Subjective Well-being Of People Research Articles

The role of religious capital in shaping wellbeing of individuals

By investigating the role of religiosity in shaping Human Well-being, this study bridges the gap through quantitative study on the importance of religious capital to enhance people’s level of well-being. This research emphasized the relation of social exclusion and religious capital to wellbeing, whereas previous studies generally used individual and economic factors as the basis. Due to large sample size of 757 people, this quantitative research using Divine Economic Survey 2013 data looks at how religious capital affects people's subjective well-being. To minimize the diversity of subjective well-being, prayers, and religious activities, constructing them continuous and escaping the problem of multicollinearity and emphasizing the key underlying factors that most effectively capture the variance in these variables, therefore we have adopted principal component analysis. The ordinary least squares approach is then used to regress the variables and evaluate the links between subjective wellbeing and rituals, religious practices, gender health, general education. household size, and marital status of individuals. The finding reveals that religious rituals, gender, age, general education, health, and log of income are statistically significant and have a positive influence on subjective well-being, but Household Members and Marital Status are statistically significant and negatively affect the subjective well-being of human-being. The study is beneficial for government agencies that would make the policies and programs to augment people’s income, educational prospects and health facilities and services.

INTERRELATION OF TEMPORAL FOCUS, SUBJECTIVE AGE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE IN RETIREMENT

Aim: Theoretical substantiation and empirical confi rmation of the interrelation between the components of a person’s psychological time at the retirement period of life and subjective well-being. Methodology: Theoreti-cal analysis of the literature on the research topic, psychodiagnostic method, methods of mathematical statistics. For Interrelation of Temporal Focus, Subjective Age and Subjective Well-Being of People in Retirement 57data collection, the following methods were used: “Temporal Focus Scale” by A. Shipp, “Age-of-me” by B. Barak and “Life Satisfaction Scale” by E. Diener. The study was conducted in 2022, during the work 223 pensioners were interviewed, living in Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk region. Results: In the course of the study, a number of interrelations between components of the psychological life time (temporal focus and subjective age) and the sub-jective well-being of pensioners were found. Association between physical and cognitive-emotional components of subjective age with subjective well-being confi rms that people who think that they look and feel younger thantheir chronological age are more satisfi ed with their life in retirement. A correlation between subjective well-being and a focus on the present was found, that is evidence that a person who is deeply involved in the processes taking place in the present, who is not inclined to “get stuck” in memories and is not absorbed by worries about the future feels more prosperous. It has been established the existence of the correlation between the intellectual component of subjective age (“assessment of the age” of one’s own interests and hobbies in comparing with the interests of people of a certain age) and the focus on the present and future time. Research implications: The study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the subjective perception of life in retirement and the feeling of life satisfaction. The results provide a basis for further research into the role of psychological life span in success-ful post-retirement secondary socialization.

Local public transport and neighbourhood satisfaction: The effect on older adults' subjective wellbeing

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted older adults in terms of both physical (high mortality rate) and psychological health. In these challenging times more than ever, exploring which dimensions affect the older people's subjective wellbeing is relevant. As the literature has shown, older people prefer to age in place: the living environment and the presence of local services (including public transport) play a key role. The effects of social environment on older people's mobility, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic period remain a less studied topic. Within this context, the paper aims to explore the role of satisfaction with neighbourhood, local public transport, and socio-demographic characteristics in influencing subjective wellbeing in Italy, during the Covid-19 pandemic. A survey has been addressed to people aged over 65 years old in three Italian cities (Milan, Padua, and Varese). A structural equation model and an ordered logit model have been performed. Results show that older adults who are satisfied with their neighbourhood and are happy with the local public transport characteristics are more likely to have higher subjective wellbeing. Moreover, men, older adults living alone, and those who have suffered from an income reduction, due to the pandemic, show lower levels of subjective wellbeing.

Subjective Well-Being in People with Nephrotic Syndrome: Exploring Role of Lifestyle and Self-Confidence

Sufferers of nephrotic syndrome can be found in both developed and developing countries. All individuals afflicted with nephrotic syndrome, including both children and adults, often experience a loss of hope and find it challenging to attain subjective well-being in their lives. Therefore, this research aims to determine the portrait of subjective well-being in people with nephrotic syndrome by examining the components and factors that influence subjective well-being. The method employed in this research is descriptive qualitative phenomenology. The data collection process in this study utilizes data triangulation, including observation, interviews, and document analysis. Data analysis was conducted using interactive data analysis methods. The findings of this study indicate that, in general, individuals suffering from nephrotic syndrome tend to have low subjective well-being or face difficulties in achieving it in their lives. This is primarily due to individuals being unable to fulfill the components and factors of subjective well-being, often experiencing higher negative affect than positive affect. Additionally, researchers have identified new factors that influence subjective well-being, namely lifestyle and self-confidence.

The contribution of cultural identity to subjective well-being in collectivist countries: a study in the context of contemporary Chinese culture.

Though the important effect of cultural identity on subjective well-being is widely acknowledged, the details of how different cultures' unique features influence well-being remain to be revealed. To address this issue in the context of Chinese culture, the present study investigates whether and how the prominent features of Chinese culture-collectivism and red culture-shape Chinese people's subjective well-being. The Red Cultural Identity Scale, Subjective Well-Being Scale, Collectivism Scale, and Perspective-Taking Scale were used to assess 1,045 Chinese residents. The results showed that red cultural identity positively predicted participants' subjective well-being through the mediated role of collectivism. Furthermore, perspective-taking was found to moderate the mediating effect of collectivism. These results demonstrate that the way cultural identity predicts subjective well-being is highly correlated to specific cultural features, e.g., the opinion of values, which was significant in practice with a cross-cultural background.

Examining Resilience and its Role in Positive Psychological Outcomes

The deep connection between resilience and favorable psychological outcomes, such as life satisfaction, pleasure, and general well-being, was examined in this study. The study used a quantitative technique to try to understand how resilience affects people's subjective well-being.
 The study's findings showed that participants generally demonstrated a high level of resilience. Resilience was linked to moderate to high levels of happiness, life satisfaction, and general wellbeing. These findings support the corpus of prior research emphasizing resilience's critical contribution to the development of favorable psychological outcomes.
 The standard deviations, which show the data's variety, highlighted how different each person's experiences are. Although resilience has gained recognition as a resource for fostering positive outcomes, its impacts have been influenced by a variety of variables, such as personal coping mechanisms, social support networks, and unique life situations.
 These findings have useful ramifications for initiatives designed to improve wellbeing. Interventions that increase resilience give people the tools they need to overcome challenges, encourage happy feelings, and eventually improve their general happiness, well-being, and sense of fulfillment in life. The study also emphasizes the significance of tailored strategies for improving well-being that take into account and cater to individual characteristics and requirements.
 But it's important to recognize the study's drawbacks, like the cross-sectional design and reliance on self-report metrics. To provide a greater knowledge of the dynamic interaction between resilience and beneficial psychological effects, future research initiatives might take into account longitudinal designs and qualitative methodologies.
 In summary, this work offers important new understandings about how resilience affects psychologically beneficial consequences. The importance of resilience in fostering life satisfaction, pleasure, and general well-being is emphasized, and the necessity of individualized ways to enhancing well-being is also emphasized. In the end, people can negotiate life's problems while also thriving and cultivating a life that is marked by contentment, happiness, and flourishing by understanding and growing resilience.

360° Digital Travel to Improve Emotional State and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Presence and Sense of Place.

The continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a decline in people's subjective well-being and emotional states. Digital travel based on 360° videos provides an alternate way for people to improve their mental health at home during this specific period. Yet, how to construct effective digital travel content that improves emotions remains an issue. This investigation assessed the impact of people's perceived presence and sense of place (SOP) on emotional improvement during a 360° digital travel experience. A total of 156 undergraduate students volunteered to participate, and anxiety, emotion levels, and life satisfaction were measured before and after the digital travel experience; presence and SOP ratings were also collected after the experience. A Latent Change Score model was then developed, and the results indicated that the greater presence and SOP individuals experienced during their digital travel, the better their digital travel experience and emotional improvement. Furthermore, the current data highlight that SOP has a greater impact on emotional improvement than presence. This result provides a novel understanding that how SOP is generated may be more critical to digital travel than presence. This new understanding should help improve relevant applications in the field of digital travel, such as the possibility of providing meaningful narrative context in a virtual environment to induce SOP more effectively, and improve the digital travel experience. Overall, the findings of this study expand our understanding of the digital travel experience and lay the groundwork for future research on SOP and digital travel.

Do social and ecological indicators have the same effect on the subjective well-being of residents?

The study of the association between the socioecological system and people's subjective well-being (SWB) is crucial to improve residents' lives and achieve balanced regional development. However, it is challenging to quantitatively identify the specific association path and the contributions of both social and ecological factors to residents' SWB. In this study, we construct a framework for research on associations with SWB from a socioecological perspective. A resource-based city in rapid transition, Wuhai, China, was chosen as the research area. The effects of social characteristics and ecosystem services on residents' SWB were analyzed using questionnaires and multilevel linear models under different matching conditions of ecosystem services supply and demand. The results show differences in residents' SWB among different ecosystem service supply and demand zones. The contribution rates of social characteristics and ecosystem services to SWB differences were 93.98% and 6.02%, respectively. Compared with the SWB of urban residents, that of residents in suburban and rural areas is more affected by ecosystem services. In addition, provisioning services have a more significant association with residents' SWB than regulating services, especially for elderly and low-income people. The results show that in resource-based cities undergoing rapid transformation, the government should protect essential ecosystem services and focus on improving the employment and education levels of rural residents to effectively enhance their SWB and ensure the stable development of the socioecological system.

The economics of free speech: Subjective wellbeing and empowerment of marginalized citizens

We analyse whether people value free speech differently depending on their resources (income or education levels). Our analysis includes both stated preferences towards free speech and the realized relationship of free speech with people's subjective wellbeing. In each case, we test whether free speech is a ‘luxury good’ valued more highly by high-income earners and the well-educated, or a ‘necessary good’ valued more highly by those with fewer resources. The analysis uses two population survey datasets (World Values Survey and Latino Barometer) and two datasets covering country-level free speech and human rights measures (CIRIGHTS and VDEM). The analyses control for country and wave fixed effects, personal and macroeconomic factors, and for other human rights. We find that, when surveyed, individuals with greater resources place greater stated priority on freedom of speech, but it is individuals with fewer resources who realize the greatest benefits from free speech.

Favorite Possessions Protect Subjective Well-Being Under Income Inequality

Rising income inequality is taking a toll on people's subjective well-being (SWB), and many commentators have implicated the role of material possessions, and thereby marketing, in this regard. Making a more nuanced argument, this research proposes that certain material possessions—namely, favorite possessions—can mitigate the detrimental psychological effect of income inequality on SWB. In support of this proposition, experimental data from nine countries (N = 3,687) and social media posts from 138 countries (N = 31,332) converge to show that, while SWB generally declines as income inequality increases, encouraging consumers to attend to their favorite possessions can mitigate the negative effect of inequality on SWB. This is because attending to favorite possessions reduces consumers’ tendency to make social comparisons related to material resources and wealth, which otherwise arise when income inequality is high. Consequently, even when they perceive high income inequality, consumers feel less deprived relative to others, which buffers their SWB. These findings have meaningful consumer welfare implications. In particular, one way consumers can feel happier with their quality of life in an unequal society is to avoid comparing their material wealth with that of others and instead attend to the material possessions most special to them.

The Impact of Multi-Quality Renewal Elements of Residence on the Subjective Well-Being of the Older Adults - A Case Study of Dalian.

With the expansion of comprehensive renovation projects in China's old residential areas, residents' actual sense of access and well-being has become a source of concern. As the population in old residential areas ages, the results of old renovation will have a significant impact on the older adults quality of life and subjective well-being. To date, most relevant studies have focused on urban and community scales, with little discussion of the impact of neighborhood-level renewal outcomes on the well-being of older adults. As a result, the purpose of this research is to optimize the quality renewal elements of existing old residential areas based on the results of their renovation in order to create a more livable living environment for older adults in existing old residential areas. Based on a survey of old neighborhoods in Dalian, the study examines the mediating effect of psychological resilience between multi-quality renewal elements and the subjective well-being of the older adults, and it discusses the influence of multi-quality renewal elements on the subjective well-being of the older adults in different residential types. According to the findings, multi-quality renewal elements of residence positively predicted the subjective well-being of the older adults; there was a significant mediating effect of psychological resilience between the renewal elements and subjective well-being of the older adults. The study confirms that multiple quality renewal elements can contribute to older people's subjective well-being, and that psychological resilience plays an important role in the selection of multiple quality renewal elements and older people's subjective well-being. The research provides guidance for the establishment of health-oriented approaches to environmental restoration in residential areas for the sustainable development of communities and cities.

Small Acts With Big Impacts: Does Garbage Classification Improve Subjective Well-Being in Rural China?

Solid waste has surged in rural China, home to more than 540 million people. To preserve the environment, the Chinese government has piloted garbage classification programs. However, little is known about whether and to what extent classifying garbage affects people's subjective well-being—should its effects be positive, people would be more amenable to classifying garbage, making it easier to entrench garbage classification practices and programs and ultimately improve the environment. Accordingly, we analyze the impact of garbage classification on subjective well-being using the 2020 China Land Economic Survey data. An endogenous treatment regression model is utilized to address self-selection into garbage classification programs. We find that this simple and somewhat mundane practice can significantly improve people's happiness and life satisfaction. These results reaffirm the compound benefits of allocating more public resources to accelerate the adoption of garbage classification in rural areas.

Relationship between incivility behavior, subjective well-being and the mediating role of emotions: A case study at universities in Vietnam

The psychology of young people is of interest to academia, but it is difficult to measure this subject's psychological formation mechanisms. However, ensuring their psychological well-being is an urgent task because this is the primary source of labour in the future of society. Current studies often focus on positive factors affecting people's subjective well-being. At the same time, negative aspects have not been given due attention to the impact of incivility behaviours in the surroundings. Therefore, this study was conducted to understand the relationship between rude behaviour at university and students' subjective well-being under the mediated influence of perceived emotions. Survey data was collected by convenient sampling method with a survey designed on Google Forms and sent links to student forums in Vietnam. Data were collected from 600 students studying at universities in Ho Chi Minh City and analyzed using PLS-SEM to test the research hypotheses. Research results show that incivility in educational environments impact students' emotions, affecting their subjective well-being. In particular, incivility has the strongest negative effect on the emotional exhaustion of students but do not affect their regulation of emotion. In addition, this study also confirmed the effect of emotional support and compassion on the above relationship in the role of mediator or moderator.

Differences in Subjective Well-Being between Formal and Informal Workers in Urban China.

This paper examines the relationship between different types of employment and subjective well-being with a focus on informal employment. The China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) for three selected years (2012, 2014 and 2016) shows an upward trend in the subjective well-being of urban workers in the 2010s. However, although the gap in subjective well-being between formal and informal workers narrowed, informal workers' subjective well-being was still lower than their formal counterparts. Factors affecting the subjective well-being of formal and informal workers and their different effects were revealed to explain this difference. The subjective well-being of informal workers is significantly related to their informal status of employment, economic conditions (such as income and working hours), human capital, social capital (such as perceived social justice and perceived community connectedness) and urban environment. The paper enhances the understanding of people's subjective well-being by differentiating informal/formal segments of working populations.

Relevance of social capital in preserving subjective well‐being in the face of the COVID‐19 pandemic

AbstractThis paper analyzes the changes in subjective well‐being (SWB) in 11 Latin American cities at the end of the acceleration phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the variables that influenced these changes, and the role of the public support policies and the social capital on SWB recovery. This study, the second of a two‐phase research project, is a survey‐based comparative analysis. The 5604 survey responses obtained included 3279 observations from the research project's preceding phase, and 2325 observations conducted as part of the second project phase and current study. A multivariate linear regression model was used to evaluate the impact of the different variables related to COVID‐19 on people's SWB. Results show that the most significant positive impacts on SWB, are attributed to social capital, particularly family and social cohesion. The study confirms that the level of SWB is strongly associated with personality traits, health, and key variables such as age, marital status, and income. The different measures established to control the pandemic have not remedied the negative impacts of COVID‐19 on people's SWB. However, an increase in different degrees of SWB was observed in 10 out of the 11 cities between the initial survey and the follow‐up survey.

The impact of housing pressure on subjective well-being in urban China

Housing pressure is one of the most important factors affecting urban residents' quality of life and subjective well-being (SWB). However, few studies have examined the impact of housing pressure on people's SWB and whether housing pressure has heterogeneous effects on SWB in cities of different sizes and for different social groups is still under-researched. Using data from a large-scale social satisfaction survey of 115,000 respondents across 36 cities in China, this paper employs a multiple linear regression model to explore the combined impacts of both subjective and objective housing pressure on urban residents' SWB. It also examines the heterogeneity effects of housing pressure for different city sizes and housing tenure groups. The results show that individuals' subjective housing pressure is significantly and negatively associated with SWB, and its impact intensity is greater than most perceived living environment factors. As for objective housing pressure, only the housing rent-to-income ratio has a significant negative correlation with SWB. Dimensions of individuals' perceived quality of the living environment are also significant positive predictors for the SWB level of urban residents except for the urbanscape and portrait dimension. Housing pressure has heterogeneous effects on SWB in different city sizes and housing tenure groups.

Research on Innovation strategies and best practices Model of Higher Education of biotechnology based on Hierarchical Ordered Probity

Aiming at the problem of low confidence in the traditional model of higher education innovation and reform, this paper designs a model of higher education of innovation and Reform Based on hierarchical ordered probity in biotechnology. By mining the data of higher education innovation and reform, deleting the redundant features of higher education innovation and reform data, filling in the data null and noise points, the data preprocessing of higher education innovation and reform is completed. Based on the hierarchical probity, the model parameters are estimated by calculating the core indicators of the model, and the functional relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variables in the model parameters is determined. The experimental results show that the confidence of the model based on hierarchical ordered probity is significantly higher than that of the control group, which can solve the problem of low confidence of the traditional higher education innovation model. The rate of return on schooling is steadily falling as social competitiveness heats up. As a result, the positive impact of education on well-being is lessened. This study used a bivariate ordered Probity model under the educational field theory to examine the effect of higher education innovation on social class and residents' satisfaction. Higher education reform and innovation will have an influence on people' satisfaction, according to these findings. People's subjective well-being may be considerably improved by increasing their education level, and there are major disparities between urban and rural areas. This demonstrates the need of educational reform and innovation strategies with best practices.

Unemployment only temporarily lowers happiness in an eastern society

AbstractUsing longitudinal data from the Taiwan Panel Study of Family Dynamics between 2007 and 2020, this study investigates how subjective well‐being (SWB) changes before, during, and after unemployment. Consistent with extant findings from Western populations, unemployment significantly lowered SWB. Moreover, the anticipation effect was observed—that is, SWB began to decline years before unemployment. The change pattern in SWB before unemployment in Taiwan is similar to that in Western countries. In addition, men's SWB is more responsive to unemployment than women's. However, SWB declined due to unemployment to a smaller degree in Taiwan than in Western populations. More importantly, in contrast to the findings from Western countries, Taiwanese people's SWB quickly recovered to the baseline after reemployment. Thus, unemployment does not permanently harm Taiwanese people's SWB. Similarly, the self‐esteem of unemployed Taiwanese also quickly recovered after reemployment. This study, therefore, argues that the impact of unemployment on SWB is culturally dependent.

Considerations for providing feedback to patients and families regarding clinical high-risk for psychosis status

Subjective well-being in people with schizophrenia is likely to be impaired by positive and negative psychotic symptoms. However, these may impact differentially on hedonic (satisfaction and interest in life) and eudaemonic (optimal psychological and social functioning) components.We hypothesized that positive symptoms would influence the hedonic component, while negative symptoms would be linked to eudaemonic well-being.We tested this using longitudinal data (N = 1208) from the EUROSC study. Measures were repeated after 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. Hedonic and eudaemonic features were identified using the Quality of Life Interview. Positive and negative symptoms were assessed with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. We used latent variable structural equation modelling to investigate the impact of positive and negative symptoms at each of the four data points on well-being components 6 months later, controlling for depressed mood.The measurement model yielded acceptable fit. People with higher scores on positive symptoms at a given time-point were more likely to report lower scores for hedonic components six months later (6-, 12-, and 24-month), whereas we found no significant paths from negative symptoms to hedonic or eudaemonic features.Although we found a longitudinal influence of positive symptoms on hedonic well-being, negative symptoms had no effect on either hedonic or eudaemonic components. While symptom reduction strategies may be helpful for hedonic well-being, the amelioration of eudaemonic features may require targeted psychosocial programmes to help individuals attain more rewarding lives.

Cooking fuel choices and subjective well-being in rural China: Implications for a complete energy transition

This paper examines the impacts of cooking fuel choices on individuals' subjective well-being, measured by happiness and life satisfaction, using open-access data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey. We analyze the impacts by employing a multivalued treatment effects model that accounts for selectivity bias. Unlike previous studies that consider households' binary fuel use decisions or specific fuel choices, we capture the households' fuel-stacking behaviors (using multiple fuels) by classifying cooking fuels into clean fuels, non-clean fuels, and mixed-fuels. The empirical results show that complete energy transition (i.e., switching from either non-clean fuels or mixed fuels to clean fuels) significantly improves individuals' happiness and life satisfaction. In comparison, incomplete energy transition (i.e., shifting from non-clean fuels to mixed fuels) does not significantly impact individuals' subjective well-being. A complete energy transition increases people's subjective well-being in the eastern and central parts of China but has no impact on those living in western China. Furthermore, switching from non-clean fuels to clean fuels significantly reduces happiness inequality and life satisfaction inequality. Switching to cleaner fuels also significantly increases individuals' self-reported health. We recommend that the government in China make concerted efforts to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and clean energy sources and accelerate rural households' energy transition.