Applied Research in Quality of Life

2016 - 2026

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Volume 21, issue 4, 2026

Editorial: Quality of Life Research in the Past Three Decades and Beyond pp. 1707-1712

Daniel T.L. Shek and Martijn Hendriks

Thirty Years of ISQOLS: Building Knowledge and Providing Wisdom for a Better World pp. 1713-1733

Mariano Rojas

Using Subjective Well-being as a Headline Indicator in Dashboards to Track Human Progress pp. 1735-1761

Martijn J. Burger, Sarah Courchesne, Talita Greyling, Kelsey J. O’Connor, Stephanié Rossouw, Francesco Sarracino and Ruut Veenhoven

Integrating Research on Purchase Happiness: Predictors, Mediators, and Moderators pp. 1763-1790

M. Joseph Sirgy and Dong-Jin Lee

Antecedents and Child Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Parental Psychological Control: Observations, Unresolved Issues, and Future Research Directions pp. 1791-1812

Xiaoqin Zhu, Wenqing Zong, Lindan Tan, Kaiji Zhou and Daniel Shek

Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions in Research on Social-Emotional Learning Programs and Teacher Well-Being pp. 1813-1836

Diya Dou, Chunhan Huang, Jieqi Li and Jieping Shi

Reconceptualizing Family Resilience in the Chinese Context: Implications for the Study of Child and Family Wellbeing in Economically Disadvantaged Families pp. 1837-1856

Janet Tsin Yee Leung

The Study of Quality of Life of Asian Societies by Prof. Takashi Inoguchi pp. 1857-1877

Graciela Tonon and Francisco Lavolpe

Wellbeing and the Arts: A Concise Survey with New Findings pp. 1879-1901

Thomas Benison, Trinh Le and Arthur Grimes

Quality of Life in Young People in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Eras: Empirical, Theoretical, Methodological, and Intervention Considerations pp. 1903-1924

Daniel T. L. Shek

Monitoring Wellbeing as a Warning Indicator: the U.S. Crisis of Deaths of Despair pp. 1925-1957

Carol Graham, Emily Dobson, Isabel Shaheen O’Malley and Kasey Vangelov

Artificial Intelligence and Quality of Life pp. 1959-1981

Stefan Höfer

Experienced Well-Being and Compliance Behaviour: New Applications of Quality of Life theories, Using AI and Real-Time Data pp. 1983-2011

Stephanié Rossouw and Talita Greyling

The Wider Well-Being Consequences of Own and Others’ Unemployment pp. 2013-2035

Andrew E. Clark and Anthony Lepinteur

Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren Reloaded: How to Promote Sustainable Well-Being for all pp. 2037-2059

Francesco Sarracino and Giulia Slater

The Moderating Role of School Relational Climate in the Association Between School Victimization and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: A Multilevel Study across 14 Countries pp. 2061-2077

Hang Zhou and Ji-Kang Chen

The Centrality of Behavioral Stigma: A Network Analysis of Affiliate Stigma and Quality of Life in Chinese Parents of Children with Autism pp. 2079-2095

Min Sun, Xuan Xu, Kuai Song, Xiaojun Sun and Cuiying Fan

Breaking Barriers To Social Inclusion: the Mediating Role of Reduced Discomfort in the Relationship between Service-learning and Inclusivity Attitudes pp. 2097-2114

Ling-Yan Yang, Yulei Chen, Chengfang Zeng and Yuegui Lin

Inter-Connections Among Multidimensional Domains of Quality of Life in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Hong Kong: A Network Analysis pp. 2115-2132

Ted C.T. Fong and Rainbow T.H. Ho

A Multidimensional Index of Social Quality of Life (MISQL) pp. 2133-2152

José-Luis Alfaro-Navarro, Nuria Huete-Alcocer, Víctor-Raúl López-Ruiz and Domingo Nevado-Peña

Core Self-Evaluation Mediates the Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration on Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study pp. 2153-2173

Haoran Shen, Tianyi Pei and Wenzhi Wu

Local land Governance and the Livelihoods and Well-Being of Urbanized Rural Residents in Urbanizing China pp. 2175-2195

Juan Chen, Mengyu Liu, Lin Gong, Siqin Kang and Pierre F. Landry

Validation of Family Quality of Life Scale and Analysis of Divergence in Child–Parent Dyads pp. 2197-2218

Tingyu Luo and Yik Wa Law

Work-family Conflict, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Role Demands and Health-seeking Behaviour of Working Mothers in Urban Ghana pp. 2219-2240

Kwaku Abrefa Busia and Francis Arthur-Holmes

When Stressed and Misaligned, Leisure Crafting Rebuilds: Mediating Role of Psychological Capital on the Relationship between College Students’ Leisure Crafting and Subjective Wellbeing pp. 2241-2262

Jiyoung Park and Grace B. Yu

What Explains the Association Between Child Poverty and Depressive Symptoms? Serial Mediation Effects of Child Maltreatment Victimization and Smartphone Addiction pp. 2263-2285

Mengtong Chen, Qiushi Zhou and Huihui Gong

Employment Status, Working Hours and Happiness Among Married Women and Men: Panel Evidence from Taiwan pp. 2287-2309

Ruoh-Rong Yu and Ming-Chang Tsai

Applying Item Response Theory to the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form: An Evaluation in a Large Sample of Swedish Adolescents pp. 2311-2334

Erik Forsberg

Correction: Applying Item Response Theory to the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form: An Evaluation in a Large Sample of Swedish Adolescents pp. 2335-2336

Erik Forsberg

Perceived Family Uncertainty Among Return Migrants in Rural China: A Pull-Push Mechanism in Family Functioning pp. 2337-2361

Bo Yang, Marcus W. Feldman and Shuzhuo Li

Digital Poverty, Online Learning Experience and the Psychological Wellbeing of Secondary School Students in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 2363-2387

Qiaobing Wu, Jia Zhuang and Shimin Zhu

Parental Phubbing and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation of Parent–Child Relationship and Loneliness pp. 2389-2413

Doudou Wang, Yongtian Jiang, Qingling Zhao and Nengzhi Jiang

Conflict and Well-being: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resources and the Moderating Role of Conflict Management Styles pp. 2415-2441

Shuo Yu, Xi Li, Zongwei Hu, Jinsheng Jason Zhu and Yichen Qiu

Data-Driven Knowledge for Impact in Quality of Life Research pp. 2443-2474

Monique Matsuda dos Santos and Mark Peterson

A Scoping Review of Subjective Well-being in a South African Work Context pp. 2475-2529

Anike Theron, Carin Hill and Tshegofatso Mabitsela-Siwela

Review of the Book: Easterlin, R. A., & O’Connor, K. J. (2025). The Happiness Revolution in Europe (Elements in Economics of European Integration). Cambridge University Press pp. 2531-2534

Anke C. Plagnol

Volume 21, issue 3, 2026

Editorial: Promotion of Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: What can We Learn from Chinese Scientific Research pp. 899-905

Huamin Peng, Zheng Zhou and Tan Tang

The Network Structure of Positive Youth Development Attributes Among Chinese Rural Adolescents pp. 907-926

Gaoran Chen, Zheng Zhou, Daniel T. L. Shek and Xiaoqin Zhu

The Role of Spirituality and Beliefs in the Future in the Mental Health of Chinese Adolescents During the Pandemic pp. 927-946

Chen Deng, Lu Yu, Daniel Tan Lei Shek and Xiaoqin Zhu

Impact of Prosocial Behaviors on Self-Identity of Vulnerable Adolescents in Relatively Poor Areas: Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs as Mediator pp. 947-967

Huamin Peng, Hanlei Du, Yueer Xu and Xiaofeng Liu

Family Resilience and Adolescent Mental Health in Chinese Families: The Mediating Role of Personal Strengths pp. 969-985

Lu Yu, Xiaohua Zhou, Daniel Tan Lei Shek and Yifan Wang

Intergenerational Bonding, Resilience, and Left-Behind Children’s Cognitive-Behavioral Competencies: A Chain Mediating Model pp. 987-1007

Yongjia He, Steven Sek-yum Ngai and Zewei Liu

Maternal Warmth and Power Assertion and School and Psychological Adjustment in Chinese Children pp. 1009-1033

Mengting Liu, Qinglin Bian, Junsheng Liu, Dan Li, Rui Fu and Xinyin Chen

Family Capital and Positive Youth Development: An Empirical Study on Chinese Rural Adolescents pp. 1035-1059

Liping Mu, Zheng Zhou, Daniel T. L. Shek and Xiang Li

Mixed-Sex Peer Interactions and Adjustment in Chinese Adolescents pp. 1061-1080

Xinyin Chen, Long Hei, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, Panpan Yang and Doran French

Perception of School Climate and Positive Youth Development in Poverty-Stricken Rural China: The Mediating Role of Intentional Self-Regulation pp. 1081-1102

Lin Qi, Jia Chen and Mengyi Wang

Examining the Influence of Significant Others on the Beliefs in the Future of Left-Behind Children in Underdeveloped Areas in Rural China: the Mediating Role of Resilience pp. 1103-1126

Lei Min, Yunyun Xu and Yeqing Huang

Health-related Quality of Life among Children Living with Rare Diseases in China: a Nationwide Study pp. 1127-1145

Jiazhou Yu, Huanyu Zhang, Shanquan Chen, Richard H. Xu, Shuyang Zhang and Dong Dong

Relationships with Significant Others and Attributes of Positive Youth Development among Adolescents in Rural China with and without Left-behind Experience: A Moderated Mediation Model pp. 1147-1175

Baochen Cui, Huamin Peng, Kunjie Cui and Cheng Wei

Subjective Outcome Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Program in Mainland China during the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 1177-1204

Xiaoqin Zhu, Daniel TL Shek, Ziqian Gong and Yiting Tang

Evaluating the Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program Using Student Diaries: Tin Ka Ping P.A.T.H.S. Project in Mainland China pp. 1205-1232

Lindan Tan, Daniel T. L. Shek and Xiang Li

A Study of PYD Program-Based Interventions for Problematic Behaviors of Adolescents in Relocated Communities for Poverty Alleviation in Mainland China pp. 1233-1256

Wanhong Gao, Menghu Wang, Xinru Yan, Yingting Luo and Tan Tang

“Good Kids” or “Bad Kids”: An Action Research on Strengthening Juvenile Delinquents’ Social bonds pp. 1257-1277

Tan Tang, Zeji Jiang, Ziqiu Deng, Xianhao Yin, Xijie Dong, Xinru Yan, Rui Long, Wanqiu Yang and Wanhong Gao

Integrating Career Development with Socio-emotional Learning for Rural Primary School Children: a School-based Program and Evaluation pp. 1279-1306

Yan-Yan Chen, Liu Hong and Mingwei Wang

The Reach and Impact of a Positive Youth Development Program (Project P.A.T.H.S.) in China and Beyond: Review and Reflection pp. 1307-1329

Daniel T. L. Shek and Diya Dou

Review and Prospects of Global Positive Youth Development Programs: A Scientometric Analysis pp. 1331-1351

Shaojie Qi, Wenqi Chen, Hong Lu, Muyuan Luo and Chongyuan Gao

Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Policy in Mainland China pp. 1353-1393

Lindan Tan and Daniel T. L. Shek

Measuring Care Work-Related Quality of Life: A Rasch Validation Study of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Workforce (ASCOT-Workforce) pp. 1395-1412

Stacey Rand, Ann-Marie Towers, Stephen Allan, Margaret Blake and Claire Lambert

Disaggregating the Well-Being Effects of Creative Destruction: The Roles of Cross- and Within-Sector Job Reallocation pp. 1413-1445

Mona Ahmadiani, Adam Hyde and Jeremy Jackson

Retirement Shock and Subjective Social Status of Urban Women in China pp. 1447-1464

Mingcong Chen, Qiqi Sun and Lizhi Tang

Parenting and Digital Sexual Violence Perpetration: Mediating Role of Gender Stereotypes and Victimization Experiences pp. 1465-1489

Wenbin Du, Mengyan Jian, Daniel T.L. Shek and Yuxi Wang

Shek, D. T. L. (2025). Promoting Holistic Development in University Students. Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0251-3 pp. 1491-1494

Lei Mee Thien

Bridging Cultures, Enriching Sense: Mechanisms Linking Multicultural Experiences and Meaning in Life pp. 1495-1513

Jun Zhang, Yuefei Ran, Yan Bao and Nalin Zhao

The Relationships Between Internet Use, Depression, and Life Satisfaction Over Time in China: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis pp. 1515-1544

Xiaokun Yang, Qingyi He and Shuhuan Zhou

From Social Media Addiction to Appearance Anxiety During Early Adolescence: the Roles of Self-Rumination and Gender in a Two-Wave Longitudinal Study pp. 1545-1561

Zhiyou Wang, Ning Ding, Hongtu Ye and Ling Lin

The Longitudinal Dynamic Relationship Between Social-Emotional Skills and Mental Health: An Empirical Study Based on Network Analysis pp. 1563-1584

Xun Sun, Bingchen Li and Juncai Sun

Risk Perception and Life Satisfaction: Multiple Mediating Effects of Institutional and Generalized Trust pp. 1585-1607

Sudong Kim

Trajectories of Quality of Life in Later Life: The Role of Loneliness and Multimorbidity within English Longitudinal Study of Ageing pp. 1609-1620

Ali Alattas

The Association Between Obesity and Health-Related Quality of Life: Recent Evidence from Australia pp. 1621-1639

Michael Alexander Kortt, Luan Vinicius Bernardelli, Albert Wijeweera, Michael B. Charles and Khaled Toffaha

Why are Teachers Leaving the Profession?: Assessing Quality of Life for Leaving Teachers pp. 1641-1660

Nancy Leech, Carolyn Haug, Sophie Gullett, Marisha Lamont-Manfre and Lisa Harding

Supportive Bonds, Hidden Chains: How Clan Culture Influences the Social Participation of Rural Older Adults pp. 1661-1680

Feifan Fang

Environmental Vulnerability Profiles and Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Depression and Anxiety pp. 1681-1700

Jiaxian Luo, Ruixiang Gao, Bingni Huang, Yongxing Guo and Pinchao Luo

Correction: Environmental Vulnerability Profiles and Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Depression and Anxiety pp. 1701-1702

Jiaxian Luo, Ruixiang Gao, Bingni Huang, Yongxing Guo and Pinchao Luo

Review of Why Workplace Well-Being Matters (De Neve & Ward) pp. 1703-1706

Roger Fernandez-Urbano

Volume 21, issue 2, 2026

Assessing validity and reliability of the Positive Health and Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter questionnaires for measuring self-reported changes in Positive Health pp. 413-435

Vera P. van Druten, Babette C. van der Zwaard, Margot J. Metz, Dike van de Mheen, Esther de Vries and Lenny M.W. Nahar- van Venrooij

Evaluation of the Strengths-Based Identity Transition Interventions: A Two-Year One-Group Pretest–Posttest Study on Establishing Sustainable Well-being Among Freshmen pp. 437-467

Wenjie Duan, Rong Liu, Yu Zhang, Yuan Hao, Chunxiu Zheng and Bing Hu

The Prevalence and Predictors of Experiences of Beauty in 22 Countries: An International Assessment of Aesthetic Appreciation in the Global Flourishing Study pp. 469-504

Tim Lomas, R. Noah Padgett, James O. Pawelski, Christos A. Makridis, Pedro Antonio de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, Young-Il Kim, Thomas Breedlove, Richard G. Cowden, Victor Counted, Byron R. Johnson and Tyler J. VanderWeele

Differential Impacts of Urban Risk Perception on Subjective Well-Being during COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Quality of Urban Life among Korean and Foreign Residents in Seoul pp. 505-544

Yadong Lin and Jangik Jin

Less Income and Work, Less Well-being? Evidence on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Well-being from the Gallup World Poll pp. 545-574

Paola Ochoa Pacheco, David Coello-Montecel and Michelle Tello

Bidirectional Relations Between Loneliness and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis pp. 575-593

Hui Zhou, Weilong Xiao, Feng Zhu and Hanyu Liang

Perceived Economic Hardship and Adolescent Short-form Video Addiction: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Model pp. 595-614

Mengru Guo, Xiaoyu Li, Wang Zheng, Mengzhen Zhao, Chi Yang, Wenqing Li, Zihao Wan and Yinqiu Zhao

When the Economy Breaks Down, Do Marriages Follow? Crisis Type and Family Dissolution across 83 Countries (1990–2019) pp. 615-641

Chunlan Guo, Jeremy Ko, Xiaoxian Chen and Chun Kai Leung

Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Subjective Financial Well-Being Scale among Iranian Emerging Adults pp. 643-658

Angela Sorgente, Fariba Soheili, Anvar Dastbaz, Ahmad Amani and Margherita Lanz

Informal Caregiving for Elderly or Disabled in the Families and Caregivers’ Subjective, Affective, and Financial Well-Being: Findings from Fifteen Waves of an Australian Population-Based Panel Study pp. 659-694

Rezwanul Rana, Syed Afroz Keramat, Henry Cutler and Tracy Comans

Parentification as a Bridge Between Childhood Family Poverty and Time Poverty Among Chinese University Students: A Conservation of Resources Perspective pp. 695-728

Runjia Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Ao Liu, Yangxinyu Yan, Chuantao Zhou, Xintian Hong, Yizhang Xia, Zhaoyang Xie and Yuanyuan Wang

Core Components and Gender Differences Within Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis pp. 729-753

Menghao Ren, Xinyi Han, Yu Xia and Daoqun Ding

Childhood Left-Behind Experiences and Economic Integration in Adulthood: Evidence from China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrants pp. 755-780

Haiyang Lu, Qimu Zhao and Weiliang Hu

The Causal Effect of Pet Ownership on Health and Well-being pp. 781-795

Maxim Ananyev, Ferdi Botha, Natalia Lamberova and Kyle Peyton

Child Abuse, Mental health, and Delinquent Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents: Rural and Urban Differences pp. 797-816

Gaoran Chen, Guowei Wan, Muyuan Luo and Wei Guo

Eudaimonic Well-Being Promotes Subjective Well-Being Through Perceived Job Quality: a Multilevel Mediation Analysis across 116 Countries pp. 817-837

Mohsen Joshanloo

Workplace Violence and Employee Well-being among Healthcare Professionals in a Hospital Setting pp. 839-858

Mercede van Voorthuizen, Martijn Burger, Marjolein C. J. Caniëls and Emma Pleeging

‘Lose Everything, But Do Not Lose Your Joy.’ The Role of Humor in the Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction Among University Students: A Mixed-Methods Study pp. 859-879

Özge Erduran Tekin

Internet Usage and Chronic Multimorbidity of Middle-aged and Older Adults in China pp. 881-894

Junjiang Liu and Pengfei Wang

Daniel Kahneman: A Pioneer in Human Judgment and Decision-Making pp. 895-897

Adrian J. Tomyn and Melissa K. Weinberg

Volume 21, issue 1, 2026

Editorial: Geography of Happiness and Well-being pp. 1-7

Martijn Burger, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp

How to Take Stock of Research Findings on Happiness in Regions Using the World Database of Happiness pp. 9-33

Ruut Veenhoven

Why are City Residents Less Happy than the Rest of the Population in Developed Countries? Studying the Urban-Rural Happiness Gap in Denmark Using Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition pp. 35-54

Jens Fyhn Lykke Sørensen

The Impact of Covid19 on the Urban–Rural Happiness pp. 55-69

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn and Rubia R. Valente

The Urban Paradox and Rural Appeal: Subjective Well-Being Across Diverse European Living Environments pp. 71-99

Veronika Jurčišinová, Tomas Zelinsky and Oto Hudec

A Reconsideration of the Relationship Between Town Size and Well-Being in Latin America pp. 101-129

Antje Jantsch and Alan Piper

Cities, Inequalities and the Geography of Societal Discontent in European Regions pp. 131-147

Camilla Lenzi and Giovanni Perucca

Local Governments and Poverty and Spatial Spillovers of Poverty in Ecuador pp. 149-185

Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero, Yasmina Vizuete-Salazar, Edison Loza-Aguirre and José Ramírez-Álvarez

A Meta-Analysis of Neighbourhood Interventions on Subjective Wellbeing and Mental Health pp. 187-223

Pui Hang Wong, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp

Digital Villages Construction and Subjective Well-being of the Elderly: Evidence from China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey pp. 225-244

Kunkun Duan

Personal Wellbeing Amid Pandemic Response: Impacts of Neighborhood Built Environment, Risk Communication and Health pp. 245-271

Chunlan Guo, Kit Fai Wong, Yong Xu, Kevin K. C. Hung and Hung Chak Ho

Living Well by Design: Unpacking 5D Built‑Environment Drivers of Household Life Satisfaction in Public-led and Private-led Housing Communities in Suzhou, China pp. 273-303

Jinliu Chen, Yueming Yang, Haoqi Wang, Pengcheng Li, Joon Sik Kim and Hyungchul Chung

Housing Tenure and Subjective Wellbeing: The Importance of Public Housing pp. 305-328

Arthur Grimes, Conal Smith, Kimberley O’Sullivan, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Lydia Le Gros and Rachel Kowalchuk Dohig

A Digital ‘Smiley’ Analysis of the Appreciation for Tourist Amenities by Visitors to London pp. 329-352

Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, John Östh and Umut Türk

Intertwining Perspectives on Happiness and Well-Being to Explain the Rise of Creative Cities pp. 353-381

Irina Alina Popescu and Paulo Mourão

Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Seasonal Retired Migrants to Hainan Island: A Prospective Cohort Study pp. 383-411

Sikun Chen, Tianchang Li, Lingjun Wang, Shigong Wang, Lin Ouyang, Jiwei Wang, Dayi Hu and Jinming Yu