Although social capital has been hypothesized to have positive influence on psychological health, a relationship between social capital dimensions and psychological wellbeing has rarely been found. This longitudinal study investigates the relationship between social participation in associations and self-rated psychological health. The paper uses five waves of the British Household Panel Survey...

Sustainable development efforts in urban areas often focus on understanding and managing factors that influence all aspects of health and wellbeing. Research has shown that public parks and green space provide a variety of physical, psychological, and social benefits to urban residents, but few studies have examined the influence of parks on comprehensive measures of subjective wellbeing at the...

To determine the relationship between the genetic and environmental risk factors for externalizing psychopathology and mental wellbeing, we examined detailed measures of emotional, social and psychological wellbeing, and a history of alcohol-related problems and smoking behavior in the last year in 1,386 individual twins from same-sex pairs from the MIDUS national US sample assessed in 1995. Ch...

OBJECTIVE Meaning-making is a way of coping when facing adverse events. A paucity of literature suggests other possible factors (e.g. delivery of knowledge) can influence how chronic illness survivors (i.e. stroke survivors in rehabilitation) cope with illness. This article explores the importance and significance of meaning in life as a mediator between perceived stroke knowledge and psycholog...

The Active Ageing Framework has been adapted as a global strategy in ageing policies, practices and research over the last decade. Lifelong learning, however, has not been fully integrated into this discourse. Using survey data provided by 416 adults (aged 60 years and above) enrolled in non-formal general-interest courses in a public continuing education programme in Canada, this study examine...

Life satisfaction is required for positive mental health and related to psychological wellbeing. The study intended evaluate the relation between wellbeing (purpose of life, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, relations) life among young adults. Purposive sample technique was used get sample. Young adults (N = 200) from different educational organization Bahawalpur (Pakistan) were included ...

Adolescents are the most important assets of any nation and Mother plays the most influential role in shaping the adolescent`s personality. Relationship between mother and child has a major influence on a child overall development. The beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and behaviours of the mother has a powerful impact on the socio-emotional and cognitive development of children. Globalization has l...