Universal Credit linked to lower wellbeing and higher anxiety in low-income adults
A UK welfare reform was linked with lower life satisfaction, happiness, and sense of worth, plus higher anxiety. Money policy affects mental life. This study tracked that link. The signal was not small. Quick summary What the study found: The Impacts of the Universal Credit welfare reform on well-being: a natural experiment study using UK […]
Older Canadians with support and better health reported more complete mental health
A Canadian survey links flourishing after 65 with social support, sleep, health, and fewer recent psychiatric or substance-related problems. Flourishing in later life is not just mood. This study looked at older Canadians. It found several linked health and social patterns. Quick summary What the study found: The Flourishing older Canadians: What characteristics are associated […]
Purpose and wisdom are linked with better well-being in older adults
Among adults aged 50 and older, meaning and purpose showed the strongest link with mental well-being. Purpose mattered most. Wisdom also mattered. The design was correlational. Quick summary What the study found: In Wisdom and Life Purpose as Predictors of Mental Well-Being Among Middle-Aged to Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study., meaning and purpose, wisdom, and quality […]
Older adult wellbeing linked with cognition, health, function, personality, and anxiety
A 12-year study suggests later-life wellbeing is tied to more than memory or mood alone. Wellbeing in old age has many inputs. Cognition is one of them. It is not the whole story. Quick summary What the study found: The paper Cognition and other determinants of wellbeing in old age: a 12 year longitudinal study […]