Measuring well-being

We began this series of blog posts in July by asking the question – what is well-being? It was one worth asking, particularly at the outset, as 10 random people on the street would most likely offer 10 different answers if the question was put to them. That wouldn’t necessarily cause any problems in general…

Gratitude & Well-Being 2

Two weeks ago, we focused on how the experience of gratitude can impact positively on individual well-being. More specifically, we looked at the ‘counting blessings’ approach, which has been demonstrated to be particularly effective by an ever-increasing body of research findings. However, it would be misleading to leave this topic at that, as psychology researchers…