eudaimonic

level four, what I have called eudaimonic, major differences from the standard understanding of the MoQ, which you're familiar with.

A Christian interpretation of the MoQ Sam Norton 2005

There is some evidence that people high in eudaimonic well-being process emotional information differently than those who are low in it.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

Simply engaging in activities that are likely to promote eudaimonic well-being, such as helping others, doesn't seem to yield a psychological benefit if people feel pressured to do them, according to a study Dr. Ryan and a colleague published last year in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

Participants with low education level and greater eudaimonic well-being had lower levels of interleukin-6, an inflammatory marker of disease associated with cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease, than those with lower eudaimonic well-being, even after taking hedonic well-being into account.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

David Bennett , director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and his colleagues showed that eudaimonic well-being conferred benefits related to Alzheimer's.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

Psychologists investigating eudaimonic versus hedonic types of happiness over the past five to 10 years have looked at each type's unique effects on physical and psychological health.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

Brain-imaging studies indicate people with high eudaimonic well-being tend to use the pre-frontal cortex more than people with lower eudaimonic well-being, says Cariem van Reekum , researcher at the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics at the University of Reading in the U.K. The pre-frontal cortex is important to higher-order thinking, including goal-setting, language and memory.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

Researchers refer to this latter state as "eudaimonic well-being."

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

It could be that people with high eudaimonic well-being are good at reappraising situations and using the brain more actively to see the positives, Dr. van Reekum says.

Is Happiness Overrated? Shirley S. Wang 2011

But opinions clashed on the relationship between the two: Could you be happy if you were virtuous and poor, or did you also need some external things, such as wealth, to fully realize your eudaimonic potential?

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