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{"title":"Navigating well-being in the digital era: A scoping review of digital well-being","authors":"Sovi Septania ,&nbsp;Avin Fadilla Helmi ,&nbsp;Haidar Buldan Thontowi","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100345","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100345","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In today’s hyperconnected world, most people across generations perceive frequent internet use as normal and acceptable. However, this assumption needs closer examination, as it overlooks potential risks associated with excessive connectivity—risks that may threaten our generation's well-being, known as <em>digital well-being</em> (DWB)<em>.</em> The definition and formation of this construct remain fragmented. This study conducted a scoping review to identify, analyze, and synthesize existing definitions, measurements tools, and intervention strategies related to DWB. Using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology, seven major databases were systematically searched, yielding 26 eligible articles. Notably, research originating from Asia remains scarce. Existing definitions converge on three perspective: (1) DWB as an emerging concept of well-being influenced by technology use, (2) as the perceived impact of digital engagement on individual well-being, and (3) as a balanced-use strategy within digital environments. Three overarching themes were synthesized—behavioral intention to use technology, eudaimonic well-being, and socio-cultural contextual factors. Measurement tools of DWB remain limited; with five scales identified but none offering an integrated framework. Interventions, particularly those emphasizing digital disconnection, reveal mixed results regarding their effectiveness. Collectively, these findings highlight conceptual ambiguities, limited measurement development, and inconsistent intervention outcome. This review advances theoretical clarity by framing DWB as a multidimensional construct that bridges psychological and socio-technological domains. It also provide practical guidance for developing culturally adaptive interventions and policy frameworks that promote balanced and meaningful digital engagement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146077494","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":"Pandemic impacts on experiences of food gardening in New Zealand: Implications for food wellbeing during Covid-19 lockdown","authors":"Emma L Sharp ,&nbsp;Alana Cavadino ,&nbsp;Melanie Kah","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100355","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100355","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study provides insight into ways in which food gardening experiences may have changed for Aotearoa New Zealand food gardeners during the country’s first Covid-19 lockdown. This paper explores self-reports of food gardening practices, and of access to food gardens, reasons for gardening, and the importance of food gardens and food gardening to people engaging with them before and during lockdown. Data were collected via an anonymous quantitative and qualitative online survey. Of the participants’ responses analysed (<em>n</em> = 266), they gardened for food mostly at home, with some food gardening in communal food gardens/other locations. Results are considered through an holistic lens of food wellbeing, with regards to food production and consumption that considers aspects of physical, psychological, social, cultural, and ecological health. Findings indicate changes to food gardening experiences in the Covid-19 lockdown period which have implications for wellbeing: Gardening to grow culturally relevant food increased in importance during lockdown for Māori and Pacific Island participants; and, nearly two-thirds of all participants reported food gardening for mental or physical wellbeing during lockdown compared to only half of participants before Covid-19. Further, participants deprioritised gardening for the purpose of growing healthy food during lockdown, with about two-thirds of respondents listing this in their top three reasons for food gardening compared to three-quarters before lockdown.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100355"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146077495","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":"Leisure for whom? Socioeconomic disparities in the well-being benefits of third places","authors":"Elizabeth W. Chan ,&nbsp;Felix Cheung ,&nbsp;Michael J. Widener","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With increasing divestments from physical community spaces and the rise of online social networks, there is renewed interest in how third places—places that are not home or work—may support a happier life. However, a key consideration often overlooked is that experiencing the benefits of third places may heavily depend on the resources people have like time and money. Whereas past work in this area has largely focused on health outcomes, life satisfaction offers a measure of one’s summative assessment of their lives overall, thus allowing us to evaluate how third places may be linked to overall quality of life. This preregistered study examined whether the association between the number of third places (e.g., parks, retail stores) and life satisfaction varies by income level in a representative U.S. sample totaling 1.6 million participants. Using points of interest data from the Gallup U.S. Daily Poll and National Neighborhood Data Archive, our analyses revealed that residing in areas with more Eating and Drinking Places, Personal Care Services, Social Services, and Retail Establishments was associated with larger gains in life satisfaction for lower-income individuals than middle- and higher-income individuals. However, lower-income individuals experienced fewer gains in life satisfaction with a larger quantity of Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure than middle- and higher-income individuals. Altogether, the mere presence of more third places may not lead to benefits for all—rather, their association to life satisfaction differs significantly for individuals in different income groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976660","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":"Exploring resiliencies to housing eviction and alcohol-related harms: A photo elicitation study","authors":"Michelle Dougherty ,&nbsp;Sara E. Baumann ,&nbsp;Maya I. Ragavan ,&nbsp;Robert W.S. Coulter ,&nbsp;Sarah L. Pedersen ,&nbsp;Christina Mair","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100344","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100344","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Housing eviction is interrelated with alcohol consumption and harms that are fully and partially attributable to alcohol. For populations experiencing an increased risk of both eviction and alcohol-related harms, understanding community resiliencies that protect against both issues could reveal key intervention opportunities.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We recruited adults (<em>n</em> = 16) from Allegheny County, PA with lived experiences of eviction/eviction threat and regular alcohol use (ages 24–59, 68.8% identified as Black, 68.8% as female, 93.8% as heterosexual). Through semi-structured baseline interviews and follow-up photo elicitation interviews, participants discussed and photographed assets in their neighborhood and living environments that prevented or reduced the negative impacts of alcohol and/or eviction. We analyzed data from interviews using thematic analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Challenges discussed by participants included eviction threat and post-eviction housing insecurity, drinking to cope with eviction-related stress, and alcohol-related harms and problems, which included eviction. Assets that protected against challenges related to both alcohol and eviction included social support, legal and financial assistance for housing, access (including transportation) to employment that pays a living wage, access to green space, opportunities to exercise, and community spaces. Community spaces increased access to other assets by facilitating social ties, resource dissemination, and activities to help cope with eviction-related stress.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Improving community resources and spaces could reduce the impacts of eviction and alcohol-related harms. Strategies that address housing insecurity in conjunction with other social determinants of health may reduce the burden of alcohol and eviction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976662","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":"Facilitating students´ connection with nature in university green spaces: The role of guided immersion in shaping emotional and symbolic engagement","authors":"Patricio Aguilar ,&nbsp;Alfo Puppo-Stuardo ,&nbsp;Fiamma Solari ,&nbsp;Luz Maria de la Fuente ,&nbsp;Rosanna Ginocchio","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100340","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100340","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urbanization has reshaped human–nature relationships, often by limiting opportunities for emotional and symbolic connection with natural environments. This disconnection has adversely affected both human well-being and environmental conservation, underscoring the importance of reconnecting people with nature, particularly in urban settings in which contact with natural spaces is often limited. This study evaluated the effect of guided urban nature immersion practices on students’ connection with nature in university green spaces. Thirty college students were randomly assigned to three groups: guided nature immersion, unguided nature immersion, and control. Over the course of eight weeks, the immersion groups attended weekly sessions in campus green areas, while the control group maintained their usual routines. The guided group participated in structured sensory activities based on the forest bathing methodology of the Forest Therapy Hub. Connection with nature was assessed using a modified Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) at three timepoints (before immersion, during the study period, and after the final intervention), supported by qualitative data from field notes and open-ended responses. Both immersion groups showed an increase in nature connection, but only the guided group demonstrated a statistically significant change. These participants expressed more consistent and complex emotional, sensory, and cognitive responses, reflected in the emergent categories of attentional focus, interaction modality, and emotional openness. The study concludes that guided experiences can enhance nature connection by providing structure, promoting reflection, and fostering emotionally meaningful interactions in urban natural spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146077545","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":"Temporal uncertainty, spatial stressors and disrupted connections: temporary accommodation and family life, health and wellbeing","authors":"Hannah Fairbrother ,&nbsp;Nicholas Woodrow ,&nbsp;Eleanor Holding ,&nbsp;Peter Kraftl ,&nbsp;Mary Crowder ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Goyder ,&nbsp;Kiya Hurley ,&nbsp;Sarah Rodgers ,&nbsp;Anne-Marie Burn","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100341","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing unaffordability of housing in many high-income countries is pushing more people into temporary living situations. While housing is a recognised social determinant of health, less is known about the impact of housing insecurity and ‘hidden homelessness’, where families are not living on the street, but face repeated moves or protracted periods in temporary accommodation. This paper explores, from the perspective of parents and children, the impact of living in temporary accommodation on families’ health and wellbeing.</div><div>We undertook 38 interviews with parents and children across three geographical areas in England: South Yorkshire, the North West and London. Families were living (or had lived) in various forms of temporary accommodation including hotels, hostels, and bed and breakfast accommodation. Interviews took place in person, over the phone and online via video call. We utilised framework analysis to analyse our data.</div><div>Our analysis generated key themes focusing on: (i) the constant, cumulative stress associated with not knowing if, when and where stable accommodation might be secured, (ii) the spatial unsuitability of temporary accommodation for family life and (iii) the disconnection and disruption to social support, education and employment for families living in temporary accommodation.</div><div>This paper is the first to mobilise slow violence within a social determinants framework in understanding the multiple interacting ways in which temporary accommodation impacts on the health and wellbeing of families.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100341"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145926011","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":"Analysing urban inequalities in environment and health at the neighbourhood scale in Dublin through a new open-access ‘Health Rating Index’","authors":"Kevin Credit,&nbsp;Damanpreet Kaur,&nbsp;Emma Eccles","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100356","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2026.100356","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the spatial distribution of accessibility to health benefits and exposure to health risks at the small area level in Dublin, Ireland for six key factors: primary healthcare, green space, blue space, air pollution, road noise, and housing quality. The primary goal is to combine granular spatial data on these features into a composite open-source 'Health Rating Index' (HRI) and analyse its relationship to characteristics of the built, social, and transportation environment. To create the HRI, we calculated spatial accessibility to health 'benefits' using Enhanced Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (E2SFCA) methods with multiple distance decay functions, and estimated Years of Life Lost (YLL) per capita from health 'risks' (air pollution and road noise) using age-sex stratified mortality rates. We standardized and combined these six factors (testing three weighting approaches), and then used spatial cross-validation random forest with bootstrap confidence intervals to assess the relationship between HRI and sociodemographic and built environment features. Importantly, the paper’s spatial modelling approach, implemented through a new R package ‘SArf’, explicitly addresses spatial autocorrelation through within-fold spatial lag computation to prevent data leakage. Results show the HRI pattern is highly spatially-clustered, and that small areas with worse environmental health conditions tend to be more disadvantaged, older, less dense, and closer to major roads. This research provides useful insights on the ways in which transport investments, social disadvantage, environmental conditions, and health outcomes are critically linked in urban areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146077546","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":"Student perceptions of people and places in their school that are influential for mental health and emotional wellbeing, and implications for wellbeing policies in Wales","authors":"Rachel Brown ,&nbsp;Jessica Lennon ,&nbsp;Caitlyn Donaldson ,&nbsp;Rebecca Anthony ,&nbsp;Abbey Rowe ,&nbsp;Graham Moore","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There have been reported increases in mental health challenges among young people in the UK, including since the Covid-19 pandemic. There is increasing interest in the role of school environment as both a potential contributing factor to these challenges and as a site for intervention. In Wales, this is embodied in 2021 government legislation which mandates schools to take a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing. This research interviewed pupils in a range of school sites across Wales to discuss aspects of the social and physical environment in school that are perceived as more and less conducive to mental wellbeing. Twelve case study schools were recruited as part of a wider evaluation of the whole school approach in Wales and, within these, twenty-two group interviews took place with pupils of both primary and secondary age. This involved discussion of people and places in the school environment and a draw-write task. Findings highlighted differences between age groups on which adults in school were considered as key in supporting mental wellbeing, although all age groups reflected similarly on the qualities of supportive adults and on the role of peers. There were also overlaps in terms of spaces in school that were most challenging, with noise, crowding and lack of supervision key. Findings suggest that approaches aimed at tackling multiple aspects of both the social and physical school environment may be supportive of positive mental wellbeing, however not all of these aspects are equally amenable to change or under school control.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100333"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791417","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":"Enhancing student wellbeing through nature-based social prescribing: A social return on investment evaluation","authors":"Abraham Makanjuola ,&nbsp;Carolyn A. Wallace ,&nbsp;Mary Lynch","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100310","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100310","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social prescribing (SP) is a non-clinical approach connecting citizens to community support to better manage their health and wellbeing. Wrexham University (WU) offers a Nature-based Social Prescribing (NBSP) pathway for students to connect with green spaces on campus to support their wellbeing. The aim of this study is to evaluate the health and wellbeing benefits of the NBSP pathway and the associated social value generated and the monetise the health outcomes from access and use of high standard greenspaces.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The evaluation applied a Social Return on Investment (SROI) mixed-method approach. Data collected outcomes measures by means of the Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and a ‘Time spent in nature’ question. SROI ratios were generated from two separate wellbeing valuation methods: the social value calculator and the mental health social value calculator along with contingent valuation (CV) questions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>SROI value ratios suggest that for every GBP £1 invested in WU NBSP, generated between GBP £1.83 and £2.38 of social value. The results of the sensitivity analysis yielded a SROI ratio of £1:£1.45 and was generated following stricter thresholds for improvements in valuation criteria of high confidence and having access to a high standard greenspace. CV analysis indicates that 86 % of students value accessing and using the WU NBSP pathway and associated health benefits. On average students who have an average weekly income of GBP £125 are willing to pay GBP £7 per session to access quality greenspace and the associated health and wellbeing benefits of the WU NBSP pathway.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The WU NBSP pathway generated positive social values for students which is consistent with evidence with other NBSP SROI studies. Based on the growing body of evidence universities should consider prioritising investment in NBSP services on campuses. This investment could assist student mental health and wellbeing by linking them to local community assets at times that suit their academic timetables.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100310"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145977211","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":"Rising tide of stress: Global trends and structural predictors over 18 years","authors":"Elisabetta Febe Canaletti ,&nbsp;Phyllis Lun ,&nbsp;Levi D. Stutzman ,&nbsp;Meanne Chan ,&nbsp;Felix Cheung","doi":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wss.2025.100319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mounting evidence points to stress being a transdiagnostic contributing factor to health conditions. Given the health significance of stress, characterizing macro-level spatiotemporal trends and disparities of stress is necessary to understanding stress and its potential health burden across populations. The need to investigate structural factors contributing to stress is further underscored by the escalating instability worldwide over the past decade, which can trigger a stress response and lead to adverse health outcomes if left unaddressed.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study used nationally representative surveys (<em>N</em> = 2461,226; 146 countries) in 2006–2023 and the Fragile State Index (<em>N</em> = 137 countries) to i) describe global stress trends varied by world regions and demographic groups, and ii) examine whether nation-level state fragility, a summative measure that aggregates 12 economic, social, and political indicators to assess a state’s risk of collapse or conflict, predicts steeper increases in stress over time.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A state’s level of fragility may contribute to individuals’ perceived stress and in turn have profound consequences for population physical and mental health. The current study reveals an alarming increase in stress globally and calls for prioritizing structural approaches to reverse this trend. By doing so, we not only reduce stress but also its related disease burden.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52616,"journal":{"name":"Wellbeing Space and Society","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100319"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145658600","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}