Telework in academia: associations with health and well-being among staff

Staff and Faculty Health and Well-being Program

Health-Enhancing Physical Activity: Associations with Markers of Well-Being.

BACKGROUND The association between health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) and well-being was investigated across a cross-sectional (Study 1; N=243) and a longitudinal, two-wave (Study 2; N=198) design. Study 2 further examined the role played by fulfilling basic psychological needs in terms of understanding the mechanisms via which HEPA is associated with well-being. METHODS Women enrolled...

Health and well-being among child immigrants in Europe

Previous studies on the health of childimmigrants were carried out primarily in the USA, with fewer studies carried out in Europe.2,3 Findings from these studies were equivocal. Some studies found that immigrant children fare worse compared to their native peers in relation to mental health, risk behaviour, academic achievements, health and well being,4,5 some reported that immigrant children f...

Italian and Swedish adolescents: differences and associations in subjective well-being and psychological well-being

BACKGROUND One important aspect of subjective judgments about one's well-being (i.e., subjective well-being: life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) is that cultural features, such as, nationality seem to shape cognitive judgments about the "the ideal life." In this comparative study we examined differences in subjective well-being and psychological well-being between Italian a...

Interference and facilitation among personal goals: differential associations with subjective well-being and persistent goal pursuit.

Three studies demonstrate that mutual facilitation and interference among personal goals are distinct characteristics rather than mutually exclusive opposites and have different functions for psychological well-being and goal pursuit. The three studies vary in design (cross-sectional, short-termlongitudinal) and follow a multimethod approach using questionnaires, diaries, and objective behavior...