Well-being

Landscape and Well-Being: Using Psychology to Inform Urban Planning

Previous studies on green spaces (characterized by the presence of leafy vegetation) versus blue spaces (characterized by the presence of aquatic features) found that participants exhibit preferences for blue spaces. One of the crucial questions is …

Person-culture fit and well-being

While personality is primarily conceptualized as a feature of individuals, recent research suggests that cultures can also be characterized in terms of personality traits. In recent years researchers began investigating the correlates of personality …

Rituals, Repetitiveness and Cognitive Load: A Competitive Test of Ritual Benefits for Stress

A central hypothesis to account for the ubiquity of rituals across cultures is their supposed anxiolytic effects: rituals being maintained because they reduce existential anxiety and uncertainty. We aimed to test the anxiolytic effects of rituals by …