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Association Between Social Isolation and Mental Well-Being in Later Life. What is the Role of Loneliness?
In this study, we evaluate whether the association between three types of social isolation (SI) and mental well-being (MWB) is mediated by loneliness. We include a pooled sample (N = 8,525) of people aged 65 or older, participating in the 2016 European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS). MWB is assessed with the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5), and SI is operationalised as living alone, having no or little contact with family members, or having no or little contact with friends and neighbours. We assess a full mediation model with loneliness as a mediator between each type of SI and MWB, which we compare ...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Longitudinal Multivariate Profiling of Well-Being Among Chinese Freshmen
AbstractThis research adopts a person-centered approach towards well-being, examining the heterogeneity in well-being profiles by simultaneously considering the longitudinal trajectories and multivariate compositions of well-being. Specifically, we measured subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect, and satisfaction with life or SWL), vitality, and peace of mind (PoM) among 1050 Chinese college students, across six time points over their freshmen year. At the first time point, we also measured three sets of predictor variables: self-determination ( “what” and why” of goal pursuit), basic psychological n...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Prospective Relationships between Dispositional Optimism and Subjective and Psychological Well-being in Children and Adolescents
AbstractOptimism is a construct considered fundamental for human functioning and well-being; however, few studies link optimism to subjective and psychological well-being during childhood and adolescence. Therefore, the objective of this study is to demonstrate the prospective relationships between dispositional optimism, and subjective well-being (SWB) and psychological well-being (PWB) through a prospective study with 479 children aged 10.74 years old (SD = 0.72) and 503 adolescents aged 13.41 years old (SD = 1.09). Two cross-lagged models were calculated, one for each group, which responded the questionnaires...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

How Satisfaction with Running Business and Private Life Are Related to Small-Business Owners ’ Subjective Well-Being
This study examined how satisfaction with aspects of running the business as well as satisfaction with aspects of the private life are related to small-business owners' subjective well-being (SWB). Measures were obtained of both life satisfaction (LS) and emotional well-being (EWB) to investigate possible differences. Questionnaire data from a survey of small-business owners (n=614) showed that in the business domain LS is associated with satisfaction with revenues, EWB with satisfaction with customer and employee contacts, and both LS and EWB with satisfaction with working time. In the private life domain, LS is associate...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

How Important is Optimism for Mental Health? A Spatial Temporal Life Course Analysis on Indonesia
AbstractUnlike developed countries, we find a bell-shaped curve for the average frequency of depressive symptoms from the Indonesian Family Life Survey where the same people are followed over 14 years (2000 –2014). This incidence is at a high level around the age of 60 and lower for younger and older people. If we may assume that a high incidence of depressive symptoms goes together with a low average of mental health then we may conclude that the average mental health is at at a low level around 60 and higher for younger and older people (U-shape). In addition, we provide evidence for the first time that positive future...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

CARE-full Online Service-Learning in the Digital Age: Overcoming TIP and FEAR to Maximize Community Partner Outcomes in the Philippines
This study investigates the outcomes of online Service-Learning (SL) in Philippine partner communities, addressing a literature gap on predominantly face-to-face (f2f) SL. Applying the Conceptual Framework of Community Impacts Arising from Service-Learning, it employs a mixed-method convergent design to assess the benefits, drawbacks, and influential factors of online SL ’s effectiveness (CARE, TIP, and FEAR). Data, sourced from 101 survey participants across 46 Community Partner Organizations (CPOs) in affiliation with Ateneo de Manila University, is complemented by the insights derived from 22 comprehensive interviews ...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Correction to: The Relationship Between Democracy and Subjective Well-Being as a Function of Anti-Democratic Attitudes: a Multilevel Analysis of 78 Countries Worldwide
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Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research