Andrade, Vanda and Quarta, Stefano and Tagarro, Marta and Miloseva, Lence and Massaro, Marika and Chervenkov, Mihail and Ivanova, Teodora and Jorge, Rui and Maksimova, Viktorija and Smilkov, Katarina and Gjorgieva Ackova, Darinka and Ruskovska, Tatjana and Philippou, Elena and Deligiannidou, Georgia-Eirini and Kontogiorgis, Christos A. and Garcia Conesa, Maria-Teresa and Pinto, Paula (2022) Exploring hedonic and eudaimonic items of well-being in Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean countries: influence of sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3). p. 1715. ISSN 1660-4601
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Increased understanding of subjective well-being (SWB), as well as factors that influence it, are essential to enhance well-being at the individual and national level. We have applied a hedonic and eudaimonic 9-item composed tool (SWB score) to measure SWB across several Mediterranean (MED) and non-Mediterranean (non-MED) countries, and to explore the association between the SWB score and a range of sociodemographic, health and Mediterranean lifestyle factors. A specifically designed web-based questionnaire was distributed to adult participants (N = 2400) from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria and Republic of North Macedonia. Results showed that the SWB score was significantly different across the examined countries with the MED participants displaying slightly higher average scores than the non-MED ones (6.3 ± 1.5 vs. 6.1 ± 1.6, p = 0.002). Several sociodemographic, health status and lifestyle factors displayed a significant but limited association with the 9-item SWB score, with a multiple regression model explaining around 17% of the variance. Nevertheless, our results support that a closer adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle habits-the Mediterranean Diet, spending time with friends, family, and in nature, being active, and getting adequate rest at night-has a positive influence on the 9-item SWB score. Further research is needed to advance the understanding of the measuring and differentiating of SWB across different populations and to establish all the factors that influence it.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Impact Factor Value: | 3.390 |
| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Tatjana Ruskovska |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2022 10:05 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2022 11:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29720 |
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