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ArticleJMIR formative research2026

National Estimates of Human Flourishing and Associated Acts of Charity.

Moshe Shegal, Peter C Austin, Eyal Cohen, Jennifer A Jairam, Jennifer S Wortham, Timothy Lomas, Joel G Ray

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Article in JMIR formative research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Moshe ShegalSt. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada, 1 416-864-6060.
Peter C AustinInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3337-233X
Eyal CohenUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0112-7188
Jennifer A JairamSt. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada, 1 416-864-6060.ORCID 0009-0003-1090-3617
Jennifer S WorthamHarvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-4163-2028
Timothy LomasHarvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9458-6185
Joel G RaySt. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada, 1 416-864-6060.ORCID 0000-0003-1635-4658

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Higher levels of human flourishing were moderately associated with helping strangers and volunteering time but showed little association with financial donations.

Indexed as

CharitiesVolunteersHumansPsychological Well-Beingcharitable givingdonationshuman flourishingsocial programsvolunteering

Identifiers

PMID42492058
PMCPMC13395195

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