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Personal wellbeing

Personal wellbeing includes:

  • Emotional wellbeing: that is positive feelings and the absence of negative feelings
  • A satisfying life
  • Resilience and self-esteem: building self-esteem and optimism
  • Vitality
  • Positive functioning: resilience, competence, autonomy, engagement meaning and purpose

The model

Process: volunteering

Volunteering promotes:

  • Social engagement
  • Self esteem
  • Meaning
  • Being useful
  • Competence

Participation: visiting the historic environment

Visiting historic places can promote:

  • Positive feelings
  • Knowledge
  • Group activities
  • Learning

Mechanism: sharing

This can support the following positive actions:

  • Social interaction
  • Creativity
  • Reminiscence
  • Connecting
  • Sharing experiences

Healing: therapy

  • Self-esteem
  • Self-expression
  • Making and meaning
  • Cultural inclusion

Place: belonging

  • Connection
  • Pride
  • Making and meaning
  • Belonging
  • Identity
  • Resilience

Environment: experiencing

Interacting with the historic environment you can experience:

  • Physical activity
  • Fresh air
  • Autonomy
  • Positive feelings