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[Ill-being and well-being: searching for biological correlates]
Emanuela Offidani1, Roberta Bevilacqua, Chiara Ruini
1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna.
Aim:
The aim of the present study is to describe the relationship between psychological well-being, ill-being and biological correlates on a sample of Italian blood donors. Particularly, specific correlations with biological correlates were analysed.
Materials And Methods:
Sample consisted of 58 blood donors. Biological parameters were assessed using the usual blood analyses. Psychological well-being, ill-being and stress were assessed respectively with the Psychological Well-Being scale (PWB), the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ), and the Psychosocial Index (PSI). Pearson Correlations were computed between these scores and biological indexes.
Results:
A significant positive correlation between different scales of SQ and PSI and platelets was found, while the same parameter showed a significant negative correlation with the Environmental Mastery subscale (PWB).
Discussion:
Results add clues to the growing literature concerning the link between health and well-being. Particularly, platelets data confirms previous literature on the relationship with the distress measures, but in this study it also displays an unexpected correlation with a well being dimension (Environmental Mastery).
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