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Commuting between home and work is routinely performed by workers and any wellbeing impacts of commuting will consequently affect a large proportion of the population. This paper presents findings from analyses of the impact of commuting (time and mode) on multiple aspects of Subjective Well-Being (SWB), including: satisfaction with life overall and the SWB sub-domains of job satisfaction, satisfaction with leisure time availability and self-reported health. Measures of strain and mental health (GHQ-12) are also examined. Six waves of individual-level panel data from Understanding Society (2009/10 to 2014/15) are analysed, providing a sample of over 26,000 workers living in England. Associations between commuting and SWB are identified, paying particular attention to those arising from individual changes in commuting circumstances over the six waves. It is found that longer commute times are associated with lower job and leisure time satisfaction, increased strain and poorer mental health. The strongest association is found for leisure time satisfaction. Despite these negative associations with the SWB sub-domains, longer commute times were not associated with lower overall life satisfaction (except where individuals persisted with them over all six waves). Workers in England appear to be successful in balancing the negative aspects of commuting against the wider benefits, e.g. access to employment, earnings and housing. Differences amongst selected population sub-groups are also examined. The job satisfaction of younger adults and lower income groups are not found to be negatively associated with longer commute times; longer commute times are more strongly negatively associated with the job satisfaction of women compared to men. With respect to mode of transport, walking to work is associated with increased leisure time satisfaction and reduced strain. The absence of the commute, via working from home, is associated with increased job satisfaction and leisure time satisfaction. Overall, the study indicates that shorter commute times and walkable commutes can contribute to improved SWB—particularly through the release of leisure time. But life satisfaction overall will only be maintained if the benefits of undertaking the commute (earnings and satisfactory housing/employment) are not compromised.

Satisfaction with community public services reflects the quality of public services in communities, which is important for residentsâ-™ well-being. We collected data in China through a survey, and regression analyses were used to test our hypotheses. Results from 1,112 residents show that satisfaction with community public services is positively related to subjective well-being, and social support h as a mediating effect on the relationship between satisfaction With community public services and subjective well-being. Findings of this study provide a culture-specific and geographical perspective of community public services and subjective well-being, and highlight the importance of wellbeing in community studies.

This review paper aimed to explore factors that affect life satisfaction among older adults (60 years and above) in Asia by systematically reviewing 21 research articles published post-2000 from major databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and PsycArticles with the related keywords to “life satisfaction in older adults”. Based on the reviewed studies following PRISMA guideline, 19 main factors are associated with older adults life satisfaction; activities of daily living, ageing, childlessness, cognitive ability, daily life decisions, depression, discordant living arrangement, education level, economic status, health status, housing satisfaction, insurance, marital status, perceived discrimination, preferred living arrangement quality, quality and duration of sleep, religiosity, social functioning and social support. This systematic review found social support to be the major factor for life satisfaction. Giving exposure to this matter would help to educate our society on the importance of social support for older adults to increase their life satisfaction.

Low-density urban forms are often considered more livable than compact ones. Yet, studies investigating the relationship between compact cities and livability do not take into consideration the importance of public transport, accessibility and mix of land uses along with high densities. Moreover, direct comparisons of livability between the compact city and its alternative, urban sprawl, are scarce, and even more so in a European context. Investigating the metropolitan area of Oslo, which encompasses both compact and sprawled areas, this study examines the impact of the compact city on livability by employing neighbourhood satisfaction as a livability measure. Three different methods are used: cross-sectional regression analysis, longitudinal comparisons and qualitative analysis. Cross-sectional results indicate that compact-city residents are significantly more satisfied with their neighbourhood than those who live in sprawled neighbourhoods, even after controlling for sociodemographic and other variables. Longitudinal analysis based on residents who have lived in both neighbourhood types confirms this finding. This study also examines the impact of compactness within a wider range of urban form typologies and finds that the higher the density, the higher the neighbourhood satisfaction. Important components of the compact city – public transport, accessibility to city centre and land use mix – demonstrate a positive association with neighbourhood satisfaction. Findings from this study suggest that, when common urban problems are addressed, and when planned to integrate all its essential characteristics, the compact city has a positive influence on livability. 低密度城市形式通常被认为比紧凑城市更宜居。然而，考察紧凑型城市与宜居性之间关系的研究并没有在高密度之外考虑公共交通、通达性和混合土地利用的重要性。此外，直接比较紧凑型城市与其替代模式即城市蔓延之宜居性的文献稀缺，在欧洲的情况中更是如此。本研究考察了奥斯陆的大都市区（包括紧凑型和蔓延型的地区）；我们以居住区满意度为宜居指标，研究了紧凑型城市对宜居性的影响。我们使用了三种不同的方法：横断面回归分析、纵向比较和定性分析。横截面分析结果表明，即使在假定社会人口学变量和其他变量不变的情况下，紧凑型城市居民也比居住在蔓延型居住区的居民更加满意。我们对曾在这两种居住区都住过的居民做了纵向分析，结果证实了上述发现。本研究还在更广泛的城市形式类型中考察了紧凑性的影响，发现密度越高，居住区满意度越高。公共交通、城市中心通达性和土地混合利用是紧凑型城市的重要组成部分，都与居住区满意度呈正相关。这项研究的结果表明，在应对共同的城市问题以及规划整合城市问题的所有本质特征时，紧凑型城市对宜居性有积极的影响。

Previous research suggests that green environments positively influence health. Several underlying mechanisms have been discussed; one of them is facilitation of social interaction. Further, greener neighborhoods may appear more aesthetic, contributing to satisfaction and well-being. Aim of this study was to analyze the association of residential surrounding greenness with self-rated health, using data from 4480 women and men aged 45–75 years that participated in the German population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. We further aimed to explore the relationships of greenness and self-rated health with the neighborhood environment and social relations. Surrounding greenness was measured using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) within 100 m around participants’ residence. As a result, we found that with higher greenness, poor self-rated health decreased (adjusted OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.82–0.98; per 0.1 increase in NDVI), while neighborhood satisfaction (1.41, 1.23–1.61) and neighborhood social capital (1.22, 1.12–1.32) increased. Further, we observed inverse associations of neighborhood satisfaction (0.70, 0.52–0.94), perceived safety (0.36, 0.22–0.60), social satisfaction (0.43, 0.31–0.58), and neighborhood social capital (0.53, 0.44–0.64) with poor self-rated health. These results underline the importance of incorporating green elements into neighborhoods for health-promoting urban development strategies.

Objectives We examined the effects of victimization on several aspects of well-being in a longitudinal study of a general population sample. Previous research has often been inconclusive, as it was largely based on cross-sectional data and prone to problems of unobserved heterogeneity and selection bias. We examined both between-person differences and within-person changes in well-being in relation to property and violent victimization. We investigated psychological and behavioral dimensions of well-being, controlling for and comparing with the effects of other negative life events. Methods We used data from a two-wave panel survey of 2928 respondents aged 25–89 nested in 140 neighborhoods in two large German cities. We applied random-effects modeling to separate between-person from within-person effects. Results The within-person detrimental effects of victimization were considerably smaller than between-person effects, which reflected preexisting, time-stable factors that distinguish individuals who have experienced victimization from individuals who have not. Detrimental effects concerned fear of crime, generalized trust, and neighborhood satisfaction, but did not extend to emotional well-being or life satisfaction, in contrast to other negative life events. We found empirical support both for adaptation (‘recovery’) effects as well as for anticipation effects. Violent victimization had stronger effects than property victimization, and victimization near the home had stronger effects than victimization elsewhere. Conclusion The findings indicate that violent victimization has palpable detrimental effects on security perceptions, trust and neighborhood satisfaction—but not on emotional well-being and life satisfaction—and that individuals largely recover from the victimization within 18 months.

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the structural relationships between a sense of virtual community (SOVC), community satisfaction, community involvement, community commitment and alternative attractiveness in the online fan community context.Design/methodology/approachThis study gathered and empirically analyzed data from 277 members of the online Super Junior fan community with frequency, reliability, confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling (SEM) with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 and AMOS 24.0.FindingsThe findings of SEM indicated that community satisfaction was significantly influenced by the four dimensions of SOVC, while community involvement was significantly affected by membership and fulfillment of needs. Also, community commitment and alternative attractiveness were significantly impacted by community satisfaction and community involvement. Lastly, privacy concern moderated the paths from influence to community satisfaction and from community satisfaction to community commitment, respectively.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study should help online fan community administrators to reduce members' perception of alternative attractiveness (other fan communities) and to understand how privacy concern influences members' attitudes toward the online community.Originality/valueIn light of the findings, a greater understanding of the determinants of community commitment and alternative attractiveness along with privacy concern is critical in retaining virtual fan communities' members over the long-term.

This paper reports an experiment in 640 Indonesian villages on three approaches to target the poor: proxy means tests (PMT), where assets are used to predict consumption; community targeting, where villagers rank everyone from richest to poorest; and a hybrid. Defining poverty based on PPP$2 per capita consumption, community targeting and the hybrid perform somewhat worse in identifying the poor than PMT, though not by enough to significantly affect poverty outcomes for a typical program. Elite capture does not explain these results. Instead, communities appear to apply a different concept of poverty. Consistent with this finding, community targeting results in higher satisfaction.

Based on the 2006 wave of the China General Social Survey, this paper analyses interregional disparities in residential satisfaction in urban China. It also explores whether the determinants vary across the coastal, central and inland regions by means of a multi-group structural equation model (SEM). We find that residential satisfaction in the coastal region is lower than in the central and inland regions. Housing quality, home ownership, community type, socioeconomic status and Hukou in all three regions have positive impacts on residential satisfaction, while the presence of children has a negative effect. The magnitude of each variable’s impact on residential satisfaction varies across regions due to the disparities in economic, social and physical conditions. Housing quality is the most important determinant of residential satisfaction in the coastal region, whereas community type and Hukou are the most important in the central and inland regions.

Background Game‐like digital technologies are beneficial for older adults as they facilitate learning and enrich the quality of aging through knowledge and empowerment. While various studies explored the cognitive and psychosocial benefits of serious gaming for persons with dementia, minimal research has explored satisfaction with game‐like technologies for dementia education among older adults in low‐income housing communities. This preliminary study aimed to explore levels of satisfaction with a Kahoot Dementia Trivia, which was designed to foster awareness and understanding of dementia and its subtypes, amongst older adults residing in a subsidized housing community (Aim 1). We aimed to identify health‐related topics of interest for future Kahoot Trivia (Aim 2). Method Ten older adults who resided in a senior subsidized housing community in Greenville, South Carolina were recruited. Participants engaged in a Kahoot Dementia Trivia activity and completed a Likert‐scale satisfaction survey assessing enjoyment, social engagement, future gameplay, recommendation for game play for other individuals (Aim 1). Higher rating was indicative of positive responses. Additionally, participants were provided 11 topics and were asked to choose the topics of greatest interest for future Kahoot Trivia games (Aim 2). Frequencies and descriptives were calculated. Result On average, participants noted very high levels of enjoyment (M=9.30; SD=1.64; range=5‐10), felt the Kahoot Dementia Trivia encouraged social engagement (M=9.20; SD=2.20; range=3‐10), with very high likelihood of participating in this activity in the future (M=9.10; SD=2.51; range=2‐10; Aim 1). On a scale of 1‐5, 70% were likely/very likely (n = 7) to encourage others to attend this type of activity (Aim 1). Of the 11 potential Kahoot Trivia topics of interest, participants reported the following: 60% (n = 6) selected dementia, 60% (n = 6) selected mindfulness, 50% (n = 5) selected Alzheimer's disease, and 50% (n = 5) selected diabetes (Aim 2). Conclusion Dementia education as facilitated through technological game‐like experiences demonstrated overall high levels of satisfaction, social engagement, and future participation interest with participants demonstrating high likelihood for recommending this and similar activities to others. Interestingly, mindfulness‐based education, as offered through Kahoot Trivia may be indicative of alternative approaches to stress coping and management, which warrants additional exploration.