A paradigm shift in public health and medicine has broadened the field from a singular focus
on the ill effects of negative states and psychopathology to an expanded view that examines …

Psychological well-being, characterized by feelings, cognitions, and strategies that are
associated with positive functioning (including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being), has …

This research synthesis integrates findings from 150 experimental, ambulatory and
longitudinal studies that tested the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes …

Background Increasing evidence suggests that psychological well-being (PWB) is
associated with lower disease and mortality risk, and may be enhanced with relatively low …

What does it mean to be psychologically well, and what are the factors that promote such
well-being? These are the initial questions we will explore in this chapter. A …

Research into the relationship between happiness and health is developing rapidly,
exploring the possibility that impaired happiness is not only a consequence of ill-health but …

Empirical evidence suggests that there are marked associations between positive
psychological states and health outcomes, including reduced cardiovascular disease risk …

Seven types of evidence are reviewed that indicate that high subjective well‐being (such as
life satisfaction, absence of negative emotions, optimism, and positive emotions) causes …

We review evidence on whether subjective well‐being (SWB) can influence health, why it
might do so, and what we know about the conditions where this is more or less likely to …

Numerous changes in physiological functioning accompany the aging process. Gradual
declines in fundamental aspects of the neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and immune …