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This chapter explains three ways people think about health. It says the best view — the "complete state" — includes both the lack of disease and the presence of positive mental capacities and functioning. The author reviews studies that support using this complete-state view for mental health and suggests that…
This study looked at emotions tied to personal meanings in 104 men in Poland who were measured for midlife crisis. Men were put into three groups by a Midlife Crisis Scale: high (27 men), medium (37), and low (40). The high-crisis group had less self-enhancing and less positive affect, and…
