Abstract This chapter explores the commonalities and differences in hope between Spanish ( N = 206 ) South African 100) samples based on data collected with Hope Barometer November 2018. Furthermore, we investigate similarities sources of two samples, as reflected activities that people engage to fulfil their hopes attain hoped-for targets (hope activities). Finally, examine these predictors ho...

Escalating healthcare expenditures highlight the need to identify modifiable predictors of use and costs sickness benefit transfers. We conducted a prospective analysis on Danish data determine associated with flourishing as compared below threshold level flourishing. used from 2016 survey 3508 adults, which was linked register data. Flourishing assessed validated psychological well-being scale...

This paper is the introduction to Special Issue with a selection of papers presented at 21st IESE International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society, held in Barcelona, Spain, July 2021. The focused future work how promote dignity human flourishing. editorial emphasizes has been studied over centuries new directions have considered recent times. We suggest that flourishing are particularly...

Background: Mental health is not only the absence of mental illness, but also the presence of positive well-being. Music is often cited as an effective tool for regulating emotions and may also promote well-being because music facilitates one’s ability to regulate the experience and expression of emotions. Methods: This study aimed to examine the pathways by which music use for cognitive and em...

Purpose Businesses are always seeking resilient strategies so they can weather unpredictable competitive environments. One source of unpredictability is the unsustainability of commerce’s environmental, economic or social impacts and the limitations this places on businesses. Another is poor resilience causing erroneous and unexpected outputs. Companies prospering long-term must have both resil...

This paper is a review of the state of play of research linking videogaming and flourishing, and explores the role of videogames and technology to improve mental health and well-being. Its purpose is to develop understandings about the positive intersection of gaming and well-being, to document evidence regarding links between videogames and positive mental health, and to provide guidelines for...

This study tested the psychological benefits of a 14-day preregistered clinical intervention to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption in 171 low-FV-consuming young adults (67% female, aged 18-25). Participants were randomly assigned into a diet-as-usual control condition, an ecological momentary intervention (EMI) condition involving text message reminders to increase their FV consumpti...

The fact that Kantian beneficence is constrained by Kantian respect appears to seriously restrict the Kantian’s moral response to agents who have embraced self-destructive ends. In this paper I defend the Kantian duties of love and respect by arguing that Kantians can recognize attempts to get an agent to change her ends as a legitimate form of beneficence. My argument depends on two key premis...