1. Joy! Joy! Joy! Down in my Heart
The Science of Well-Being

2. Quality of Life ASSESSMENT
Paper and Pencil Exercise (
Identify Top 3 Conceptual Domains
Material and Physical Well-Being
Relationship with Other People
Social, Community, and Civic Activities
Personal Development & Fulfillment
Recreation

3. Four Constituents of Well-Being

4. On Well-Being “Feeling Good and Functioning Well”
Balance between Positive Emotions & Negative Emotions
More than the absence of “ill-being”
Combination of Hedonic (Pleasure) Eudemonic (Pursuit of the Greater Good)
“Authentic Happiness” or “Real Happiness”
Deep and abiding and not transitory or fleeing
Huppert, 2013

5. Well-Being as Positive Mental Health

6. Spectrum of Mental Health

7. Positive Relationships
FLOURISHING
Competence
Emotional Stability
Engagement
Meaning
Optimism
Positive Emotion
Positive Relationships
Resilience
Self-esteem, and
Vitality

8. Drivers of Well-Being Material & Living Conditions
Employment and Work-Related Factors
Health
Education
Social Relationships
Huppert, 2013

9. Drivers of Well-Being Governance and Basic Rights
Natural and Living Environments
Personal Characteristics
Population-Level Variables
Others: Genetics Predisposition & Individual Attitudes & Behaviors
Huppert, 2013

10. Drivers of Well-Being Governance and Basic Rights
Natural and Living Environments
Personal Characteristics
Population-Level Variables
Others: Genetics Predisposition & Individual Attitudes & Behaviors
Huppert, 2013

11. Interventions to Enhance Well-Being
Individual-Level Interventions
Early Stages
Contextual Domains
Organizational-Level Interventions
Workplace Interventions
Social Policies
Huppert, 2013

12. Human Flourishing Biblical Views
Shalom (Isa 9:5-6; 32:15-20): “Peace to you,” “state of being peaceful,” (non- conflictual relationship with God and others), “over all well-being” (completeness in all ways), integral to God’s saving work and intentions for us.
Ashre (Psa 1 & 2). “Blessed/Happy/Flourishing are all who take refuge in him,” “wise living…cultivation of character traits that build health communities”
Makarios (Matt 5:3-12). “The Beatitudes-” state of true God-centered human flourishing
Pennington, 2015

13. Human Flourishing
Augustine: Flourishing and Happiness centered on God—the Source of everything Good, True, & Beautiful. The Golden Rule
Modernity: Anthropocentric: Love of Others
Post-Modernity/Contemporary: Experiential Satisfaction
Pennington, 2015