Vol. 11 No. 4 (2021)

About the journal

The International Journal of Wellbeing (IJW) is an open access, peer reviewed journal promoting interdisciplinary research on wellbeing. All content is free for everyone to access, and there are no submission or publication fees for authors. The IJW welcomes timely original high-quality scholarly articles of appropriate length on the topic of wellbeing, broadly construed. Although focused on original ideas, the IJW also publishes competent and timely review articles and critical notices. Learn more >>

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Articles

To whom should I be kind? A randomized trial about kindness for strong and weak social ties on mental wellbeing and its specific mechanisms of change

Examining the complexity of wellbeing profiles in a large cross-national community sample

Effectiveness of online, school-based Positive Psychology Interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing: A systematic review

A global history of happiness

Engaged but exhausted: Work-related wellbeing profiles of South African employees

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