Mental
health: a state of well-being
Updated August 2014
Mental health is defined as a state of
well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can
cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully,
and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.
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The positive dimension of mental health is
stressed in WHO's definition of health as contained in its constitution:
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
心理健康的定義，於個人層次是指一種幸福安適狀態，個體能瞭解自己的能力、可以處理一般生活壓力，在工作上有效率、有生產力，對於所屬社區／社群能夠有貢獻。
其意義包括了主觀安適（幸福感），察覺到自我效能、自主、有能力、個人智能與情緒潛能的實踐，情感幸福感（
快樂、生活滿意、生活／工作／休閒平衡；WHO,
2011）
試著整理你對正向心理學的認識~相關因素的內涵、彼此可能的關係……
Try to organize your understanding of
positive psychology - related factors' meaning, possible relationship……
•請寫出5項你認為對你很重要的活動，讓別人了解你是怎樣的人(自我覺察、自我探索)
Please write down five events you think they are very important, to let others know what kind of person you are (self-awareness, self-exploration)
SWB = SATISFACTION WITH LIFE + AFFECT
•物質生活/金錢財富與幸福的關係Material living / money
•正向情感與意義的可能關聯(King
et al., 2006)Positive affect and meaning
