This viewpoint reviews the empirical evidence regarding the association between social
media use and well-being, including life satisfaction and affective well-being, and the …

A large body of research suggests that extraversion is positively related to well-being.
However, it is unclear whether this association can be explained by social participation (ie …

The connection between grit and achievement in a variety of areas is well documented.
Nevertheless, the factors that affect domain‐specific academic grit and the relationship of …

Various sociodemographic, psychosocial, cognitive, and life event factors are associated
with mental wellbeing; however, it remains unclear which measures best explain variance in …

Data on the personality of dancers is sparse, and existing studies generally use small
samples and heterogeneous measures of personality across studies. We investigated Big …

This article presents a content-based, communication-centered approach to the study of how
social media use might affect well-being. It is organized around three elements of social …

Using three large-scale longitudinal datasets collected from a cohort of university students
over the span of 3 years (total N= 2,896 participants; ecological momentary assessments …

The relationship between leisure and wellbeing is of great interest in the field of leisure
studies. Keyes (2002) developed a typology of flourishing vs. languishing that encompasses …

The purpose of this study is to empirically test Sirgy, Uysal, & Kruger's (2017) benefits theory
of leisure wellbeing in the March 2017 issue of the Applied Research in Quality of Life. The …

To better understand the effects of social media use on adolescents' psychosocial
functioning, this study examined the temporal stability of social media effects across two …