tehran's 6th district. In this study, the number of statistical samples based on Karajsi and Morgan table (1976) was 240 people. Step-by-step class sampling was used for sampling, In the present study, to measure the quality of life from the Quality of Life Questionnaire (World Health Organization, 2000). Positive Thinking Questionnaire (Ingram and Wissenicki, 2001) was used to measure positive well-being. Goldberg and Hiller (1979) General Health Health Questionnaire was used to measure mental well-being. The step-by-step method was used to enter the prediction variables in the regression model. Results: The results showed that 6 sub-variables 1. Physical health 2- Psychological well-being 3- Social relations 4- Environmental health 5- Quality of life 6- Positive thinking entered the regression equation. The results also showed that physical health alone predicted 20% of the variance observed in mental well-being. The addition of psychological well-being, social relationships, environmental health, quality of life and positive thinking, respectively, added 4, 2, 2, 2, 3% to the previous variance, and the six models together explained 33% of the variance of mental well-being. R Square = 30). Conclusion: According to the research findings, there is a relationship between positive thinking and quality of life with mental well-being. Therefore, mental well-being is predicted based on positive thinking and quality of life.