This paper explores the ways in which community wellbeing is, and could be, related to
individual subjective wellbeing by mapping current practice, teasing out the assumptions …

Few would deny that happiness arises from a complex interaction of internal and external
factors, like optimism on the one hand and money on the other. Yet research, as well as …

Sense of community and well‐being are considered core tenets in the field of community
psychology, acting as focal points for theory, research, and action. This integrative review …

This chapter addresses definitions and meanings to provide a foundation for exploring
dimensions of community well-being. It is compared and contrasted with similar terms such …

Past research has shown that possessing a strong sense of community or esteem for one's
community is positively related to feelings of psychological wellbeing. Much less research …

Relational wellbeing is an emergent construct grounded in the interpretivist tradition in
social science. It approaches people as subjects, and aims to understand the ways they see …

This paper aims to critically analyse happiness and well-being to find novel ways for
theorizing and promoting better life conditions for individuals and societies. The necessity to …

Despite mushrooming research on “social” determinants of subjective well‐being (SWB),
little is known as to whether social cohesion as a collective property is among the key …

Studies of community wellbeing have identified numerous contributing social, economic,
environmental, and cultural factors. Yet despite this diversity of dimensions, in practice many …

This volume brings together several authors from different areas of psychology and the
neighbouring social sciences. Each one contributes their own perspective on the growing …