Article
Environmental Studies
Alireza Ermagun, Jacquelyn Erinne, Yingling Fan
Summary: The study found that people's emotional well-being may worsen after traveling for a certain duration, with positive emotions being more sensitive to trip duration. Factors such as transportation mode, travel purpose, companions, activities during travel, and satisfaction with the travel environment can influence emotional well-being during a trip, while women and African Americans tend to be more sensitive to emotional changes during travel.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Alireza Ermagun, Jacquelyn Erinne, Jonas De Vos
Summary: This study introduces the concept of Daily Activity Duration Tolerance, which refers to the duration where affective well-being deteriorates as a result of activity- and individual-level factors. The study finds that negative emotions have a longer tolerance period than the positive emotion of happiness. The study also reveals that primary activities such as shopping, personal business, and eating out have a shorter tolerance period compared to education, work, and leisure. Additionally, participation in secondary activities, companionship, and satisfaction with the environment lead to longer activity durations. The study further shows that African Americans have a lower chance of worsening happiness compared to individuals of other ethnic backgrounds, and they tolerate longer activity durations before their happiness worsens.
Article
Environmental Studies
Hannah Hook, Jonas De Vos, Veronique Van Acker, Frank Witlox
Summary: Research suggests that undirected travel, such as joy rides, bike rides, or walks, can lead to longer durations and higher satisfaction levels compared to directed trips. The study also found a positive relationship between undirected travel satisfaction and well-being, indicating potential implications for health, sustainability, and individual well-being policies.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Yucheng Wang, Yanan Gao
Summary: The spread of COVID-19 has decreased the willingness to choose public transport, highlighting the importance of improving the subjective well-being of travelers. This study used structural equation modeling to explore the internal relationship between travel well-being constructs and emphasized the significance of considering psychological factors in the post-pandemic context. The results indicate that satisfaction with anti-pandemic service quality is related to overall travel well-being, which can be used in designing well-being measurement scales. Additionally, travel satisfaction on the cognitive level indirectly affects travel choice behavior through overall travel well-being, due to the negative mood induced by COVID-19. Therefore, studying travel well-being rather than just satisfaction will provide a more accurate perspective for policymakers in the post-pandemic period.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mario B. Ferreira, Filipa de Almeida, Jeronimo C. Soro, Marcia Maurer Herter, Diego Costa Pinto, Carla Sofia Silva
Summary: The study explores the association between over-indebtedness and life satisfaction, emotional well-being, health, and sleep quality, revealing that over-indebted consumers have lower levels in these aspects compared to non-over-indebted ones. The impact of over-indebtedness on life satisfaction and emotional well-being is explained through different mechanisms, with financial well-being partially mediating the relationship between indebtedness status and overall life satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Sujie Wang, Adiyukh Berbekova, Muzaffer (Muzzo) Uysal
Summary: This study proposed a theoretical model to investigate how residents' emotional solidarity towards tourists influences residents' emotional well-being and attitude. The survey results showed that the dimensions of emotional solidarity, including welcoming nature, sympathetic understanding, and emotional closeness, directly affect residents' attitude and emotional well-being, with emotional well-being mediating the relationship between residents' welcoming nature, sympathetic understanding, emotional closeness with tourists, and attitude.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tim F. Thormann, Pamela Wicker, Michael Braksiek
Summary: This study investigates the carbon footprint of football spectators traveling to the stadium and its impact on their subjective well-being. The results show that sustainable consumption and recycling behavior positively contribute to happiness, while stadium travel and energy-saving behavior have no significant effect.
Article
Business
Steven A. Brieger, Dirk De Clercq, Timo Meynhardt
Summary: This study explores how entrepreneurs' beliefs in creating social value are related to their job satisfaction, work engagement, and lack of work burnout. The findings suggest that believing in social value creation leads to higher job satisfaction and lower work burnout, with meaningful work playing a mediating role. It also shows that a sense of work meaningfulness mediates the relationship between social value creation beliefs and work engagement, particularly among entrepreneurs with strong social concerns.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2021)
Article
Gerontology
Yee To Ng, Karen L. Fingerman, Kira S. Birditt
Summary: Research examines the impact of daily friend encounters on emotional well-being in relation to race and age. The study finds that the frequency of friend encounters and the link between friend encounters and emotional well-being vary by race and age. The findings highlight the importance of everyday contact with friends for enhancing momentary emotional well-being, particularly among White individuals and younger Black adults.
Article
Environmental Studies
Luis A. Guzman, Julian Arellana, Daniel Oviedo, Daniel Castano Herrera, Olga L. Sarmiento
Summary: This study examines the relationship between travel satisfaction, neighborhood satisfaction, social capital, and life satisfaction in a low-income community in Bogota, Colombia. The findings indicate that neighborhood satisfaction and leisure activity participation are the primary factors associated with life satisfaction, while travel time and transport affordability have negative effects. Positive changes in travel experience satisfaction can significantly improve life satisfaction in low-income communities in Latin America.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Lisa C. Walsh, Madison Montemayor-Dominguez, Calen Horton, S. Gokce Boz, Sonja Lyubomirsky
Summary: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental research have shown that subjective well-being is related to, precedes and leads to employee success on various work-related outcomes. In this study, we propose a framework for improving worker well-being, focused on continuous improvement. The framework involves pretest assessment, implementation of positive changes, and posttest assessment to examine effectiveness.
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Xin Wang, Ivan Ka Wai Lai, Xueyi Wang
Summary: There is a lack of research on the combination of luxurious travel and girlfriend getaways (GGA) among females. This study aims to explore the impact of female luxury travel experiences on travel satisfaction and subjective well-being. The findings indicate that various dimensions of luxury travel, such as escapism, happiness, personal enrichment, and sense of connection, significantly affect satisfaction and subjective well-being.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tse Yen Tan, Louise Wachsmuth, Michele M. Tugade
Summary: This review focuses on positive emotional granularity, specifically emphasizing the lack of research in this area compared to negative emotional granularity. It highlights how positive emotions can motivate individuals to broaden their cognition, attention, and behavior, and suggests that distinct positive emotion concepts provide more informational value. Individuals with higher positive emotional granularity report better coping with stress.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wangxin Peng, Yi Liu, Jian-E Peng
Summary: This study conducted a survey among 803 junior high school teachers teaching English as a foreign language in China to investigate the interrelationships between emotional labor, teacher well-being, and commitment. The findings indicate that deep acting significantly predicts teacher well-being both directly and indirectly through commitment, while the other dimensions of emotional labor showed no significant impact. The implications of these findings for teachers and institutions are discussed.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Oscar N. E. Kjell, Sverker Sikstrom, Katarina Kjell, H. Andrew Schwartz
Summary: This study demonstrates that using AI-powered transformers in psychological assessments of text-responses can achieve a high level of accuracy, approaching the theoretical upper limits seen in standard rating scales. This finding suggests a potential avenue for modernizing questionnaires and gaining a deeper understanding of the human condition.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
