Table 1 Key themes and dimensions identified in the interviews.
From: A qualitative exploration of individual differences in wellbeing for highly sensitive individuals
Key themes | Dimensions |
|---|---|
Perceptions of wellbeing | Balance |
Important dimensions of wellbeing | |
Perceptions of wellbeing | |
Physical wellbeing | |
Spiritual wellbeing | |
Enablers of wellbeing | Connecting with nature |
Emotional self-regulation | |
Daily wellbeing practices | |
Low-intensity-positive emotion | |
Meaning | |
Meditation/mindfulness | |
Mental wellbeing | |
Music | |
Optimism | |
Personal growth | |
Positive perception of SPS | |
Positive relationships | |
Self-acceptance | |
Self-awareness | |
Self-care | |
Self-compassion | |
Small circle of friends | |
Solitude | |
Weekly wellbeing practice | |
Wellbeing enablers | |
Barriers of wellbeing | Challenges to wellbeing |
Dimensions to work on | |
Saying “no” | |
Sensory stimulation | |
Other factors | Past depression/anxiety/trauma |
Extraversion and SPS | |
Knowledge of SPS |
