Well-being, Reasonableness, and the Natural Environment

Well - being , Reasonableness , and the Natural

This Special Section features a number of perspectives on the vital role played by natural environments. The three empirical papers, using different approaches and measures, representing diverse populations in different countries, and different kinds of natural settings, all provide evidence for the importance of nature to human well-being. This paper presents the Reasonable Person Model (RPM) ...

The work environment, stress and well-being.

BACKGROUND Much recent work extending the field of job characteristics to include positive aspects of work makes the implicit assumption that the absence of negative work characteristics is equivalent to the presence of positive work characteristics. AIMS To consider the effect sizes seen at different ends of job characteristic dimensions and to compare the impact of the presence and absence ...

The effects of surfing and the natural environment on the well-being of combat veterans.

Although researchers have identified the benefits of physical activity on well-being, there is little evidence concerning the effects of nature-based physical activity. We investigated the effect of one nature-based activity-surfing-on the well-being of combat veterans experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We conducted interviews and participant observations with a group of combat ...

Environment , Well - Being , and Experienced Preference

Human Well-being and the Natural Environment: Research Challenges in Mathematical Sciences

Given the impact that humans have on the environment and the fundamental role that the environment plays in supporting human well-being, sustainable development will require improved understanding of human-environment interactions and intelligent decisions to guide human actions in ways consistent with maintaining human well-being in the long-run. Human well-being requires, at the very minimum,...