Study of Subjective Well-Being and Environmental Cognition

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between subjective well-being and environmental cognition. The elementrecall method was used to capture environmental cognition. The results of the analysis show the following: 1) Being able to recall many or relatively diverse elements within the respondent's neighborhood positively correlates with subjective well-being. Meanwhile, the spatial distribution of the recalled elements does not correlate with subjective well-being.2) Well-being and ill-being have different relationships with environmental cognition. The relationship between ill-being and environmental cognition is affected by sex.3) Being able to recall elements that are not visited daily positively correlates with subjective well-being.