Having too little or too much time is linked to lower subjective well-being.

Sharif, Marissa; Mogilner, Cassie; Hershfield, Hal E.

doi:10.1037/pspp0000391

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“…Previous qualitative research shows that how young people decide to use their leisure time can make the difference between a healthy or unhealthy adolescent [ 32 ]. However, recent research emphasizes that there is a critical threshold for how much discretionary time is beneficial for individuals; too much or too little free time has proved to be detrimental [ 33 ]. If too little discretionary time can activate feelings of stress, too much discretionary time, on the other hand, can induce feelings of lacking productivity [ 33 ].…”

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“…Thus, it could be that adolescents might have just perceived “homeschooling” during the lockdown to be more intense. In light of the previous research [ 33 ], it is also plausible that schoolwork provided the respondents with feelings of productivity to counterbalance the “unprecedented amount” of time to be spent outside formal structures (in schools or organized activities). The aforementioned lack of associations between schoolwork and mental well-being could also be explained by how Czech adolescents generally report school and schoolwork experiences.…”

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Leisure Time Use and Adolescent Mental Well-Being: Insights from the COVID-19 Czech Spring Lockdown

Cosma

Pavelka

Baďura

2021

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Background: As leisure—one of the crucial life domains—was completely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, our study aimed to investigate how adolescents spent their leisure time during the Spring 2020 lockdown. Secondly, we aimed to investigate the associations between the perceived changes in leisure time use, the leisure activities adolescents engaged in, and the associations with well-being during the Spring 2020 lockdown in Czechia. Methods: Data from 3438 participants were included in this study (54.2% girls; mean age = 13.45, SD = 1.62). First, the initial number of items measuring leisure, electronic media use, and sports was reduced through Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Multivariate linear regression models tested the associations between leisure domains and mental well-being Results: The amount of leisure time, together with socially active leisure and sports and physical activity, formed the strongest positive predictors of mental well-being, whereas idle activities and time spent on electronic media acted as negative predictors. The amount of time spent doing schoolwork was unrelated to mental well-being. Conclusions: Overall, our results support the idea that leisure as a promoting factor for well-being is not just a matter of its amount but rather of engagement in meaningful and fulfilling activities.

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Leisure Time Use and Adolescent Mental Well-Being: Insights from the COVID-19 Czech Spring Lockdown

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Pavelka

Baďura

2021

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“…If the cognitive ability of the poor is limited to money-related thoughts, the mental bandwidth available for other tasks is low [42]. Poverty poses many other deprivations and potentially detrimental situations, such as low income, malnutrition, unhealthy lifestyle, high levels of stress, and lack of access to education and medical care [43][44][45]. Moreover, poverty usually leads to social stigma, shame, and social exclusion, which then turn into a financial constraint that could raise cognitive biases in harmful decision-making.…”

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Principles of Nudging and Boosting: Steering or Empowering Decision-Making for Behavioral Development Economics

Espinosa

Wang²,

Soto

2022

Sustainability

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Behavioral development economics promotes the nudge theory as a mechanism to incorporate people’s cognitive biases, steering their behavior in the desired direction through coercive state intervention. Cognitive biases become a reason to doubt the efficiency of decision-making psychology in the free market process. A fundamental assumption of this approach is that political decision-makers know the people’s means and ends in ways that protect them from cognitive biases. This article reviews and discusses the nudge theory, based on the boost theory developed by the Austrian School of Economics. The boost theory consists of a comparative institutional perspective to provide the empowerment people need to realize their errors and correct them “on the fly” to cultivate economic development. It is argued that the nudge theory overlooks the cognitive biases of political decision-makers, neglects the comparative perspective of the institutional environment in the face of such biases, and does not consider how construction of on-the-fly judgments works. After reviewing the principles of the nudge theory, its main criticisms from the boost theory are discussed, forming novel conclusions about and research avenues on behavioral development economics, according to the steering or empowering quality of the institutional environment.

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“…Therefore, another important contribution of the home-based HPL program is that it improved mothers' decisions regarding time allocation and helped them prioritize time-input on children over leisure. Moreover, ample discretionary time can also lead to lower subjective well-being and develop mental health problems (Sharif et al, 2021); thus, reductions in 'too-much' discretionary time could also be a possible mechanism for mothers' mental health improvements.…”

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Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees

Siddique¹,

Islam²,

Mozumder³

et al. 2022

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Forced displacement is a major driver of mental disorders among refugees worldwide. Poor mental health of adult refugees, particularly mothers, is also considered a risk factor for the psychological well-being and development of their children. In this study, we experimentally examine the extent to which a multifaceted psychosocial program improves the mental well-being of refugee mothers, and facilitates growth and development among children under the age of two. In partnership with BRAC, we ran a cluster randomized controlled trial on 3,500 Rohingya mother-child dyads in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Participants were given weekly psychosocial support for a year that includes psychoeducation and parenting support for mothers and play activities for both mothers and children. The intervention was largely successful and led to: (i) reductions in the psychological trauma and depression severity of mothers and children, (ii) improvements in communication, gross-motor, problem-solving, and social skills of children, and (iii) reductions in stunting, underweight, and wasting among children in the treatment group. The intervention also caused the mental health of children to be more aligned with the mental health of their mothers, implying policies targeting the mental well-being of displaced mothers can be an important stepping stone to developing psychological resilience among their children, which can help them grow into well-rounded, healthy adults.

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Having too little or too much time is linked to lower subjective well-being.

Cited by 32 publications

References 57 publications

Leisure Time Use and Adolescent Mental Well-Being: Insights from the COVID-19 Czech Spring Lockdown

Leisure Time Use and Adolescent Mental Well-Being: Insights from the COVID-19 Czech Spring Lockdown

Principles of Nudging and Boosting: Steering or Empowering Decision-Making for Behavioral Development Economics

Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees

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