ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
Moving Beyond Disciplinary Silos Towards a Transdisciplinary Model of Wellbeing: An Invited Review.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of well-being-focused interventions.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
- Human resource challenges in leprosy control: A cross-sectional study in southwest border area of China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Empowering people with acquired brain injury to master their well-being: a thematic analysis of participant experience of an 8-week positive psychotherapy group.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- A Phenomenological Understanding of Aging "Well" With Multiple Sclerosis.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Wellbeing, nature connection and vaccine attitudes: A convergent mixed methods study in Wim Hof Method practitioners.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
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- Nature-based interventions for individual, collective and planetary wellbeing: A protocol for a scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Group-based positive psychotherapy for people living with acquired brain injury: a protocol for a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Lessons learned from conducting mental health intervention research in schools in the global south: Our experiences in South Africa and Kenya.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Review
- Whole Person Modeling: a transdisciplinary approach to mental health research.Discover mental health · 2023Review
- Older adults' perspectives on physical activity and sedentary behaviour within their home using socio-ecological model.PloS one · 2023Article
- What's next for wellbeing science? Moving from the Anthropocene to the Symbiocene.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Nurturing wellbeing amidst the climate crisis: on the need for a focus on wellbeing in the field of climate psychology.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Machine-learning approaches to identify determining factors of happiness during the COVID-19 pandemic: retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2022Observational
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- Editorial: Improving Wellbeing in Patients With Chronic Conditions: Theory, Evidence, and Opportunities.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Riding the wave into wellbeing: A qualitative evaluation of surf therapy for individuals living with acquired brain injury.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Complex Construct of Wellbeing and the Role of Vagal Function.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2022Article
- Wellbeing, Whole Health and Societal Transformation: Theoretical Insights and Practical Applications.Global advances in health and medicine · 2022Article
- "A New Hope" for Positive Psychology: A Dynamic Systems Reconceptualization of Hope Theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The construct of wellbeing has been criticised as a neoliberal construction of western individualism that ignores wider systemic issues such as inequality and anthropogenic climate change. Accordingly, there have been increasing calls for a broader conceptualisation of wellbeing. Here we impose an interpretative framework on previously published literature and theory, and present a theoretical framework that brings into focus the multifaceted determinants of wellbeing and their interactions across multiple domains and levels of scale. We define wellbeing as positive psychological experience, promoted by connections to self, community and environment, supported by healthy vagal function, all of which are impacted by socio-contextual factors that lie beyond the control of the individual. By emphasising the factors within and beyond the control of the individual and highlighting how vagal function both affects and are impacted by key domains, the biopsychosocial underpinnings of wellbeing are explicitly linked to a broader context that is consistent with, yet complementary to, multi-levelled ecological systems theory. Reflecting on the reciprocal relationships between multiple domains, levels of scale and related social contextual factors known to impact on wellbeing, our GENIAL framework may provide a foundation for a transdisciplinary science of wellbeing that has the potential to promote the wellbeing of individuals while also playing a key role in tackling major societal challenges.
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