Psychological Wellness The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the term wellness to be an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life; a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The National Wellness Institute further defined the term as a conscious self – directed and evolving process of achieving full potential, a dynamic process of growth and change and is more than being free from illness. Barnett & Cooper (2009) argued that maintaining an optimal level of wellness is absolutely crucial to live a higher quality life. Wellness is important because everything we do and every emotion we feel communicates to our well
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(2009) as a concept that directs attention to a family of genotypically unified phenomenon of interest which includes behavioral and psychological markers. This definition was contradicted by Adams, Bezner and Steinhardt (1997) as presented in the study of Manderscheid et al. (2009) which defined psychological wellness as the perceptions each individual experiences that positive outcomes may arise to events and circumstances at hand. Yet another definition was introduced by Compton (2001) and Snyder and Lopez (2002) as highlighted in the study of Prilleltensky (2011). Both defined psychological wellness by using a model which contains factors and dimensions contributing to positive functioning. With this evolving definitions of psychological wellness throughout the time, Gropp (2009) emphasized that the definition of psychological wellness may abound. Apparently, Ryff et al. (2009) mentioned that psychological wellness has relatively few discussions. Nevertheless, authors and researchers would somehow agree that generally speaking it is one’s sense of expectation that positive outcomes result from the events and experiences of
(2009) as a concept that directs attention to a family of genotypically unified phenomenon of interest which includes behavioral and psychological markers. This definition was contradicted by Adams, Bezner and Steinhardt (1997) as presented in the study of Manderscheid et al. (2009) which defined psychological wellness as the perceptions each individual experiences that positive outcomes may arise to events and circumstances at hand. Yet another definition was introduced by Compton (2001) and Snyder and Lopez (2002) as highlighted in the study of Prilleltensky (2011). Both defined psychological wellness by using a model which contains factors and dimensions contributing to positive functioning. With this evolving definitions of psychological wellness throughout the time, Gropp (2009) emphasized that the definition of psychological wellness may abound. Apparently, Ryff et al. (2009) mentioned that psychological wellness has relatively few discussions. Nevertheless, authors and researchers would somehow agree that generally speaking it is one’s sense of expectation that positive outcomes result from the events and experiences of