Health and well-being: A societal Approach

The present study examines the relation between health and wellbeing. This paper will first discuss wellbeing, thereafter different forms of health and this introduction will conclude with hypotheses and a research question. The procedures and used materials will be discussed in the method. The results and the related conclusions will follow afterwards. This paper will conclude with the strengths and limitations of the study and it will give implications for future research and practice. The largest differences of means within the different forms of wellbeing were found in the self-rated health. This means that the differences in emotional wellbeing are the largest within the self-rated health, compared to the other health measures, thus between a bad and an excellent self-rated health. The results of the regression analysis showed the same, self-rated health independently adds significantly to all forms of wellbeing. This is the only measure of health that added significantly to all forms of wellbeing, whereas health limitations added significantly to only emotional wellbeing, and lifestyle to social wellbeing. This showed that self-rated health is the most important health measure related to the different forms of wellbeing.