Pub Date : 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00977-2
Yangu Pan, Mei-ki Maggie Chan, Tianqiang Hu, Guangzeng Liu
{"title":"Longitudinal Link between Interparental Conflict and Adolescent Subjective Well-being: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis of Teacher-Student Relationship","authors":"Yangu Pan, Mei-ki Maggie Chan, Tianqiang Hu, Guangzeng Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10902-025-00977-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00977-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145498237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-11DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00973-6
Yijia Dong, Xijing Wang, Mac Zewei Ma, Kai-Tak Poon
{"title":"Being Grateful Makes Me a Human: the Enhancing Effect of Gratitude Expression on Self-Humanness Via Perceived Social Connection","authors":"Yijia Dong, Xijing Wang, Mac Zewei Ma, Kai-Tak Poon","doi":"10.1007/s10902-025-00973-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00973-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145485595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences with Eudaimonic and Hedonic well-being in Young Adults","authors":"Rixin Wang, Tiantian Guo, Kaixin Zhong, Chengcheng Li, Ningzhe Zhu, Feng Kong","doi":"10.1007/s10902-025-00976-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00976-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145485594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00971-8
Esra Ascigil, Ceyda Ozer, Zeynep Soyalan, Gul Gunaydin, Emre Selcuk
{"title":"When Close Ties Falter, Do Minimal Interactions Matter? Daily Dynamics of Social Connections and Well-Being","authors":"Esra Ascigil, Ceyda Ozer, Zeynep Soyalan, Gul Gunaydin, Emre Selcuk","doi":"10.1007/s10902-025-00971-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00971-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145478279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00974-5
Martina E. Mölsä, Patrik Söderberg, Anna K. Forsman
Positive affect (PA) in children tends to decline around the age of 10, with peers, teachers, and family being important socio-contextual factors influencing this development. However, no longitudinal studies have examined how these factors collectively shape PA of preadolescents (in ages 9–12) over time. The aim of this study was to explore the development of preadolescents’ PA and the extent to which peer relationships, teacher sensitivity, and family satisfaction predict PA, as well as potential gender differences. We followed 300 preadolescents from grades. Socio-contextual factors had distinct effects on PA, with family satisfaction and peer relationships predicting initial PA levels, and peer relationships and teacher sensitivity influencing changes over time. No significant gender differences in PA were found. These findings have implications for the design of interventions to support and enhance PA and broader subjective well-being among primary school preadolescents.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00967-4
Michael Barthelmäs, Dominik Stöckle, Johannes Keller
Flow experience is often labeled as optimal experience or being in the zone. One research goal is to better understand the antecedents of flow to ultimately identify ways to increase it in interventions. We present a theoretical approach that considers task meaningfulness—the extent to which a certain task is perceived as personally meaningful—as a crucial antecedent of flow experience. We tested this proposition in a controlled experimental setting by having participants play Tetris and in everyday life by conducting a five-day ambulatory assessment study (both studies were preregistered; total N = 1,062). In the experimental setting, task meaningfulness had a causal and positive impact on flow experience. In everyday life, both constructs were positively associated across various situational contexts, even when controlling for skills-demands fit—the most established antecedent of flow. Our findings suggested that task meaningfulness and skills-demands fit were differentially associated with the experiential dimensions of flow. Task meaningfulness was more strongly related to the flow dimensions of absorption and intrinsic reward, whereas skill-demands fit showed a closer association with effort-less control. Crucially, our findings consistently demonstrated that task meaningfulness and the intrinsic reward dimension of flow constitute distinct constructs, thereby mitigating concerns of circular reasoning in our theoretical rationale, empirical evidence, and conclusions. Overall, we provide internally and externally valid evidence that task meaningfulness is a relevant yet previously overlooked antecedent of flow, offering a foundation for innovative and effective flow interventions.
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Mind-body practice can benefit various physical and mental health conditions. However, the exact role of cardiovascular health in the association between mind-body practice and holistic well-being, as often measured by flourishing, in mid- and late life, remains a growing field of research. This study examined respondents enrolled in waves 1–3 of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study ( N = 2,536; Mage = 65 ± 11, women 55%), merging data from the main self-administered questionnaire and biomarker projects. Holistic well-being was assessed by a composite flourishing score constructed from respondents’ emotional, psychological, and social well-being status. Structural equation models examined whether persistent mind-body practice across two waves (1–2) or intermittent practice at one wave is associated with better flourishing over 20 years, compared to no practice, while controlling for covariates (baseline sociodemographic, health, and functional status). Furthermore, we evaluated whether better cardiovascular health, as assessed by the parameters of Life’s Essential 8 defined by the American Heart Association, mediates the above associations. Only 18% of participants were identified using mind-body practice at any frequency. After controlling for covariates, findings revealed that persistent mind-body practice has a significant positive effect ( b = 1.078; SE = 0.523; p < .05) on flourishing. Although cardiovascular health status has a significant positive effect ( b = 0.325; SE = 0.125; p < .05) on flourishing, it does not mediate the association between persistent mind-body practice and flourishing. More research is necessary, considering other possible confounding factors, to support future policy and practice recommendations aimed at enhancing the overall well-being of middle-aged and older adults.
身心练习有益于各种身心健康状况。然而，心血管健康在身心练习和整体健康之间的关系中的确切作用，通常以中年和晚年的繁荣程度来衡量，仍然是一个不断发展的研究领域。本研究调查了参加美国中年研究（MIDUS）第1-3期研究的受访者（N = 2536；男性= 65±11，女性55%），合并了主要自我管理问卷和生物标志物项目的数据。整体幸福感是由被调查者的情感、心理和社会幸福感构成的综合繁荣评分来评估的。结构方程模型检验了在控制协变量（基线社会人口统计、健康和功能状态）的情况下，与不练习相比，持续进行两波（1-2波）的身心练习或一波间歇练习是否与20年后更好的繁荣有关。此外，我们评估了更好的心血管健康（由美国心脏协会定义的生命基本8项参数评估）是否介导了上述关联。只有18%的参与者被确定以任何频率进行身心练习。在控制协变量后，研究结果显示，持续的身心练习对繁荣有显著的正影响（b = 1.078; SE = 0.523; p < 0.05）。虽然心血管健康状况对繁荣有显著的正向影响（b = 0.325; SE = 0.125; p < 0.05），但它并不能介导持续身心练习与繁荣之间的关联。考虑到其他可能的混杂因素，有必要进行更多的研究，以支持旨在提高中老年人整体福祉的未来政策和实践建议。
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Pub Date : 2025-10-30DOI: 10.1007/s10902-025-00968-3
Richard Andrew Burns, Dimity Ann Crisp, Peter Butterworth, Martine Cosgrove, Debra Rickwood, Pixie Bella Richard-Sephton, Elizabeth Rieger
{"title":"Revisiting the Factor Structure of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF): Evidence for a General Wellbeing Factor?","authors":"Richard Andrew Burns, Dimity Ann Crisp, Peter Butterworth, Martine Cosgrove, Debra Rickwood, Pixie Bella Richard-Sephton, Elizabeth Rieger","doi":"10.1007/s10902-025-00968-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-025-00968-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15837,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Happiness Studies","volume":"151 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145396861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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