Longitudinal Results In Well-Being Research

Open oral session

Well-being has become one of the most important measures of a person's quality of life in the world. The increase in longitudinal studies worldwide has opened up new opportunities for measuring and understanding well-being.

There is increasing evidence that, in addition to environmental factors, well-being is also influenced by individual characteristics such as personality, life course experiences, and cumulative advantages and disadvantages. At the same time, longitudinal studies suggest that well-being might change less than cross-sectional data suggest. Longitudinal studies provide a particularly good opportunity to study individual-level changes in well-being in the context of social environment.

The session invites presentations of empirical results from longitudinal research on well-being. Results on different types of well-being and well-being domains are welcome. We are also interested in studies that use different types of combined data sources, including panel surveys linked with register-based information, cohort studies, or other long-term follow-up designs. Comparative empirical analyses of changes in well-being are particularly preferred.

The session is open session in oral format.