Poor eudaimonic subjective wellbeing as a mortality risk factor

Becchetti, Leonardo; Bachelet, Maria; Pisani, Fabio

doi:10.1007/s40888-018-0134-2

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“…Longitudinal research has proved that persistently high well-being was associated with individuals whose subjective health was better, and who reported less chronic conditions, fewer symptoms and lower levels of functional disability than in the case of individuals with low levels of well-being [17]. In addition, poor psychological well-being is significantly and positively correlated with mortality [18,19].…”

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Gender and Psychological Well-Being

Matud

López-Curbelo

Fortes

2019

IJERPH

130

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Background: Research has consistently reported gender differences in mental health, but studies on differences in psychological well-being between women and men have not yielded conclusive results. The aim of this study was to examine the relevance of gender to the psychological well-being of adult individuals. A cross-sectional study with a sample of 1700 men and 1700 women from the general Spanish population was conducted. Their ages ranged from 21 to 64 years, and they were assessed with Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales and the Bem Sex Role Inventory. Results: Men scored higher than women in self-acceptance and autonomy, and women scored higher than men in personal growth and positive relations with others. The most relevant variable in the psychological well-being of both women and men was high masculinity. Other relevant variables in women’s well-being were high femininity, not having a manual occupation, not being homemakers, and professional occupation. Men´s well-being also was higher in professional men and in men with a skilled non-manual occupation, men with high femininity and men who were not single, divorced or widowed. Conclusions: Adherence to traditional gender roles is relevant to the psychological well-being of women and men, and women and men whose self-concept includes both masculine-instrumental and feminine-expressive characteristics have greater well-being.

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confidence: 99%

Gender and Psychological Well-Being

Matud

López-Curbelo

Fortes

2019

IJERPH

130

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“…2013). The usefulness of subjective well-being in the economic literature has grown in parallel with evidence on its effects as predictor of relevant economic variables such as job quit and productivity (Judge 1992;Staw and Barsade 1993;Judge et al 2001), self-assessed health and mortality (Becchetti et al 2019;Idler and Kasl 1995;McCallum et al 1994;Benjamins et al 2004;Angel 1990 andAppels et al 1996) and insurgence of chronical illnesses (Becchetti et al 2019), to its usefulness to calculate the value of nonmarket goods with the compensating variation approach (Welsch 2002 andLuechinger 2009;Luechinger and Raschky 2009;van Praag and Baarsma 2005;Frey et al 2009) and its importance for measuring satisfaction of citizens and voters for policymakers.…”

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Generativity, aging and subjective well-being

Becchetti

Bellucci

2020

Int Rev Econ

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We show that generativity, intended as the capacity of affecting positively other human lives, has a strong and significant effect on life sense and life satisfaction of individuals aged 50 and above. We define three generativity dimensions: individual generativity power, local generativity power and individual generativity in act. We find that generativity in act (both in its leisure and work dimensions) has a positive and significant effect on subjective well-being. The gross effect is, however, smaller than the net effect since generativity in act is negatively correlated with the internal locus of control (control over one’s own life). Our findings have strong policy implications since generativity affects consumption and saving choices of utility maximizing economic agents and policymakers may create consensus by building generative societies.

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“…In this context, it would be useful to compare the roles of different wellbeing measures in predicting future mortality. Although Banks et al (2012) did consider a number of these as mortality risk factors, including measures of eudemonic wellbeing, they did not carry out a formal statistical comparison (see Becchetti et al , 2019).…”

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A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

Frijters

Clark

Krekel

et al. 2020

Behav. Public Policy

131

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In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be based, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the political agency of citizens and thus their own evaluations of their lives. We then turn to practicalities and consequences: how would one actually set up wellbeing-oriented decision-making and what difference should we expect from current practice? We end by discussing the current barriers to the adoption of wellbeing as the goal of government, both in terms of what we need to know more about and where the ideological barriers lie.

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Poor eudaimonic subjective wellbeing as a mortality risk factor

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

Gender and Psychological Well-Being

Gender and Psychological Well-Being

Generativity, aging and subjective well-being

A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

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