Addressing the Social Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing: The Latest Challenge for Social Policy

Deeming, Christopher

doi:10.1017/s0047279413000202

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“…Both objective and subjective measures are approximations of a somewhat intangible, contextual, and evolving concept. This is similar in many ways to difficulties faced in defining and measuring concepts such as well-being, risk perception, and happiness (Deeming 2013). More needs to be done to examine the effects of different characterizations and framings of resilience within subjective survey modules so as to establish the robustness of comparative subjective scores.…”

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Subjective measures of household resilience to climate variability and change: insights from a nationally representative survey of Tanzania

Jones¹,

Samman²,

Vinck³

2018

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Promoting household resilience to climate extremes has emerged as a key development priority. Yet tracking and evaluating resilience at this level remains a critical challenge. Most quantitative approaches rely on objective indicators and assessment frameworks, but these are not fully satisfactory. Much of the difficulty arises from a combination of conceptual ambiguities, challenges in selecting appropriate indicators, and in measuring the many intangible aspects that contribute to household resilience. More recently, subjective measures of resilience have been advocated in helping to overcome some of the limitations of traditional objective characterizations. However, few large-scale studies of quantitative subjective approaches to resilience measurement have been conducted.In this study, we address this gap by exploring perceived levels of household resilience to climate extremes in Tanzania and the utility of standardized subjective methods for its assessment. A nationally representative cross-sectional survey involving 1294 individuals was carried out by mobile phone in June 2015 among randomly selected adult respondents aged 18 and above. Factors that are most associated with resilience-related capacities are having had advance knowledge of a previous flood, and to a lesser extent, believing flooding to be a serious community problem. Somewhat surprisingly, though a small number of weak relationships are apparent, most socio-demographic variables do not exhibit statistically significant differences with regards to perceived resilience-related capacities. These findings may challenge traditional assumptions about what factors characterize household resilience, offering a motivation for studying both subjective and objective perspectives, and understanding better their relationship to one another. If further validated, subjective measures may offer potential as both a complement and alternative to traditional objective methods of resilience measurement, each with their own merits and limitations.

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Subjective measures of household resilience to climate variability and change: insights from a nationally representative survey of Tanzania

Jones¹,

Samman²,

Vinck³

2018

E&S

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“…In this manner, the adult learning was helping to address mental health and educational inequalities across dimensions of social class, age and gender and to address social isolation and exclusion as key social determinants of poor mental health and subjective well-being (Deeming 2013;Dunn 1999;Friedli and Boardman 2012;Social Exclusion Unit 2004). Many of those attending had been initially educationally disadvantaged.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These findings have important implications for policy and provision. In relation to mental health and well-being, the research highlights the social and relational nature of these phenomena and the need for this to be reflected in public provisioning in these areas (Pilgrim, Rogers, and Benthall 2009;Deeming 2013), which should be informed by social perspectives (e.g. Tew 2005).…”

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Responding to the mental health and well-being agenda in adult community learning

Lewis

2014

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

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In the United Kingdom, changes in the policy, funding and commissioning landscape for mental health and well-being are posing opportunities and challenges for adult community learning (ACL). Opportunities include increased recognition of, and funding for, the 'wider benefits' of learning, whereas challenges include the risks of ACL provision becoming hijacked by a health and well-being agenda that compromises its primary educational purpose and values. This paper engages with these policy debates through reporting on a study of mental health ACL that employed the capabilities approach along with two other complementary areas of social theory -recognition theories and theories of capitals. Its aim was to explore the means through which ACL impacts mental health and to draw out implications for policy and practice. Findings from focus groups with adult learners and tele-discussions with ACL practitioners revealed three main means through which the provision helped generate interlinked mental health and educational capabilities: providing recognition, generating resources (capitals) and enhancing agency freedom. Elaborating these findings, the paper sets out an argument for interpretation of the mental health and well-being agenda in ACL in terms of a humanistic, liberatory pedagogy that encompasses feminist praxis and draws out policy implications across the areas of ACL and mental health.

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“…Previous studies have established significant associations between subjective well-being and socio-demographic characteristics including education, gender and age (Deeming, 2013;Portela, Neira, & Salinas-Jim enez, 2013;Vera-Villarroel et al, 2012). We include a quadratic age term in our models in order to investigate if age has a curvilinear relationship with any of the dependent variables.…”

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Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Gerson

Plagnol

Corr

2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c tThe purpose of the study was to explore whether personality traits moderate the association between social comparison on Facebook and subjective well-being, measured as both life satisfaction and eudaimonic well-being. Data were collected via an online questionnaire which measured Facebook use, social comparison behavior and personality traits for 337 respondents. The results showed positive associations between Facebook intensity and both measures of subjective well-being, and negative associations between Facebook social comparison and both measures of subjective well-being. Personality traits were assessed by the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory personality questionnaire, which revealed that Reward Interest was positively associated with eudaimonic well-being, and Goal-Drive Persistence was positively associated with both measures of subjective well-being. Impulsivity was negatively associated with eudaimonic well-being and the Behavioral Inhibition System was negatively associated with both measures of subjective well-being. Interactions between personality traits and social comparison on Facebook indicated that for respondents with high Goal-Drive Persistence, Facebook social comparison had a positive association with eudaimonic well-being, thus confirming that some personality traits moderate the association between Facebook social comparison and subjective well-being. The results of this study highlight how individual differences in personality may impact how social comparison on Facebook affects individuals' subjective well-being.

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Addressing the Social Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing: The Latest Challenge for Social Policy

Cited by 118 publications

References 45 publications

Subjective measures of household resilience to climate variability and change: insights from a nationally representative survey of Tanzania

Subjective measures of household resilience to climate variability and change: insights from a nationally representative survey of Tanzania

Responding to the mental health and well-being agenda in adult community learning

Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

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