wellbeing

Young Thug may be dealing with a lot right now—from the RICO indictment, to the loss of labelmate Lil Keed—but his ex Jerrika Karlae has revealed that the MC has still managed to remain in “great spirits” despite it all. As she told The Progress Report Podcast in the below clip, per HotNewHipHop, she “spoke” with Thugger as all of this has transpired. “He’s doing good, actually, and he’s in great spirits,” she said. “I feel like this is just a moment for him to learn a lot of lessons.”If anything, the rapper is doing more…

Age 17 Latent class profiles of digital usage at age 17.∗Weekend and Weekday Time online variable take the form of 1–5, as seen in the group means, however group means were divided by 5 here to make them consistent with the behavioral variables. Credit: Computers in Human Behavior (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107290 New research from the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin has found further evidence of a…

Credit: Unsplash/Albert Wu Increasingly, students want more from higher education institutions beyond skills and knowledge, graduation certificates and the promise of employment. They also want care and guidance. Students even want to actively collaborate on their university's quality assurance processes and add health and well-being as key indicators of university quality.…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Teaching the benefits of affirmative sexual consent while also validating anxieties people might experience about consent communication is an important step for improving sexual health and well-being, according to a new study.  …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Most children in the U.S. grow up with siblings, yet the role of sibling relations in child development and well-being is relatively understudied, especially among families of color. Researchers at Penn State, Arizona State University, and Harvard are working together to study these dynamics in Latinx children to better understand the role of siblings' warmth and negativity in children's…

Most of us struggle to think well after a poor night's sleep – feeling foggy and failing to perform at our usual standard at school, university or work. You may notice that you're not concentrating as well, or that your memory doesn't seem up to scratch. Decades of bad sleep, however, may potentially lead to cognitive decline.Bad sleep also affects people's mood and behaviour, whether they are young infants or older adults. So how much sleep does our brain need to operate properly in the long term? Our new research study,…

A new study led by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers proposes a novel method to estimate global economic wellbeing using nighttime satellite images.Despite successes in reducing poverty globally in the last two decades, almost one billion people still live without access to reliable and affordable electricity, which in turn negatively affects health and welfare, and impedes sustainable development. It is critical to know where these people are located if assistance and infrastructure…

Sleep – a lot like eating food – is one of those things we need to live, but seemingly there are plenty of ways to do it wrong.  A new study has weighed into the debate. Looking at UK Biobank data from almost 500,000 adults, researchers conclude that seven hours of sleep per night is the optimal amount for good mental health, wellbeing and cognitive performance, for people in their late 30s to early 70s.  "We identified a nonlinear association between sleep, with approximately seven hours as the optimal sleep duration,…

Pandemic-specific factors and welbeing over time. The associations between (A) self-vulnerability and well-being, (B) loved ones’ vulnerability and well-being, and (C) adherence to physical distancing guidelines and well-being. Dots show the group mean and bars show the standard error of the mean. Credit: BMC Public Health (2022). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13130-y Actions thought to be isolating and potentially detrimental for…