Appraisal, wellbeing, and pandemics: is a focus on wellbeing now warranted?

A focus on the determinants of health and wellbeing

But what is Wellbeing

Human Wellbeing and Flourishing: If Not Now, When?

Editorial T here is a lot that gets in the way of human flourishing. In the world today, we face seemingly unsolvable issues including health disparities , poverty, climate change, food security, clean water, and violence, to name of few. These profound challenges are not unrelated. Lack of education contributes to unemployment, which in turn contributes to poverty. In communities where there i...

Employee Wellbeing: Evaluating a Wellbeing Intervention in Two Settings

This research presents two studies conducted to evaluate the Wellbeing Game in two different contexts: In a student sample and in an organizational setting. Study 1 investigated the efficacy of the Wellbeing Game, in terms of its effect of wellbeing, stress, and an image valence test, among 60 university students. The results showed that after playing the Wellbeing Game, students reported a sig...

Subjective Wellbeing, Objective Wellbeing and Inequality in Australia

In recent years policy makers and social scientists have devoted considerable attention to wellbeing, a concept that refers to people's capacity to live healthy, creative and fulfilling lives. Two conceptual approaches dominate wellbeing research. The objective approach examines the objective components of a good life. The subjective approach examines people's subjective evaluations of their li...