The Power of the Place we Live: What Roles Do Home and the Community Play in Well-being?

• Autorzy: Katalin Lőrincz , Kornélia Kiss , Zsuzsanna Banász
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The place where we live has a significant impact on the way we live, feel and assess our lives. Housing conditions, the characteristics of the neighborhood around the dwelling or of the community, and commuting conditions have a relationship with the multidimensional construct of well-being. This paper examines the roles that home and the community play in well-being. Background literature on quality of life, well-being and its domains and the role of the place where we live is interpreted in the paper. The empirical analysis aims to describe the relationships between home and well-being and the community and well-being. The quantitative method used to conduct this investigation included a representative survey in Hungary. Our results confirm previous research findings in many areas (weak or moderate significant relationships between some sociodemographic and other often-examined well-being domains and well-being) and identify weak and positive significant relationships between home and well-being and the community and well-being. The overall well-being of the Hungarian population is significantly influenced by their attachment to their community. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Local community; Psychology; Well-being

PL

Społeczności lokalne; Psychologia; Dobrostan

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 16
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 29--44

Twórcy

autor

Katalin Lőrincz

• University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary

autor

Kornélia Kiss

• Budapest Business School, Budapest, Hungary

autor

Zsuzsanna Banász

• University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary

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DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2023/16-1/2