Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

Subjective well-being (SWB) is an extremely active area of research with about 170,000
articles and books published on the topic in the past 15 years. Methodological and …

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 …

Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

There is a very large literature examining income inequality in relation to health. Early
reviews came to different interpretations of the evidence, though a large majority of studies …

According to empirical studies and recent theories, people differ substantially in their
reactivity or sensitivity to environmental influences with some being generally more affected …

This paper describes a scoping review of 42 studies of neighborhood effects on
developmental health for children ages 0–6, published between 2009 and 2014. It focuses …

Highlights•Health behaviors reflect interplay between people and contextual factors.•'Social
determinants' include societal institutions, ideologies, and inequalities.•Health behaviors …

Early adversity, in the form of abuse, neglect, socioeconomic status and other adverse
experiences, is associated with poor physical and mental health outcomes. To understand …

Many psychiatric illnesses are associated with early mortality and with an increased risk of
developing physical diseases that are more typically seen in the elderly. Moreover, certain …