Well Being

Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and the Balance of Peer Support Among Persons with Chronic Mental Health Problems

Jul 17, 2019 | Journal Article

Despite several suggestions that peer support is empowering for persons with mental health problems because of its mutual nature, few studies have empirically studied the role of its reciprocity and the effects on subjective well-being of clients from mainstream...

Do Active Labor Market Policies Promote the Well-Being, Health, and Social Capital of the Unemployed? Evidence from the UK

Jul 16, 2019 | Journal Article

In recent decades, one of the most notable developments in social policy has been the expansion of active labour market policies (ALMPs): training schemes that aim to speed up unemployed people’s return to the labour market. At the same time, academic and political...