Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes

By Ryan T. Howell, Margaret L. Kern, Sonja Lyubomirsky. 2007

600 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Louis Tay
2. Margaret L. Kern
3. L. Waters
4. E. Diener
5. Kristin Layous
6. S. Toepfer
7. Micaela Y. Chan
8. A. Adler

In Health

1. E. Diener
2. Louis Tay
3. Margaret L. Kern
4. Micaela Y. Chan
5. Patti Peters
6. Kelly Cichy
7. S. Toepfer
8. A. Adler

In Social Psychology

1. Sarah Mercer
2. Margaret L. Kern
3. L. Waters
4. Louis Tay
5. P. Macintyre
6. D. Khaw
7. E. Diener
8. T. Gregersen

Citations in the corpus

• Validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale to Brazilians: Evidences of Measurement Noninvariance Across Brazil and US (2013, background): “…2001), emotional intelligence (Palmer et al. 2002), relationship quality (Argyle 1999; Lyubomirsky et al. 2005), leisure activities (Argyle 1999), health (Howell et al. 2007), self-efficacy (Ojeda et al. 2011), and academic satisfaction (Bardagi and Hutz 2012; Lent et al. 2005; Ojeda et al. 2011).”
• A Scientific Review of the Remarkable Benefits of Happiness for Successful and Healthy Living (2013, background): “Many studies demonstrate that happy people experience better health (see reviews by Chida & Steptoe, 2008; Cohen & Pressman, 2006; Diener & Chan, 2011; Howell et al., 2007; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005; Pressman & Cohen, 2005).”
• Understanding language teacher wellbeing: An ESM study of daily stressors and uplifts (2020, background): “Howell et al. (2007) describe a bi-directional connection between health and wellbeing.”
• Workplace happiness, well-being and their relationship with psychological capital: A study of Hungarian Teachers (2019, background): “…and coping abilities, and are more prosocial (Diener and Seligman 2002; Chida and Steptoe 2008; Seligman and Schulman 1986; Seligman et al. 1990; Kubzansky et al. 2001; Fredrickson and Joiner 2002; Howell et al. 2007; Lyubomirsky et al. 2005a, b; Segerstrom 2007; Williams and Shiaw 1999).”
• Happy People Live Longer: Subjective Well-Being Contributes to Health and Longevity (2011, methodology): “Howell, Kern, and Lyubomirsky (2007) reviewed 139 experimental studies testing the impact of well-being on health-relevant physiological outcomes.”
• A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the PERMA Model of Well-Being (2015, background): “The notion that subjective well-being is related to better self-reported health, longevity, and reduced pain is well known (Cohen & Pressman, 2006; Diener & Chan, 2011; Howell et al., 2007; Pressman & Cohen, 2005).”
• Assessing Employee Wellbeing in Schools Using a Multifaceted Approach: Associations with Physical Health, Life Satisfaction, and Professional Thriving (2014, background): “Yet aligned with a growing body of studies (e.g., Boehm & Kubzansky, in press; Howell et al., 2007), the wellbeing factors predicted health, life, and job outcomes, independently of negative emotion.”
• Letters of Gratitude: Further Evidence for Author Benefits (2012, methodology): “Accordingly, SWB is employed here as an umbrella term that addresses the heterogeneous but highly related construct of well-being which encompasses emotional and cognitive components (Howell et al. 2007).”
• Positive psychology interventions: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies (2013, neutral): “Wellbeing is also positively associated with better physical health [17-19].”