SOCIOL 3HH3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Fallacy, Panel Data
29 Jun 2018
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Textbook pg. 23-53 – Chapter 2: Measuring psychological Well-being and distress
What is Psychological Distress?
-Depression and Anxiety; Mood and malaise
oDepression – feeling sad, demoralized, lonely, hopeless, or worthless, wishing
you were dead, trouble sleeping, crying, everything is an effort, unable to get
going
oAnxiety – tense, restless, worried, irritable, afraid
oMood – feelings such as sadness of depression or worry of anxiety
oMalaise – bodily states such as restlessness, headaches, dizziness
-Two sets of observations drive shift from physiological to psychological indicators of
distress
oPeople are far more willing to report feelings in community survey than one
expected
oGrowing interest in relationship between physical and mental health
The Opposite of Well-being
-More well-being means less distress and more distress means less well-being
-Well-being – general sense of enjoying life and feeling happy, hopeful about future, and
as good as other people
-Three reasons why negative correlation between well-being and distress is less than
perfect despite the single dimension of mood:
oRandom measurement error – process of communicating and recording; can be
minimized but never totally eliminated
oDifferences in emotional expressiveness and volatility
Women are more expressive than men
Not Dissatisfaction or Alienation
-Satisfaction implies a convergence of aspiration and achievement that reflects
resignation as much as it does accomplishment
-Distress results from deprivation, dissatisfaction results from deprivation relative to
one’s expectations
-Alienation is a state of mind, distress is a state of feeling
-Alienation – sense of not controlling outcomes in his or her own life
Not Mental Illness
-Only the extreme, persistent or inexplicable distress would get labeled as mental illness
A Human Universal
-Most people, perhaps all, prefer to avoid depressed and anxious mood and malaise
universality
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Document Summary
23-53 chapter 2: measuring psychological well-being and distress. Two sets of observations drive shift from physiological to psychological indicators of distress: people are far more willing to report feelings in community survey than one expected, growing interest in relationship between physical and mental health. More well-being means less distress and more distress means less well-being. Well-being general sense of enjoying life and feeling happy, hopeful about future, and as good as other people. Satisfaction implies a convergence of aspiration and achievement that reflects resignation as much as it does accomplishment. Distress results from deprivation, dissatisfaction results from deprivation relative to one"s expectations. Alienation is a state of mind, distress is a state of feeling. Alienation sense of not controlling outcomes in his or her own life. Only the extreme, persistent or inexplicable distress would get labeled as mental illness. Most people, perhaps all, prefer to avoid depressed and anxious mood and malaise universality.
