We describe and validate the Pacific Identity and Wellbeing Scale (PIWBS). The PIWBS is a culturally appropriate self …-report measure assessing a five-factor model of Pacific identity and wellbeing. Items and construct definitions were developed … and wellbeing. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the model (Study 1 N = 143; Study 2 N = 443). The …

relationship between Pacific identity and wellbeing. We map the hierarchical organization of Pacific identity and wellbeing using a … novel top-down factor analytic approach applied to the Pacific Identity and Wellbeing Scale (PIWBS; N = 586). Analyses … Cultural Wellbeing. Critically, our analysis showed that Religious Centrality and Embeddedness emerged jointly from these dual …

accompanied by marked increases in economic inequality both at the regional and individual levels. In this context studying how … relatively poor people appraise their situation (‘subjective wellbeing’) and how this relates to traditional ‘objective’ measures … of wellbeing such as wealth and basic needs is particularly relevant. This paper investigates the relationship between …

subjective indicators of wellbeing as an element of great significance in the analysis of public policies and quality of services …

psychological wellbeing for Pacific peoples of mixed ancestry. Study 1 showed that multi-ethnic Pacific/non-Pacific people were … lower in Pacific Familial Wellbeing relative to mono-ethnic Pacific and multi-ethnic Pacific/Pacific people (n = 586). Study … of such attitudes produces a more negative self-evaluation and generally corrodes subjective wellbeing and family …

Because wellbeing is a multi-varied and dynamic phenomenon, social scientists need to better understand how different … aspects of people’s wellbeing are tied together and how these ties differ between individuals at one point in time and within … individuals over time. The paper outlines a general model that considers the multidimensional structure of wellbeing. We utilize …

Human wellbeing indices can shed light on a society’s quality of life. This study ranks human wellbeing by employing … analysis includes ‘The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey’ for the year 2006–2007. The human wellbeing is … for indexing human wellbeing, rated in five quintiles are generated. The paper demonstrates the importance of education …

and subjective aspects of life in a human wellbeing perspective. The contribution of this paper is to bring together these … two strands of thinking in order to explore the ways in which a human wellbeing conceptual framework might contribute to …

2002 to 2007 by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group at the … should be given equal priority and need to be taken into account to better understand people’s wellbeing. This finding is …