Social well-being is made up of two main components:
Personal well-being is made up of six main components. These are:
- Supportive relationships. The extent and quality of interactions in close relationships with family, friends and others who provide support.
- Trust and belonging. Trusting other people, being treated fairly and respectfully by them, and feeling a sense of belonging with and support from people where you live.
Personal well-being is made up of six main components. These are:
- Emotional well-being. The overall balance between the frequency of experiencing positive and negative emotions, with higher scores showing that positive emotions are felt more often than negative ones.
- Satisfying life. Having positive evaluation of your life overall.
- Vitality. Having energy, feeling well-rested and healthy, and being physically active. You should exercise 150 minutes per week.
- Resilience and self-esteem.
- Self-esteem – Feeling good about yourself.
- Optimism – Feeling optimistic about your future.
- Resilience – Being able to deal with life’s difficulties.
- Positive functioning. This can be summed up as ‘doing well’. It includes four subcomponents:
- Autonomy – Feeling free to do what you want and having the time to do it.
- Competence – Feeling accomplishment from what you do and being able to make use of your abilities.
- Engagement – Feeling absorbed in what you are doing and that you have opportunities to learn.
- Meaning and purpose – Feeling that what you do in life is valuable, worthwhile and valued by others.
- Spiritual well-being. Your personal relationship with God.