UDI editorial: resilience, well-being and urban design

Increasing psychological well-being and resilience by psychotherapeutic methods.

A specific psychotherapeutic strategy for increasing psychological well-being and resilience, well-being therapy, has been developed and validated in a number of randomized controlled trials. The findings indicate that flourishing and resilience can be promoted by specific interventions leading to a positive evaluation of one's self, a sense of continued growth and development, the belief that ...

Environmental Attitudes and Subjective Well-being in Urban China

We examine how environmental attitudes influence subjective well-being in urban China. We find that considering environmental protection important on its own has no effect on subjective wellbeing; however, those who consider environmental protection important and have a higher sense of collectivism or concern for others have a lower level of subjective well-being. We interpret this result as in...

Urban Nature for Human Health and Well-being

Commute Time and Subjective Well-Being in Urban China

Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, this study investigates the association between commute time and subjective well-being in a sample of 16to 65-year-old employees in urban China. We find evidence that a longer commute time is associated with lower levels of both life satisfaction and happiness, especially when the commute times are extreme (≥ 1 hour per day). A multiple media...

The relation between resilience, spiritual well-being, and social support with adjustment to heart disease

Background: Adjustment to heart disease, as a stressful experience, is a complicated process and causes serious problems for a heart patient. The present study aimed to find the relation between adjustment to heart disease and resilience, spiritual well-being, and social support.     Methods: In this cross-sectional study a total of 327 patients with coronary artery disease (138 women and 189...