Does volunteering make us happier, or are happier people more likely to volunteer? Addressing the problem of reverse causality when estimating the wellbeing impacts of volunteering
Journal Article - March 17, 2020
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Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34,000 English citizens
Journal Article - March 15, 2020
Unemployment and relationship happiness in the United Kingdom
Research Paper, ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Papers, 93 - March 15, 2020
Effects on mental health of a UK welfare reform, Universal Credit: a longitudinal controlled study
Journal Article - March 1, 2020
The effects of Uber diffusion on mental health in the UK
Research Paper, INSEAD Working Papers, 2020/12/EPS - February 15, 2020
Arts, mental distress, mental health functioning & life satisfaction: fixed-effects analyses of a nationally-representative panel study
Journal Article - February 11, 2020
The internet and children’s psychological wellbeing
Journal Article - January 15, 2020
Socioeconomic status and the structure of the self-concept
Journal Article - January 15, 2020
Somewhere or anywhere? Local roots and the Brexit vote
Book Chapter, Insights 2019-20: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study - January 15, 2020
Moving home and mental health
Book Chapter, Insights 2019-20: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study - January 15, 2020
Political and ethnic identity
Book Chapter, Insights 2019-20: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study - January 15, 2020
Social network engagement and subjective well-being: a life-course perspective
Journal Article - December 15, 2019
The partner pay gap – associations between spouses’ relative earnings and life satisfaction among couples in the UK
Research Paper, ESRI Working Papers, 642 - November 15, 2019
The Big-Five personality factors, mental health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of gratification delay
Journal Article - November 15, 2019
A shorter working week for everyone: how much paid work is needed for mental health and well-being?
Journal Article - November 15, 2019
How does poor mental health in the early years of secondary school impact on GCSE attainment?
Report - November 15, 2019
An integrated approach to bias in a longitudinal survey in the United Kingdom: assessing construct, method, and item bias in the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)
Journal Article - October 15, 2019
State of the nation 2019: children and young people’s wellbeing. Research report
Report - October 15, 2019
How do participants understand and interpret questions about “retirement planning”?
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2019-10 - September 19, 2019
The subjective well-being of homeworkers across life domains
Journal Article - September 15, 2019
Consideration of environmental factors in reflections on car purchases: attitudinal, behavioural and sociodemographic predictors among a large UK sample
Journal Article - September 15, 2019
Applying prospect theory to participation in a CAPI/web panel survey
Journal Article - September 15, 2019
Measuring changes in subjective well-being from engagement in the arts, culture and sport
Journal Article - September 15, 2019
Individual and local area factors associated with self-reported wellbeing, perceived social cohesion and sense of attachment to one’s community: analysis of the Understanding Society Survey
Report - September 15, 2019
The good childhood report 2019
Report - August 15, 2019
Sexual identity and wellbeing: a distributional analysis
Journal Article - August 15, 2019
Main and interactive effects of inflammation and perceived neighbourhood cohesion on psychological distress: results from a population-based study in the UK
Journal Article - August 15, 2019
Involvement with the arts and participation in cultural events – does personality moderate impact on well-being? Evidence from the U.K. Household Panel Survey
Journal Article - August 15, 2019
Do all job changes increase wellbeing? Technical report
Report - August 15, 2019
Spatial influences on domains of life satisfaction in the UK
Journal Article - August 14, 2019
The change and stability of NEO scores over six-years: a British study and a short review
Journal Article - July 15, 2019
The relationship between personality and job satisfaction across occupations
Journal Article - July 15, 2019