Interventions to modify psychological well-being: Progress, promises, and an agenda for future research

LD Kubzansky, ES Kim, JK Boehm, RJ Davidson… - Affective Science, 2023 - Springer
Psychological well-being, characterized by feelings, cognitions, and strategies that are
associated with positive functioning (including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being), has …

Spotlight on the challenges of depression following retirement and opportunities for interventions

L Dang, A Ananthasubramaniam… - Clinical Interventions in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As a major life transition characterized by changes in social, behavioral, and psychological
domains, retirement is associated with numerous risk factors that can contribute to the …

Hobby engagement and mental wellbeing among people aged 65 years and older in 16 countries

HW Mak, T Noguchi, JK Bone, J Wels, Q Gao… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Growing aging populations pose a threat to global health because of the social and
psychological challenges they experience. To mitigate this, many countries promote hobby …

[HTML][HTML] Micro urban spaces and mental well-being: Measuring the exposure to urban landscapes along daily mobility paths and their effects on momentary …

G Fancello, J Vallée, C Sueur, FJ van Lenthe… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban environment plays an important role for the mental health of residents.
Researchers mainly focus on residential neighbourhoods as exposure context, leaving …

[HTML][HTML] Receptive and participatory arts engagement and subsequent healthy aging: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

M Rena, D Fancourt, F Bu, E Paul, JK Sonke… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale Arts engagement is associated with prolonged longevity, but it remains unclear
whether it is also associated with increases in the portion of people's lives for which they …

Changes in leisure activities of the elderly due to the COVID-19 in Korea

EJ Kim, SM Park, HW Kang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recreational activities such as physical and social activities are key components of a
healthy life for the elderly. Since the outbreak of Corona 19, leisure facilities such as indoor …

Association between depression status and hearing loss among older adults: the role of outdoor activity engagement

Z Lu, D Yu, L Wang, P Fu - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2024 - Elsevier
Background More than half of Chinese older adults over 60 are suffering from hearing loss,
which might increase the risk of depression. Outdoor activity engagement is a key factor to …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying depression-related topics in smartphone-collected free-response speech recordings using an automatic speech recognition system and a deep …

Y Zhang, AA Folarin, J Dineley, P Conde… - Journal of affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Prior research has associated spoken language use with depression, yet
studies often involve small or non-clinical samples and face challenges in the manual …

Economic development, weak ties, and depression: evidence from China

J Wang, J Zhang, H Lin, Y Han, J Tu, X Nie - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Weak ties are becoming mainstream in daily relationships and play an essential
role in the improvement of individuals' mental health. Despite growing concerns on …

[HTML][HTML] Loneliness, health and applied psychology

A Steptoe - Applied psychology. Health and Well-being, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The impact of loneliness on health is receiving increasing attention throughout the world not
only from the research community but also from policy makers, governments and voluntary …