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ArticleInternational review of economics2017

Eudaimonic well-being, inequality, and health: Recent findings and future directions.

Carol D Ryff

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Article in International review of economics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Psychological Wellbeing in Physical Education and School Sports: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  17. A process-based approach to health-related quality of life as a "way of living".Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Carol D RyffInstitute on Aging/Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Ave., 2245 MSC, Madison, WI 53706,.

Funding

U19 MIDlife in the United States-Diversity Supplement-WellsU19AG051426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAROL D. RYFF · 2016 to 2026
$74.8M
STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015
$50.6M
ZDV &3TC NEVIRAPINE COMBINATION THERAPY IN HIV 1 INFECTED INFANTS &M01RR000865 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WASHINGTON, ARNOLD E. · 1985 to 2011
$43.4M
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DREZNER, MARC KENNETH · 2012 to 2016
$32.2M
WIHS INTENSIVE PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY (IPS)M01RR023942 · NCRR · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI FEDEROFF, HOWARD J. · 2007 to 2009
$6.9M
Longitudinal Perspectives on Race and Health in MIDUS: Insights from MilwaukeeR01AG047154 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2015 to 2017
$1000k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000427NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000865NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR023942NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047154NIA NIH HHS U19 AG051426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of a eudaimonic model of well-being are examined and its empirical translation into distinct dimensions of well-being is described. Empirical findings have documented aging declines in eudaimonic well-being, but there is considerable variability within age groups. Among older adults who remain purposefully engaged, health benefits (reduced morbidity, extended longevity) have been documented. Eudaimonic well-being also appears to offer a protective buffer against increased health risk among the educationally disadvantaged. Neural and genetic mechanisms that may underlie eudaimonic influences on health are briefly noted, and interventions designed to promote eudaimonic well-being are sketched. Needed future research directions include addressing problems of unjust societies wherein greed among privileged elites may be a force compromising the eudaimonic well-being of those less privileged. Alternatively, and more positive in focus, is the need to better understand the role of the arts, broadly defined, in promoting eudaimonic well-being across all segments of society.

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agingeudaimonic well-beinginequalityinterventionsneural and genetic mechanismsthe artsunjust societies

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PMID29057014
PMCPMC5645055

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