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{"title":"A comparative \"report card\" wellbeing assessment of 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study.","authors":"Tim Lomas, R Noah Padgett, James L Ritchie-Dunham, Richard G Cowden, Caleb A Chung, August H Nilsson, Brendan W Case, Ying Chen, Chris Felton, Christos A Makridis, Matthew T Lee, Byron R Johnson, Tyler J VanderWeele","doi":"10.1007/s44282-026-00502-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44282-026-00502-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When evaluating how countries are faring, there is a widespread tendency to rely on single metrics or indices, whether objective (e.g., GDP) or subjective (e.g., life evaluation). However, flourishing is multidimensional, and societies invariably do better in some ways and less so in others (even if some places get more things \"right\" than others), so any comprehensive assessment must be multifaceted. We demonstrate this by evaluating 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) on 77 self-reported flourishing-related indicators in the GFS (involving 207,919 participants) together with 34 national-level objective indicators. The results paint a complex picture. For a start, there was only a relatively modest positive correlation between self-reported flourishing (per an index involving 12 GFS items) and objective flourishing (per a seven-indicator index created for this paper), with an <i>r</i> of 0.32 when using individual-level GFS data which fell to just 0.15 when using country means. Using these indices, we could also situate countries along two axes: low-to-high subjective flourishing and low-to-high objective flourishing. Some places did relatively well on both indices (e.g., Poland), some mainly just on the subjective index (e.g., Indonesia), some just on the objective one (e.g., Japan), and some on neither (e.g., South Africa). There were also common interpretative themes, including economic development not only being somewhat \"uncoupled\" from subjective flourishing, but potentially even a hinderance (e.g., by destabilizing other important components, such as community or tradition). Yet we reiterate that all places are a complex balance of strengths and weaknesses, as conveyed in a country-specific \"report card\" featuring their top five of each, both subjective and objective, taking inspiration from the way an educator might convey student progress with an encouraging yet constructively critical eye (while also recognizing, with humility, that our approach is not the only way to \"grade\" a country). The results will be useful to all seeking to better understand and promote flourishing at a societal level.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44282-026-00502-7.</p>","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"4 1","pages":"197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13499843/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148809711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temporality of experiencing and overcoming stigma for children born in captivity (CBIC) among the Lango people of Northern Uganda.","authors":"Eunice Otuko Apio, Sabine Lee","doi":"10.1007/s44282-025-00329-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44282-025-00329-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the significance of understanding the experiences of time in the reception and integration of children born in captivity (CBIC) into their kinship groups and local communities in Lango in Northern Uganda. The paper adds to research on the integration experiences of children born in captivity (CBIC) during the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and cattle raiding conflicts in Northern Uganda. It considers aspects of temporality in the reception and integration experiences of these children upon returning to their maternal kinship groups after escaping hostilities. Methodologically, the paper is based on a secondary analysis of qualitative data (focus group discussions [FGDs] and interviews), collected as part of a study of 'Film-in-Participatory Action Learning (FPAL)', in which the authors explore the effectiveness of film in a development intervention aimed at groups on the margins in northern Ugandan communities, particularly CBIC. FPAL studies critical themes that intersect with the concept of time, and which are shown to impact on the lived realities of children whose births are associated with conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The paper argues that themes of space and time emerging from FGDs are illustrative for how CBIC typically experience life and in particular how experiences of stigma and discrimination are rooted in individual and community perspectives of a generational identity that defines an individual as being located in a specific geographical and generational (thus temporal) space. Using the experiences of CBIC and perspectives of members of the local communities within which they are raised, the paper investigates how perceptions and experiences of time affect the individual's and community's responses to being a CBIC or living with CBIC. Specifically, it unpacks how 'generational time' that links an individual to their ancestry and descendants affects the CBIC's place within the local kinship group, how CBIC themselves experience the passage of time since they have joined their maternal clans, and how this passage and the different life stages from childhood through adolescence to adulthood with their specific rights and responsibilities within their local communities are understood by the CBIC themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"4 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12847149/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146088692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the use of AI technologies in German engineering: insights from the employee perspective","authors":"Amelie Tihlarik","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00051-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00051-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141810506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Constructing emotional meanings about Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic on twitter","authors":"A. Giacomozzi, Marieli Mezari Vitali, Gabrielle Cristine Presotto, Gabriela Pereira Vidal, Marcela de Andrade Gomes","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00066-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00066-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"11 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141815272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revitalizing the American Republic by reinvigorating voluntary association","authors":"Robert E. Wright","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00065-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00065-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":" 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141825956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of paratransit crimes in Akure, Nigeria","authors":"Adeniran Adetayo Olaniyi, Olanrewaju Joseph Ilugbami, S. Olorunfemi, Thomas Kolawole Ojo","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00056-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00056-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":" 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141673688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intra-migrant workplace conflict: impediment to improving migrants’ workforce integration","authors":"Puja Chatrath, Dieu Hack‐Polay","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00064-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00064-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":" 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141679326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of improved beehive technology adoption on rural household income, consumption expenditure and asset wealth in Wonchi districts, Ethiopia","authors":"Tegegn Defar Mosisa, Dereje Fedasa Hordofa","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00061-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-024-00061-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"5 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141709067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using dialogue-centered approaches to community-engaged research: an application of dialectical inquiry.","authors":"Catherine E Sanders, Abigail Borron, Alexa J Lamm, Ellen Harrell, Barbara Worley","doi":"10.1007/s44282-024-00055-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44282-024-00055-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rural communities across the United States experience increased risk and prevalence of chronic diseases associated with both individual and community-based factors. Thus, there is a need for rural capacity development for chronic disease prevention. Traditional health promotion and intervention approaches often focus on diet-related health disparities from a positivist, evidence-based paradigm. To counter positivist bias within health promotion research, a hybridized approach is proposed using a critical-constructivist paradigm incorporating dialectical thinking, appreciative inquiry, and dialectical inquiry to address cultural and structural barriers, as well as community-based social norms, through evaluation of community-based health promotion interventions. Three dialectical models were identified through interviews with community coalition members: social ties, infrastructure, and worldviews, examining underlying assumptions and counter assumptions. By revealing the dialectic assumptions and counter assumptions within project implementation, practitioners can engage in constructive dialogue with communities to determine more effective and culturally responsive pathways for project development.</p>","PeriodicalId":519946,"journal":{"name":"Discover global society","volume":"2 1","pages":"30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11173365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141319493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}