Piotr Bialowolski, Christos A. Makridis, Matt Bradshaw, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Craig Gundersen, Noémie Le Pertel, Cristina Gibson, Sung Joon Jang, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele
{"title":"Analysis of demographic variation and childhood correlates of financial well-being across 22 countries","authors":"Piotr Bialowolski, Christos A. Makridis, Matt Bradshaw, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Craig Gundersen, Noémie Le Pertel, Cristina Gibson, Sung Joon Jang, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02207-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02207-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using nationally representative data from 202,898 participants in the Global Flourishing Study, this work examines factors associated with financial well-being across 22 countries. We investigate how demographic factors—including age, gender, marital status, employment status, education, religious service attendance and immigration status—are correlated with financial well-being (as assessed through four dimensions). Additionally, we analyse associations between recalled early-life conditions, such as parental marital status and childhood health, with financial well-being in adulthood. Our findings reveal cross-national differences in levels of financial well-being and its demographic correlates. Early-life conditions were also consistently associated with adult financial well-being, although these associations varied substantially across countries. These results suggest that understanding financial well-being should encompass both current sociodemographic factors and early-life experiences within the unique cultural and socioeconomic contexts of different populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multidimensional versus unidimensional approaches to well-being","authors":"Tyler J. VanderWeele, Byron R. Johnson","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02187-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02187-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Interest in the scientific study of well-being has grown substantially, spanning various disciplines and sectors of society, while also gaining greater relevance in policymaking. In this Perspective, we compare and contrast unidimensional versus multidimensional understandings of well-being, and corresponding measures of life satisfaction or life evaluation versus flourishing. We consider conceptual, empirical, pragmatic and policy arguments that have been put forward for each of these understandings and measurement approaches. While we argue that well-being needs to be conceptually and scientifically understood, and empirically studied, as a multidimensional construct, we acknowledge the pragmatic and policy challenges of doing so and how in some circumstances relying on a unidimensional assessment may sometimes be practically necessary. We put forward some proposals as to how researchers and policymakers might navigate these various challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iona Hindes, Hawa Nuralhuda Sarwar, Benjamin Y. Gravesteijn, Jennifer Jardine, Lizbeth Burgos-Ochoa, Jasper V. Been, Dominik Zenner, Stamatina Iliodromiti
{"title":"The association of COVID-19 lockdowns with adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes in 28 high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Iona Hindes, Hawa Nuralhuda Sarwar, Benjamin Y. Gravesteijn, Jennifer Jardine, Lizbeth Burgos-Ochoa, Jasper V. Been, Dominik Zenner, Stamatina Iliodromiti","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02139-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02139-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to review the association of lockdowns with adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes (ABPOs) and related inequalities, in high-income countries (HICs). Databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE/PubMed and Web of Science) were searched from 1 January 2019 to 22 June 2023 for original observational studies based in HICs that compared the rates of ABPOs, before and during lockdowns. The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa tool for cohort studies. We ran random-effects meta-analyses and subgroup analyses per region, lockdown period, ethnicity group and deprivation level and adjusted for underlying temporal trends. A total of 132 studies were meta-analysed from 28 HICs. Reduced rates of preterm birth (reported by 26 studies) were associated with the first lockdown (relative risk 0.96, 95% confidence interval 0.93–0.99), 11 studies adjusted for long-term trends and the association remained (0.97, 0.95–0.99), and subgroup analysis found that this association varied by continental region. Ten studies reported positive screening rates for possible depression antenatally, and lockdown was associated with increases in positive screening rates (1.37, 1.06–1.78). No other ABPOs were associated with lockdowns. Investigation of inequalities was limited due to data availability and heterogeneity; further research is warranted on the effect of lockdowns on health inequalities. This study was funded by the National Institute of Health Research, School of Primary Care Research and registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022327448).</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"57 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Large language model-powered meta-analysis of mobile interventions for stress management","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02190-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02190-w","url":null,"abstract":"By leveraging large language models and Bayesian network meta-analysis of 63 randomized controlled trials, this study developed a three-dimensional classification of stress management interventions delivered with mobile technology. This analysis review found no evidence that human or technological support enhances the effects of the interventions, and it offers scalable strategies to reduce mental health disparities.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143884810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis on the efficacy and potential of mobile interventions for stress management","authors":"Huanya Zhu, Qiang Chen, Shijuan Wei, Xuebing Wu, Qianqian Ju, Jinmeng Liu, Yiqun Gan","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02162-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02162-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The increasing prevalence of stress underscores the demand for effective, self-administered mobile mental health interventions, yet their efficacy and accessibility are still unclear. Here, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to classify self-administered mobile stress management interventions, compare their efficacy and examine their moderators. We searched PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus and PsycARTICLES from database inception to 20 November 2023. Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials on peer-reviewed, Internet-based, self-administered psychological interventions for stress reduction in healthy or subhealthy adults. A total of 63 studies with 20,454 participants were included (68.18% female; mean age 39.14 years). Integrated expert insights with large language models to develop a three-dimensional framework encompassing theoretical foundation, human support and mobile technology. Intervention labels were independently coded by the authors and ChatGPT. The included studies’ quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0 tool. Bayesian network meta-analysis and Bayesian meta-regression were used to explore comparative efficacy and potential moderators. The framework classified and compared 19 mobile stress interventions, identifying key moderating factors for optimization. Stress management programmes, problem-solving therapy and mindfulness meditation ranked the top. There was no conclusive evidence that human support or mobile technology significantly enhanced intervention outcomes. The evidence is subject to sex imbalance and quality risk, while the limited statistical power of meta-regression warrants caution in interpreting moderator effects. Our findings provide insights for designing more effective and scalable stress interventions and offer promising strategies to reduce health service disparities and advance the Sustainable Development Goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143884811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace Liu, Jake C. Snell, Thomas L. Griffiths, Rachit Dubey
{"title":"Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change","authors":"Grace Liu, Jake C. Snell, Thomas L. Griffiths, Rachit Dubey","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02183-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02183-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For much of the global population, climate change appears as a slow, gradual shift in daily weather. This leads many to perceive its impacts as minor and results in apathy (the ‘boiling frog’ effect). How can we convey the urgency of the crisis when its impacts appear so subtle? Here, through a series of large-scale cognitive experiments (<i>N</i> = 799), we find that presenting people with binary climate data (for example, lake freeze history) significantly increases the perceived impact of climate change (Cohen’s <i>d</i> = 0.40, 95% confidence interval 0.26–0.54) compared with continuous data (for example, mean temperature). Computational modelling and follow-up experiments (<i>N</i> = 398) suggest that binary data enhance perceived impact by creating an ‘illusion’ of sudden shifts. Crucially, our approach does not involve selective data presentation but rather compares different datasets that reflect equivalent trends in climate change over time. These findings, robustly replicated across multiple experiments, provide a cognitive basis for the ‘boiling frog’ effect and offer a psychologically grounded approach for policymakers and educators to improve climate change communication while maintaining scientific accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143841182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin Sulik, Nakwon Rim, Elizabeth Pontikes, James Evans, Gary Lupyan
{"title":"Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides","authors":"Justin Sulik, Nakwon Rim, Elizabeth Pontikes, James Evans, Gary Lupyan","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02153-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02153-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scientific research is often characterized by schools of thought. We investigate whether these divisions are associated with differences in researchers’ cognitive traits such as tolerance for ambiguity. These differences may guide researchers to prefer different problems, tackle identical problems in different ways, and even reach different conclusions when studying the same problems in the same way. We surveyed 7,973 researchers in psychological sciences and investigated links between what they research, their stances on open questions in the field, and their cognitive traits and dispositions. Our results show that researchers’ stances on scientific questions are associated with what they research and with their cognitive traits. Further, these associations are detectable in their publication histories. These findings support the idea that divisions in scientific fields reflect differences in the researchers themselves, hinting that some divisions may be more difficult to bridge than suggested by a traditional view of data-driven scientific consensus.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143841183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Le Zhou, Karin Saltoun, Julie Carrier, Kai-Florian Storch, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Danilo Bzdok
{"title":"Multimodal population study reveals the neurobiological underpinnings of chronotype","authors":"Le Zhou, Karin Saltoun, Julie Carrier, Kai-Florian Storch, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Danilo Bzdok","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02182-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02182-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rapid shifts in society have altered human behavioural patterns, with increased evening activities, increased screen time and changed sleep schedules. As an explicit manifestation of circadian rhythms, chronotype is closely intertwined with physical and mental health. Night owls often exhibit unhealthier lifestyle habits, are more susceptible to mood disorders and have poorer physical fitness compared with early risers. Although individual differences in chronotype yield varying consequences, their neurobiological underpinnings remain elusive. Here we conducted a pattern-learning analysis with three brain-imaging modalities (grey matter volume, white-matter integrity and functional connectivity) and capitalized on 976 phenotypes in 27,030 UK Biobank participants. The resulting multilevel analysis reveals convergence on the basal ganglia, limbic system, hippocampus and cerebellum. The pattern derived from modelling actigraphy wearables data of daily movement further highlighted these key brain features. Overall, our population-level study comprehensively investigates chronotype, emphasizing its close connections with habit formation, reward processing and emotional regulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143841184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Seeber, Matthias Stangl, Mauricio Vallejo Martelo, Uros Topalovic, Sonja Hiller, Casey H. Halpern, Jean-Philippe Langevin, Vikram R. Rao, Itzhak Fried, Dawn Eliashiv, Nanthia Suthana
{"title":"Publisher Correction: Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation","authors":"Martin Seeber, Matthias Stangl, Mauricio Vallejo Martelo, Uros Topalovic, Sonja Hiller, Casey H. Halpern, Jean-Philippe Langevin, Vikram R. Rao, Itzhak Fried, Dawn Eliashiv, Nanthia Suthana","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02210-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02210-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Correction to: <i>Nature Human Behaviour</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02119-3, published online 10 March 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Top of queue’ text messages increased COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41562-025-02166-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02166-w","url":null,"abstract":"Two nationwide randomized controlled trials in England with over 4 million participants found that text messages that highlighted that people had reached the ‘top of the queue’ increased COVID-19 vaccination rates. As a result, this ‘top of queue’ message was subsequently rolled out as the standard text reminder.","PeriodicalId":19074,"journal":{"name":"Nature Human Behaviour","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143836996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}