Well-being as Psychological and also Interdisciplinary Based Concept
Author(s)
Kebza, Vladimir; Solcova, Iva
Abstract
The study brings an overview of development of opinions on the nature of well-being. It makes an effort to clarify terminology and content in this field, taking into account the developmental sources of possible differentiation between related concepts in the ancient psychology (eudaimonia as the gratification stemming from mental activity and happiness but also from everyday realization of the virtue-arete). The authors discuss the placement of the concept in the framework of psychological categories and on the basis of analysis of tendencies in the scientific literature. They draw attention to the necessity of conceptualization of structural and processual dimensions in the framework of well-being. They point to the health, social, religious, economical, and socio-cultural dimensions of well-being and present the main determinants and predictors of well-being.
