{"title":"Perspectives - Social Change from the Inside Out. From Fixation to Foundation. From Competition to Change.","authors":"Cornelia C Walther","doi":"10.1007/s42413-020-00084-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-020-00084-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After a brief overview of the author's journey as a humanitarian and researcher, this article offers an introduction in the why, how, and what of a new multidisciplinary paradigm to understand (and improve) human behavior at the individual and collective levels called POZE. The logic of POZE underpins five books that appear at Palgrave/Springer in 2020/21. It is based on the understanding that human existence results from four dimensions, soul, heart, mind, and body, which find their expression in aspirations, emotions, thoughts, and sensations. Through their four-dimensionality individuals are symmetrical to the four dimensions that shape the society, which they are part of. Individuals are the micro entity of a four-dimensional collective reality that encompasses communities and institutions in the meso-dimension, and countries and economies in the macro-dimension. Altogether micro, meso and macro are integral parts of the meta dimension, Planet Earth; the latter also includes non-anthropocentric aspects such as Nature. POZE provides insights about the multiple dynamics that shape our individual and collective experience. Moreover, it provides practical guidance to optimize the interplay between them. As a result of this understanding, it posits that change is possible. Moving towards a fair inclusive world, characterized by a life of quality for everyone 1) is at reach; 2) is achievable; 3) involves everyone as both a right-holder and duty-bearer; and 4) is to the benefit of everyone. POZE has four meanings: it i) translates as 'inner peace' from Haitian Creole, country where the dynamic began in 2017; ii) is an acronym that encompasses the four core concepts of the paradigm (Purpose, Om, Zoom, Expression); iii) is a representation of the four outcomes of the logic (Perspective, Optimization, Zenith, Exposure); finally it iv) stands for an exercise to nurture inner peace daily (Pause, Observe, Zoom in, Experience). These will be explored further in the article.</p>","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s42413-020-00084-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9380052","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}
Melissa K Kovich, Vicki L Simpson, Karen J Foli, Zachary Hass, Rhonda G Phillips
{"title":"Application of the PERMA Model of Well-being in Undergraduate Students.","authors":"Melissa K Kovich, Vicki L Simpson, Karen J Foli, Zachary Hass, Rhonda G Phillips","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00184-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00184-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The PERMA model was introduced by Seligman in 2011 to increase and measure well-being. This model defines well-being in terms of Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA). Mental health concerns are common in undergraduate students and may prevent them from obtaining optimal well-being. The purpose of this study was to test whether all five PERMA elements of well-being could be constructed from items within the 2018 Purdue University Student Experience at a Research University (SERU) survey. Using confirmatory factor analysis, all five PERMA constructs were supported and demonstrated good model fit statistics. A second order PERMA well-being construct was built and demonstrated adequate model fit with RMSEA = 0.04. All five constructs were significant at <i>p</i> < .001. Accomplishment had the highest factor loading (0.76) and Meaning had the lowest factor loading (0.25). Results for this study support use of well-being theory in the context of undergraduate students and provides enhanced understanding of well-being characteristics in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9324363","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":"Review of the Australia Quality of Life Center","authors":"Scott Cloutier","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00188-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00188-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83959919","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":"Review of Happiness, Well-Being, and Sustainability: A Course in Systems Change","authors":"Scott Cloutier","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00187-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00187-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74719498","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":"Doomed to Consume? Non-satiation as a Flaw in the Current Economic Paradigm and What Communities Can Do About It","authors":"Anna Pettini, L. Musikanski","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00182-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00182-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75246917","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":"Experienced-Based Food Insecurity and Subjective Happiness: A Case Study of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged People in Three Urban Areas of Indonesia","authors":"Vicka Kharisma","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00181-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00181-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85919469","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":"Neighbourhood Conditions and Quality of Life Among Local and Immigrant Population in Norway","authors":"A. Alvarez, Daniela Müller-Eie","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00183-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00183-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83170318","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":"A Conceptual Framework to Visualise Liveability","authors":"A. Biswas","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00178-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00178-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83780826","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":"Analyzing the Causal Model between Place Attachment and Social Participation in Residences through the Mediation of Social Cohesion","authors":"Fatemeh Bayat, Elham Hesari, Sheida Ghahremani, Sepideh Besharati Kivi, Rashin Hamidi, Negin Hamidi","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00179-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00179-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78644200","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":"Measuring Regional Social Cohesion by Objective Indices: The Case of Korea","authors":"Kim Sung-Geun","doi":"10.1007/s42413-022-00166-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-022-00166-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73439,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community well-being","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86045503","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}