This thesis explored caregiver responses to persons with dementia (PWD) in association with psychological outcomes in both caregivers and PWD, using a variety of methods, including a systematic review, a naturalistic study using the Expressed Emotion (EE) methodology with cross-…
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The study aimed to examine the contributions of two corporate, non-health, transnational, Sustainable Healthy Workplaces (SHWs) to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) in Nigeria. The research questions in this study sought to determine the contributions ma…
The promotion of education has long been a priority of the successive regimes of Ethiopia. Combined with the momentum of Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in recent years Ethiopia’s education sector has experienced a major expansion of primary s…
The aim of this research was to gain a critical understanding of the subjective viewpoints of remote and mobile employees (RMEs) on corporate commitment and wellbeing, and to create a conceptual framework to inform the future strategic plans for a medium sized enterprise in the …
Interest in the concept of 'wellbeing' is gaining prominence among academic researchers, policy makers and planning bodies within the UK and internationally. This emerging agenda is often in the context of efforts to promote sustainable communities through environmental initiati…
Although economic growth has brought significant improvements in the standard of living in the UK over recent decades, there are still individuals living in poverty. Furthermore poverty in the UK is expected to rise. Although monetary poverty has wide ranging impacts such as poo…
The ecosystem services approach is a set of institutional practices which aim to improve natural resource management and policy making, by highlighting the relationship between well-functioning ecosystems and human wellbeing. Within the approach, cultural services (CS) signify t…
This thesis explores how consumption impacts on people’s wellbeing in seven Peruvian communities. It draws on social science literature on consumption and incorporates the key factors highlighted by the research on wellbeing determinants. Generally, it is accepted that consumpti…
For many years, educators, psychologists and parents have expressed concern about the apparent deterioration of pupil motivation and performance after children move to secondary school. This study used a longitudinal design to examine the transfer process from the perspective of…
Adolescence is the period of lifetime development in which many youth begin to make health and lifestyle choices that have a significant impact on overall wellbeing as they transition from childhood into young adulthood. Physical activity appears to be linked to making other hea…
This project explores how people are shaped and formed through the relationships they establish with each other. The project uses Jesus’ interactions with people as a model for training and equipping Christian mentors with the knowledge of how formative Christian spirituality ca…
Overall, this thesis is concerned about what makes who feel good and function well, by offering an epistemological, methodological and theoretical framework for wellbeing research. To mobilise these ideas, throughout this thesis I build on and contribute to three sets of literat…
Wellness and wellbeing have been a national priority in the United States of American for many years. Since 1961, wellbeing models have been created and reconstructed to define our understanding of what wellbeing is as well as what it should or could potentially be. These endeav…
The increasing population of working immigrant women in Canada demands special considerations surrounding their mental health. This exploratory-descriptive qualitative research has investigated the influences on the mental well-being of 14 working immigrant women in Calgary. Par…
I examine how experiences of adversity contribute to growth among marginalized groups. This aligns with post adversarial growth theory, which highlights how people perceive psychological growth (i.e., improved social relationships, changed sense of self, and a new sense of what …
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of choir teachers in a Collaborative Teacher Study Group (CTSG) as they met to discuss wellness in music education and collaborated to include principles and strategies of wellness in their teaching amidst the COVID-19 pan…
The purpose of this project was to discover the extent to which identified factors can assist persons in achieving wellbeing during times of loss among a select group of participants from Columbus, Ohio. The design was a discovery project administered in the form of a survey dis…
This study examines the relationship between personal characteristics, church characteristics and burnout among African American Baptist pastors in North Carolina. Senior pastors affiliated with the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina received an electronic survey…