Components of psychosocial health
ISSN: 0965-4283
Article publication date: 1 November 2021
Issue publication date: 21 April 2022
Abstract
Purpose
“Psychosocial health” is a new term to comprehend the already established factors involved in mental health and psychological well-being. The term has not been specifically defined and explained within the framework of psychology.
Design/methodology/approach
The study proposed and validated a new model of psychosocial health. Principal component analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted by involving a total of 4,086 participants.
Findings
Psychosocial health was interpreted as the “sexual, emotional, social, environmental, cognitive, religious, moral and spiritual satisfaction” of a person. The proposed model of psychosocial health was statistically validated. The additional findings revealed significantly higher levels of psychosocial health in women and significant inverse correlations between psychosocial health and age.
Originality/value
The current paper provided a comprehensive picture of psychosocial health from a psychological perspective and presented a statistically reliable tool for measuring psychosocial health.
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Acknowledgements
Ethical statement: All the procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Data availability statement: The data associated with this paper can be presented on demand.
Conflict of interest: The author does not have any conflict of interest with the publishing journal.
Funding: The study was not funded by any source.
Citation
Husain, W. (2022), "Components of psychosocial health", Health Education, Vol. 122 No. 4, pp. 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-05-2021-0084
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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