Contextual and Psychological Variables Facilitating Psychosocial Well-being and Adjustment: Perspectives for a Sustainable Psychological Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 48548
Special Issue Editors
Interests: education; educational research; psychology
Interests: education; educational research; psychology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One of the central objectives of the psychology of sustainability is to achieve an improvement in the quality of life and wellbeing of people through the achievement of a good psychosocial adaptation or psychosocial adjustment. Since the emergence of the current of positive psychology, the wellbeing (with its different meanings of happiness, subjective wellbeing, life satisfaction, and positive affectivity) and psychosocial adjustment (understood as adequate adaptation to the academic, work, or socio-personal environment) of the individual have been acquiring greater relevance. Hence, wellbeing and psychosocial adjustment are widely recognized by the scientific community as key objects of study, also within the framework of the psychology of sustainability.
It is known that the social support of the closest contexts has both a direct and indirect impact on the adequate psychological development and adaptation of the individual to his or her environment. It has also been found that several psychological variables (resilience, self-concept, emotional intelligence, academic motivation, critical thinking, etc.) are associated with higher rates of wellbeing and psychosocial adjustment. However, it is necessary to delve, on the one hand, into whether these variables or other different contextual and psychological variables would ultimately facilitate a more sustainable psychological development, and, on the other hand, into the dynamics of the relationships established between all of them.
Psychosocial wellbeing and adjustment, as a sustainable development objective proposed by the United Nations, should be promoted within the framework of primary prevention. Knowing all the above-mentioned unknowns that are still pending clarification will help to design and implement primary interventions that will make it possible to prevent psychological problems or disorders, thus guaranteeing better academic, occupational, or sociopersonal adjustment. Only in this way, on the basis of empirically contrasted data, will the scientific community be able to develop rigorous interventions on variables related to wellbeing and psychosocial adjustment, and act within a preventive framework focused on improving the sustainable development of individuals.
The psychology of sustainability seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of the individual through an adequate psychological adjustment as well as an optimal adjustment in their different areas of life (work, school, family, social).
In recent years, wellbeing (with its different meanings of happiness, subjective wellbeing, life satisfaction, positive affectivity) and psychosocial adjustment (understood as an adequate adaptation to the academic, work or socio-personal environment) of the individual have been acquiring greater relevance in the framework of the psychology of sustainability.
It is known that the support offered by the people included in the closest contexts has both a direct and indirect impact on the adequate psychological development and adaptation of the individual to his or her environment. It has also been proven that several psychological or individual variables are associated with higher indices of quality of life, well-being, adjustment, etc. However, it is necessary to go deeper into these variables and their relationship dynamics.
Only in this way, on the basis of empirically contrasted data, will the scientific community be able to develop rigorous interventions on variables related to well-being and psychosocial adjustment, and act within a preventive framework focused on improving the sustainable development of individuals.
This Special Issue will include a series of articles that analyze the main psychosocial variables involved in the improvement of psychosocial adjustment and well-being, in order to bring together the most recent and updated research on the subject. This will facilitate the design and implementation of actions aimed at the prevention and promotion of an adequate psychological development within the Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development.
Keywords
- social support
- family
- friends
- teachers
- resilience
- emotional intelligence
- self-concept
- school adjustment
- personal adjustment
- psychological well-being
- life satisfaction
- positive and negative affect
- critical thinking
- psychological development
- sustainable psychological development
- motivation
- adaptation
- adaptation to the environment
- engagement
- education
- psychological and social environment
- adjustment risk prevention
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