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Region: Economics and Sociology

2014 year, number 2

On the Approaches to Studying the Affective Component of Society's Well-being

Yaroslav Leshchenko
East Siberian Scientific Center of Human Ecology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Angarsk, Irkutsk Region
Keywords: society's living standards, affective component, spiritual ill-being, socio-demographic indicators

Abstract

The paper considers approaches to the well-being assessment from the critical point of view based on the objective, subjective and complex patterns. We indicate the principal differences between the following notions: individual well-being and population's (society's) well-being. Based on these differences, the assessment methodology for the phenomenon is insufficiently developed on the population level. We suggest approaches of differential assessment for an affective component of well-being in regional societies using specific socio-demographic indicators and corresponding criteria. As a result of this assessment it is possible to find the levels of psychosocial (spiritual) ill-being.