Perceived social support and life-satisfaction: The article concerns the relationship between life-satisfaction and the features of interpersonal relationships and social support. The research presented in this paper concerned the satisfaction with the relationships with family members, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the extent of the relationships among these groups, and the perceived social support. The aim of the presented research is to assess the impact of these characteristics on life-satisfaction. In addition, the changes that occurred after the social skills training in the level of life-satisfaction and its determinants were examined. The study group consisted of 60 participants. The results show that the strongest determinants of life-satisfaction are practical support and the satisfaction with the relationships with friends. After the social training the structure of the determinants changed. The factors which were relevant before the training appear to be insignificant now; however, the emotional support, satisfaction with family relationships and the number of friends gain in importance. The social skills training was also effective and increased the level of life-satisfaction.

Background: This study examines the relationship between perceived demands (workload and organizational constraints) of teachers’ work during the online period of schooling during the COVID-19 crisis and well-being (emotions, engagement, and job crafting), with work passion as a mediator. Methods: The survey was carried out on a sample of 383 teachers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scale of Organizational Constraints and the Workload Scale, the Passion Scale adapted for work, the Job Crafting Questionnaire, the Utrecht Scale of Work Engagement, and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience was used. Results: Harmonious passion strengthened the positive relationships between workload and organizational constraints and job crafting and weakened the negative relationship with positive emotions and the positive one with negative emotions. The positive relationship between workload and engagement has been strengthened by harmonious passion. The negative relationship between organizational constraints and engagement became positive and weaker. Relationships between variables were weakened, i.e., workload and engagement, organizational constraints and job crafting, or strengthened, i.e., organizational constraints and engagement, by an obsessive passion. In tested models, obsessive passion has the opposite effect and is weaker than harmonious passion. Conclusion: The structural equation modeling (SEM) confirmed that work passion, mainly harmonious, is a mechanism explaining the relationship between the demands of forced work from home with teachers’ well-being.

Temperamental traits and life and job satisfaction: The aim of this research project was to evaluate the impact of the temperamental traits and structure (as defined by Strelau's Regulative Theory of Temperament) on the level of life satisfaction and job satisfaction (interpreted according to Zalewska's Transactional Model of Quality of Life). The participants of the study were employees (N=199) having different jobs and from different workplaces. The results indicate that there exists a positive relationship between both types of satisfaction and activity and endurance as well as a negative relationship between the measures of satisfaction and emotional reactivity. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that activity and emotional reactivity are temperamental predictors of life satisfaction. The temperamental predictor of job satisfaction in the cognitive aspect is only activity, whereas in the case of job satisfaction in the emotional aspect - activity and endurance. The statistical analysis revealed that the temperament structure harmonising in the dimension of under-stimulation - over-stimulation has no correlation with any types of satisfaction.

Background: The effectiveness of treatment depends on recognizing the needs and limitations of patients. Hope is a personal resource that facilitates the treatment and recovery process. Dispositional hope encompasses goal-directed action, whereas perceived hope lacks reference to specific content or behavior. This study examined which construct is more strongly related to psychological, physical, and emotional health. Perceived hope requires a new tool for measurement. Adaptation to the Polish cultural context is the second goal of this research. Methods: Data were collected in the international online study Barometer of Hope (n = 1608). Adult participants completed the PSH, ADHS, and a battery of self-report questionnaires assessing several key well-being outcomes. Results: Perceived hope appears to be a more salient construct related to psychological health than dispositional hope, although both aspects of hope demonstrate similar associations with physical health. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the hypothesized one-factor structure of the Polish version of the Perceived Hope Scale (PHS-PL), indicating high internal consistency as well as strong convergent and discriminant validity. The PHS-PL showed positive correlations with optimism, life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and dispositional hope, and negative correlations with depression/anxiety, loneliness, and negative affect. Additionally, perceived hope was negatively associated with the likelihood of a crisis scenario and positively associated with the likelihood of a flourishing scenario. Conclusions: Our findings confirm that hope is a health-enhancing resource. The PHS is a simple, short, culturally universal method that directly measures hope and can also be successfully used by non-psychologists, such as nurses, physicians, and caregivers.

In the context of the climate crisis, individuals’ psychological resources, such as climate hope and a sense of connection with nature, are significant for adopting pro-environmental behaviors and at the same time also important for mental health. In this study, we present a model describing the relationships under investigation, concurrently considering sociodemographic variables (age, gender, and religiosity) to gain a more detailed understanding of the predictors of pro-environmental intentions. The study involved 620 participants aged between 18 and 74 (M = 31.95; SD = 13.55), who completed an online set of standardized questionnaires measuring climate hope, connection with nature, mental well-being, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and pro-climate behavioral intentions. The hypotheses were tested using correlation analyses and multiple linear regression. Climate hope (r = .38, p < .001) and connection with nature (r = .33, p < .001) showed positive correlations with pro-environmental behaviors. Both variables were also associated with higher psychological well-being. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed the significance of these variables and selected socio-demographic variables for pro-environmental behavior. Climate hope and a connection with nature are key factors in fostering care for the environment and one’s own mental wellbeing.