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Background:

  • Traditional research often separates individual and place factors influencing wellbeing.
  • A network approach is proposed to understand the interplay between individual, community, and environmental influences on wellbeing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the complex associations between subjective wellbeing and individual, community, and place characteristics using network analysis.
  • To challenge the dualistic approach by examining wellbeing within a network of mutually reinforcing relationships.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized network analysis on data from 4319 adults in a socioeconomically disadvantaged UK region.
  • Assessed wellbeing using the 7-item Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS).
  • Estimated mixed graphical networks including wellbeing, place, and individual variables.

Main Results:

  • A densely connected network showed wellbeing associated with all assessed characteristics.
  • Wellbeing was most strongly linked to individual factors (financial difficulty, subjective health).
  • Positive associations found between wellbeing and greenspace usage, civic agency, and neighborhood cohesion, with negative association for housing disrepair.

Conclusions:

  • Subjective wellbeing is complexly related to individual, community, and place factors.
  • Population-level wellbeing strategies must integrate all these domains.
  • Community engagement and Health in All Policy (HiAP) approaches are suggested for practical implementation.