scholarly journals Well-Being and the Social Environment of Work: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Daniels ◽  
David Watson ◽  
Cigdem Gedikli
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social

The Experience of Embodiment Construct

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-21
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
The Social

Embodiment captures a breadth of phenomena and reflects, concurrently, the lived-in experiences of inhabiting the body and the meaningful dialogical relationships between the body and the social environment. This chapter explicates the Experience of Embodiment construct, which emerged in a series of three qualitative studies with girls, younger women, and older women. This construct ranges from negative to positive embodiment and includes five dimensions: body connection and comfort, agency and functionality, experience and expression of bodily desires, attuned self-care, and subjective immersion (resisting objectification). This chapter also presents a measure of this construct, the Experience of Embodiment Scale, which is a fully structured scale that has accrued evidence of reliability and validity. This scale may contribute uniquely to the understanding of embodied lives, to etiological theories of embodied well-being and distress, and to intervention studies.

scholarly journals Los determinantes de la satisfacción residencial en México / Determinants of residential satisfaction in Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Alejandra Martínez Ibarra ◽  
Jorge Ibarra Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Residential Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Survey ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Housing Characteristics ◽  
The Social

En este artículo analizamos los determinantes de la satisfacción residencial en México a partir de los resultados de la Encuesta de Satisfacción Residencial 2013. Los datos están agregados en 512 conjuntos habitacionales. Estimamos diferentes especificaciones por mínimos cuadrados generalizados para relacionar el índice de satisfacción residencial con variables independientes agrupadas en: características personales, aspectos económicos de la vivienda, medio ambiente físico, medio ambiente social, características de la vivienda, y localización y proximidad. Encontramos que las variables relacionadas con el medio ambiente físico y el medio ambiente social ayudan a explicar las variaciones en la satisfacción residencial promedio entre los conjuntos habitacionales en México. Estos hallazgos indican áreas de oportunidad para la política de vivienda que pueden mejorar el bienestar de los residentes.AbstractIn this paper, we analyze the determinants of residential satisfaction in Mexico on the basis of the results of the Residential Satisfaction Survey 2013. The data are aggregated into 512 housing complexes. We estimate different specifications generalized by least squares to link the rate of residential satisfaction to independent variables grouped into personal characteristics, economic aspects of the dwelling, physical environment, social environment, housing characteristics and location and proximity. We found that the variables related to the physical environment and the social environment account for the variations in average residential satisfaction in housing complexes in Mexico. These findings indicate areas of opportunity for housing policy that could improve residents’ well-being.

scholarly journals Social Interventions Targeting Social Relations Among Older People at Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Synthesized Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 004695801882392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Sophie Bech Mikkelsen ◽  
Signe Petersen ◽  
Anne Cathrine Dragsted ◽  
Maria Kristiansen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Video Conference ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Related

Social relations are part of the complex set of factors affecting health and well-being in old age. This systematic review seeks to uncover whether social interventions have an effect on social and health-related measures among nursing home residents. The authors screened PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO for relevant peer-reviewed literature. Interventions were included if (1) they focused primarily on social relations or related terms such as loneliness, social support, social isolation, social network, or being involuntarily alone either as the base theory of the intervention or as an outcome measure of the intervention; (2) they were implemented at nursing homes (or similar setting); (3) they had a narrative activity as its core (as opposed to dancing, gardening or other physical activity); (4) their participants met either physically or nonphysically, ie, via video-conference or the like; and if (5) they targeted residents at a nursing home. The authors systematically appraised the quality of the final selection of studies using the Mixed Methods Assessments Tool (MMAT) version 2011 and did a qualitative synthesis of the final study selection. A total of 10 studies were included. Reminiscence therapy was the most common intervention. Studies also included video-conference, cognitive, and support group interventions. All studies found the social interventions brought about positive trends on either/or the social and health-related measures included. Despite limited and very diverse evidence, our systematic review indicated a positive social and health-related potential of social interventions for older people living in nursing homes or similar institutions.

scholarly journals Supporting Well-Being in Retirement through Meaningful Social Roles: Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEN HEAVEN ◽  
LAURA J.E. BROWN ◽  
MARTIN WHITE ◽  
LINDA ERRINGTON ◽  
JOHN C. MATHERS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Well Being

The Social Price of Constant Connectivity: Smartphones Impose Subtle Costs on Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostadin Kushlev ◽  
Ryan Dwyer ◽  
Elizabeth W. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Smartphone Use

Smartphones provide people with a variety of benefits, but they may also impose subtle social costs. We propose that being constantly connected undercuts the emotional benefits of face-to-face social interactions in two ways. First, smartphone use may diminish the emotional benefits of ongoing social interactions by preventing us from giving our full attention to friends and family in our immediate social environment. Second, smartphones may lead people to miss out on the emotional benefits of casual social interactions by supplanting such interactions altogether. Across field experiments and experience-sampling studies, we find that smartphones consistently interfere with the emotional benefits people could otherwise reap from their broader social environment. We also find that the costs of smartphone use are fairly subtle, contrary to proclamations in the popular press that smartphones are ruining our social lives. By highlighting how smartphones affect the benefits we derive from our broader social environment, this work provides a foundation for building theory and research on the consequences of mobile technology for human well-being.

scholarly journals Effect of interventions for the well-being, satisfaction and flourishing of general practitioners—a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e046599
Author(s):  
Diana Naehrig ◽  
Aaron Schokman ◽  
Jessica Kate Hughes ◽  
Ronald Epstein ◽  
Ian B Hickie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Mindfulness Interventions ◽  
Randomised Controlled

ObjectivesClinician well-being has been recognised as an important pillar of healthcare. However, research mainly addresses mitigating the negative aspects of stress or burnout, rather than enabling positive aspects. With the added strain of a pandemic, identifying how best to maintain and support the well-being, satisfaction and flourishing of general practitioners (GPs) is now more important than ever.DesignSystematic review.Data sourcesWe searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus from 2000 to 2020.Study selectionIntervention studies with more than 50% GPs in the sample evaluating self-reported well-being, satisfaction and related positive outcomes were included. The Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool was applied.ResultsWe retrieved 14 792 records, 94 studies underwent full-text review. We included 19 studies in total. Six randomised controlled trials, three non-randomised, controlled trials, eight non-controlled studies of individual or organisational interventions with a total of 1141 participants. There were two quasi-experimental articles evaluating health system policy change. Quantitative and qualitative positive outcomes were extracted and analysed. Individual mindfulness interventions were the most common (k=9) with medium to large within-group (0.37–1.05) and between-group (0.5–1.5) effect sizes for mindfulness outcomes, and small-to-medium effect sizes for other positive outcomes including resilience, compassion and empathy. Studies assessing other intervention foci or other positive outcomes (including well-being, satisfaction) were of limited size and quality.ConclusionsThere is remarkably little evidence on how to improve GPs well-being beyond using mindfulness interventions, particularly for interventions addressing organisational or system factors. This was further undermined by inconsistent reporting, and overall high risk of bias. We need to conduct research in this space with the same rigour with which we approach clinical intervention studies in patients.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020164699.Funding sourceDr Diana Naehrig is funded through the Raymond Seidler PhD scholarship.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Impact of Road Transport Change on the Security of the Urban Social Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12630
Author(s):  
Rolandas Vitkūnas ◽  
Renata Činčikaitė ◽  
Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

In the context of accelerating urbanisation, cities must ensure a viable economy, social well-being, and a healthy environment. Transport is one of the key conditions for economic development and meeting the needs of countries, regions, and cities. However, transport must meet not only the physiological but also the social needs of society, one of which is environmental security. Urban transport accounts for around 40% of CO2 emissions and 70% of other pollutants from road transport. Thus, one of the most difficult issues for any city to address when building bypasses is the growing number of cars in the city, traffic congestion, and the reduction of all greenhouse gas emissions. The documents adopted in July 2020 aim to revitalise the EU’s economy by moving towards a green economy and sustainability. In addition to the systematic and comparative analysis of concepts published in the scientific literature, the article also presents an analysis of the concepts of the sustainable city and sustainable transport, as well as a study of the social impact of bypasses and the assessment of the security of the social environment in the Baltic capitals. The aim of the article is to assess the impact of the growing number of vehicles on the security of the city’s social environment. Research results show that the number of pollutants and a direct dependence between the number of pollutants and the driving speed were established. Therefore, it needs to make investments in the transport sector: improving roads, the construction of bypasses, and the technical parameters of purchased cars.

scholarly journals Defining the Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene Canady ◽  
Jorge Jimenez ◽  
Danesh Thirukumaran
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Population Statistics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Genetic Makeup ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Historical Uses

Race describes cultural, historical, and oppressive relationships in society. The use of race in biomedical and scientific studies has been a powerful tool that can reinforce and alter society’s current assumptions about race. Some of the historical uses of race include evidence for race-based medicine, biological inferiority, and genocide. These uses have all used race as a crude proxy for genetic makeup, rather than a biological expression of the social environment that infiltrates the health and well-being of every American. By defining race and its social and cultural impacts on identity and the human experience within research, the field of biomedicine will improve clarity and integrity in addressing historical, scientific, and clinical inequalities. Currently, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) does not contain a definition of race and uses homogeneous ethnical categories when reporting population statistics. We propose that the definition of race be added in the collection of race data as a requirement of the OMB for nationally conducted research.

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