Table 2.
Definitions of wellbeing dimensions and their themes, with quotes from regular AYPs and frequencies.
| WB Dimensions | Themes | Representative quotes | N | % (*) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Being free from and able to manage physical suffering | “Freedom from illness and pain” | 27 | 15.61% |
| “Free of disease or illness or at least able to manage any illness or symptoms in a constructive manner” | ||||
| “Managing any medical conditions and staying healthy” | ||||
| Having a functioning body, responsive to internal and external demands | “Able to perform daily tasks fully” | 25 | 14.45% | |
| “To have a body that is capable of doing the things you need to do to stay connected and in balance” | ||||
| “Well functioning body systems” | ||||
| Having a sense of health and positive physicality | “Feeling fit and strong in my body” | 81 | 46.82% | |
| “A feeling of wellness within the physical body (i.e., fit, strong)” | ||||
| “Healthy, active, strong, flexible” | ||||
| Consciously and actively inhabiting the body | “Looking to make the best choices and decisions to promote my best physical being” | 40 | 23.12% | |
| “Being able to do the things I want to do with this body” | ||||
| “Being content in my own skin” | ||||
| Emotional | Being able to experience positive affect and the absence of negative affect | “Feeling calm and content” | 57 | 30.81% |
| “Feeling safe and at peace” | ||||
| “Having a positive outlook, not feeling down or other negative states of being. Feeling buoyant” | ||||
| Being able to embrace emotions, valuing negative affect and challenges | “An understanding and acceptance of emotions and the importance of both pleasant and unpleasant emotions” | 24 | 12.97% | |
| “Not necessarily feeling joyful all the time, but being able to appreciate that all emotions, positive and negative, play a role in making life what it is” | ||||
| “Internally balanced and able to cope with external situations” | ||||
| Having emotional awareness and regulation | “Able to feel, understand and process emotions and ability to regulate them when necessary” | 51 | 27.57% | |
| “Being in touch/aware of your emotions and displaying them in appropriate manners” | ||||
| “Being able to understand the emotional state you are in, and cope with changes to that in a good way” | ||||
| Having emotional meta-awareness and an overall sense of balance and steadiness | “The state of ones emotions - is there stability? Are they positive/negative? How quickly do they return to homeostasis?” | 53 | 28.65% | |
| “A balanced state of mind which does not get caught up, strong enough to see the truth” | ||||
| “Being at peace with my emotions, live them and let them go” | ||||
| Psychological | Being free from and being able to manage mental suffering | “Absence of psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety” | 30 | 15.31% |
| “Well in the psyche. Active participation with healing and processing” | ||||
| “Not experiencing the symptoms of mental illness, or being able to monitor and be aware of it.” | ||||
| Having a strong sense of identity and self | “Not identifying myself with darkness in my mind, being able to accept the shadows” | 62 | 31.63% | |
| “Being comfortable with who you are and what you are doing” | ||||
| “Having resilience to deal with the many curveballs that come your way. Never doubting that you are strong enough to deal with them” | ||||
| Experiencing a sense of mental steadiness | “The mind can go towards anxiety and for psychological wellbeing, I believe that is essential to learn how to breath and calm the mind” | 58 | 29.59% | |
| “Having an even temperament when faced with all of life’s offerings” | ||||
| “Being strong and balanced mentally and in my thoughts” | ||||
| Engaging in the contemplation of the self | “How you interpret reality, how you respond to the external world, how you imagine yourself to be in the world” | 46 | 23.47% | |
| “Working to become the observer. To truly understand where my psychological baseline is and then be the observer of my “psychology” outside of that” | ||||
| “Being able to take the observer’s viewpoint when it comes to thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, events and experiences.” | ||||
| Social | Presence of social connections and social competence | “Having people around me” | 38 | 17.76% |
| “Friends, family, significant others” | ||||
| “Being able to interact appropriately in a social environment” | ||||
| Feeling connected and attuned to others and to the environment | “Being connected and of service to my community” | 42 | 19.63% | |
| “Connected with others in meaningful relationships” | ||||
| “Functional and positive interpersonal relationships, connection to a community, contribute to others’ welfare, receive help and support” | ||||
| Having high quality interpersonal relationships | “Our capacity to foster meaningful relationships and sense of belonging within a chosen community/society” | 99 | 46.26% | |
| “Having a strong group of friends that you trust and can rely on, and in return providing the same for them” | ||||
| “The ability to form healthy mutually enriching relationships, altruism, empathy, kindness” | ||||
| Engaging in the contemplation of the social self and relationships | “Actively co-creating with others, using community to mirror back to one’s self areas for improvement” | 35 | 16.36% | |
| “Balancing social life and essential alone time” | ||||
| “Having healthy boundaries” | ||||
| Spiritual | A sense of connection to oneself and to an individual purpose and meaning in life | “Knowing your purpose and living (towards) it” | 81 | 38.03% |
| “Feeling your own energy, find calm amidst the ego” | ||||
| “Being able to live a life of grounded ease, comfortable in your own skin. Being accepting of your strengths and weaknesses, but also improving/fine tuning actions as well. This is a constant work in progress, daily honest reflection is required.” | ||||
| A sense of connection to others and to the environment | “How I’m connected to the world outside of my mind/body” | 28 | 13.15% | |
| “Feeling connected to the Earth and all its beings” | ||||
| “Feeling like you belong to a bigger whole than just yourself (nature for me)” | ||||
| Engaging in the contemplation of the self and connection to the transcendental self | “Keeping a strong relationship with my soul, contemplate myself and life itself” | 52 | 24.41% | |
| “Connection with the higher self” | ||||
| “Connected to what is, not identifying with the ego” | ||||
| A sense of connection to the divine and to a higher purpose and meaning | “Feeling the presence of the Supreme around you” | 52 | 24.41% | |
| “Our connection with, and awareness of, what exists beyond our individual and collective physical existence” | ||||
| “Able to practice and apply dharma teachings in daily life” |
*Percentages were calculated based on the total mentions (N) within each dimension.