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A new paper in Sustainability explores whether the importance assigned to well-being domains may be associated with actual self-reported well-being in these same domains.  “Associations between the Importance of Well-Being Domains and the Subsequent Experience of Well-Being,” authored by Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr Bialowolski, Eileen McNeely, Ying Chen, Richard G. Cowden and Tyler J. VanderWeele, looked at longitudinal data from 1209 employees to examine the associations between the…

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A new paper in Scientific Reports explores suffering and its consequences for health and well-being.  Although suffering is a ubiquitous part of the human experience, the extant empirical literature on suffering is characterized by a disproportionate focus on Western samples and older adults living with physical illness. Such evidence has provided some insight into the antecedents, experiences, and consequences of suffering that are relevant to clinical populations of adults who…

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A new paper in Frontiers in Public Health examines the radiation exposures which accumulate over time for flight crews. Flight attendants (FA) and pilots are consistently exposed to a complex variety of physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial stressors. Physical exposures during flight include cosmic ionizing radiation (CIR), decreased oxygen levels, high noise and vibration levels, radiofrequency radiation, electromagnetic fields, and potentially ultraviolet radiation (UV). Chemical exposures in the aircraft include…

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A new paper in BMC Public Health examines demographic differences in flourishing, defined as “complete well-being” and consisting of six domains: emotional health, physical health, purpose, character strengths, social connectedness, and financial security.  Authors Matthew T. Lee, Eileen McNeely, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Karen A. Ryan, Kay D. Mooney, Richard G. Cowden and Tyler J. VanderWeele used a random, cross-sectional sample of 2363 survey respondents drawn from employees of a large, national,…

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A new paper published in Frontiers in Psychology explores the distinctions between depression and suffering.  Authors Richard G. Cowden, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Eileen McNeely and Tyler J. VanderWeele used a cross-sectional sample of flight attendants (n = 4,652), and tested for further empirical evidence distinguishing depression and suffering. Correlations with 15 indices covering several dimensions of well-being (i.e., physical health, emotional well-being, psychological well-being, character strengths, social well-being, financial/material well-being) indicated…

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Dorota Węziak-Białowolska of SHINE and Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program was interviewed by the Harvard Gazette about our recent study exploring the role of character in physical and mental health.  The research team – Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr Bialowolski, Ying Chen, Tyler J. VanderWeele and Eileen McNeely – found that acting with high moral character is associated with a lower risk of depression — and may have cardiovascular benefits as…

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The Harvard Gazette did a feature story focused on our recent study exploring the role of character in physical and mental health. The research team – Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr Bialowolski, Ying Chen, Tyler J. VanderWeele and Eileen McNeely – found that acting with high moral character is associated with a lower risk of depression — and may have cardiovascular benefits as well. Read the Gazette article here.

A new paper published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology explores the role of character, reflected in adherence to high standards of moral behavior, in physical and mental health.  Authors Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr Bialowolski,  Ying Chen, Tyler J. VanderWeele and Eileen McNeely used longitudinal observational data merged with medical insurance claims data collected from 1209 working adults of a large services organization in the US.   Self-reported physical…

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In this podcast, SHINE’s Eileen McNeely, Levi Strauss Foundation’s Kimberly Almeida and Lexis Nexis’ Olga Mack discuss the results of a pilot study that used SHINE’s Well-being Survey on blockchain to securely and transparently measure worker well-being in Levi Strauss factories in Mexico and Poland.  They discuss how blockchain can increase trust in the workplace by bringing visibility to the experiences of workers. Watch the podcast here.

A new paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology examines the dynamics of human flourishing through a systems perspective based on the relations between its constituents.  Using cross-sectional data from adults in 10 countries, this study explored the interrelatedness among constituents of flourishing – happiness & satisfaction with life, mental & physical health, meaning & purpose, character & virtue, close social relationships, and financial & material stability – within and…

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