Quality of life

Aida Tynychbekova SOC 111

[Quality of life] is an individual’s perception of

their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, values and concerns incorporating physical health, psychological state, level of independence, social relations, personal beliefs and their relationship to salient features of the environment quality of life refers to a subjective evaluation which is embedded in a cultural, social and environmental context.

(World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL Group, 1995)

Concept “Quality of life”

Social Health Economic Environmental QOL is the product of the interplay among

social, health, economic and environmental conditions which affect human and social development

Indicators for QOL

Standard of living is a measure of the quantity

and quality of goods and services available to people.

The standard of living includes factors such as income, quality and availability of employment, class disparity, poverty rate and etc.

Standard of living

1970 –physical QOL index measure- David

Morris (mortality and life expectancy) Human Development Index – (life expectancy,

education, and standard of living) 2006 – Happy Planet Index - ecology

Measures

In 1962, Abraham Maslow established a theory

of quality of life

Maslow’s theory of QOL

Their QOL Model is based on 3 categories: Being Belonging Becoming

UofT

Physical being – physical health, personal

hygiene, and physical appearance Psychological being – feelings Spiritual being – reflects personal values,

beliefs which not associated with religions

Being

Environment of individual Physical belonging – connection with ph.

Environment (home, workplace, school) Social belonging- social environment (family,

friends) Community belonging – access o resources

(income, social services, education)

Belonging

Oriented to purposeful activities, achieving

personal goals Practical becoming – describes day-to day

actions (domestic activities, volunteering) Leisure becoming – promote relaxation, family

visits, card games) Growth becoming – promote improvement or

maintained of knowledge and skills

Becoming

President Lyndon Johnson stated: “ The great

society is concerned no with how much, but with how good not with the quantity of goods but with the quality of their lives.”

The Concepts of Quality of Life and Happiness

– Correlation and Differences, Dalia Susniene, Algirdas Jurkauskas

QUALITY-OF-LIFE RESEARCH, Ruut Veenhoven

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