How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action

D Fancourt, H Aughterson, S Finn, E Walker… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing

R Alexander, OR Aragón, J Bookwala… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

Well-being is more than happiness and life satisfaction: a multidimensional analysis of 21 countries

K Ruggeri, E Garcia-Garzon, Á Maguire, S Matz… - Health and quality of life …, 2020 - Springer
Background Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific
standards and rigor associated with approaches for national and international comparisons …

Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative …

AØ Geirdal, M Ruffolo, J Leung, H Thygesen… - Journal of Mental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their
mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social …

Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross-sectional study

E Emerson, N Fortune, G Llewellyn… - Disability and health …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Loneliness is significantly related to health and wellbeing. However, there is
little information on the prevalence of loneliness among people with disability or the …

Understanding stigma in autism: A narrative review and theoretical model

A Turnock, K Langley, CRG Jones - Autism in Adulthood, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The experience of stigma by autistic people is relatively understudied, despite contributing to
a range of poor outcomes and having an overarching impact on well-being. The current …

Adolescent well-being: a definition and conceptual framework

DA Ross, R Hinton, M Melles-Brewer… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2020 - jahonline.org
Adolescent Well-Being: A Definition and Conceptual Framework - Journal of Adolescent
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Advances and open questions in the science of subjective well-being

E Diener, RE Lucas, S Oishi - Collabra: Psychology, 2018 - online.ucpress.edu
Subjective well-being (SWB) is an extremely active area of research with about 170,000
articles and books published on the topic in the past 15 years. Methodological and …

[HTML][HTML] How an epidemic outbreak impacts happiness: Factors that worsen (vs. protect) emotional well-being during the coronavirus pandemic

H Yang, J Ma - Psychiatry research, 2020 - Elsevier
What are the factors that worsen (vs. protect) emotional well-being during a pandemic
outbreak such as COVID-19? Through two large-scale nationwide surveys (N 1= 11,131; N …

Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: Develo** an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework

S Rolfe, L Garnham, J Godwin, I Anderson… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background The role of housing as a social determinant of health is well-established, but the
causal pathways are poorly understood beyond the direct effects of physical housing …