Alcoholism has the potential to impact on the quality of life (QOL) of an 'alcoholic,'their family,
and friends in both the short and long term. Consequently, increasing significance has been …

Bad health decreases individuals' happiness, but few studies measure the impact of specific
illnesses. We apply matching estimators to examine how changes in different (objective) …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. To examine the associations between substance
abuse/dependence symptoms and life satisfaction, before and after adjustment for fixed and …

Aims: The goal of this study was to better understand the predictive relationship in both
directions between negative (anger, sadness) and positive (happiness) moods and alcohol …

Aims: To study the bidirectional relationships between life satisfaction (LS) and alcohol use.
Methods: Health questionnaires were administered in 1975, 1981 and 1990 to a population …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the question: which leisure activities are
relatively low carbon and conducive to high levels of subjective wellbeing? Underlying this …

Background In recent years there have been numerous attempts to define and measure
happiness in various contexts and pertaining to a wide range of disciplines, ranging from …

Aims Alcohol use is the third highest risk factor for disease and disability. This study
explored the association between binge drinking and mental health, general health, and diet …

Background The Alcohol Harm Paradox refers to observations that lower socioeconomic
status (SES) groups consume less alcohol but experience more alcohol-related problems …

Aims To estimate the prospective relations between levels of propensity to experience
positive affect (PA) and propensity to experience negative affect (NA) and risk of heavy …