wellbeing

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many businesses are making efforts to promote workers' well-being, and numerous interventions are available at the individual and organizational levels. New research published in the Industrial Relations Journal found no evidence that individual-level mental well-being interventions like mindfulness, resilience and stress management, relaxation classes, and well-being apps benefit employees.…

(Left) Uncrewed surface vehicle observations depicting depth and nitrate concentrations in Daljeonji Reservoir / (Right) A high-resolution map illustrating the total nitrate, derived from data collected by the vehicle (November 26, 2021). Credit: POSTECH In a recent tragic incident, approximately 100 elephants in Africa perished due to inadequate access to water. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that…

Video: CSIRO marks 10 years of the total wellbeing dietCSIRO marks 10 years of the total wellbeing dietWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerThe national science agency is today celebrating 10 years since the launch of its online CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet. January 3, 2024 — 7.22pm Video: CSIRO marks 10 years of the total wellbeing dietCSIRO marks 10 years of the total wellbeing dietWe’re…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research by School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand the disparity in the United States. Her paper, published with co-authors Prasanta K. Pattanaik, a faculty member at the University of California Riverside, and Yongsheng Xu, a faculty…

Dr Emily Dollman, Head of Music Education and Pedagogy at the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music, with a student. Credit: University of Adelaide A new publication by a University of Adelaide researcher highlights the benefits of music education for child development and well-being, particularly in a post-COVID-19 landscape of disrupted social connections and networks. …

Tangerine is an award-winning app for both the iPhone and iPad that's a one-stop-shop for all of your well-being needs. It's a habit tracker, mood tracker, and journal all rolled into one. I already use another app to track habits, a bullet journal to track my moods, and then journal on whatever random scrap of paper is lying around when (see also: if) I remember to journal. So having these important aspects of my self-care routine in one place thanks to Tangerine has been incredibly helpful.Tangerine is free for 7 days…

Share of respondents (in percent) who stated that a containment measure placed a (very) strong burden on them in winter 2021/2022. The legend shows different containment measures and the correlation between answers on the 5-point scale and life satisfaction. Correlations are based on OLS regressions to control for baseline life satisfaction from fall/winter 2019. Credit: European Sociological Review (2023). DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad077…

A variety in everyday movements is linked to better wellbeing, according to a small study of psychiatric patients.When most of us think of mental-boosting activities, we imagine deliberate and strenuous exercise, like a jog, a bike, or a swim, but the recent study suggests that just visiting a variety of different locations is associated with a higher sense of wellbeing in people with depression or anxiety.Published in 2022 by researchers from he University Psychiatric Clinics in Basel, Switzerland, the study found the…

A census of nearly 6,000 professional musicians in the UK has found that 30% report having poor mental wellbeing, with another 11% feeling neither positive nor negative about it.Musicians in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland report lower mental wellbeing than their English contemporaries, though the worst-affected region of all was north-east England, with 38% of its musicians affected. Dance music was the worst-affected genre, numbering 35% of respondents from that sector.Musicians from marginalised communities are…

A Mbendjele camp in the Congo rainforest. Credit: Dr Nikhil Chaudhary Infants and toddlers may be psychologically wired to thrive with high levels of "sensitive care" and personal attention, according to a study conducted with contemporary hunter-gatherer societies. Research led by an evolutionary anthropologist at Cambridge…