april 2026

New publications, including previous SEW MSc student's work:

Waddington, M., Thiruvannarathu, V., & Hill, T. G. (2026). Applying the Positive Activity Model to enhance well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis of activity-based positive psychological interventions. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 11(12). 

Hill, T. G., MacGillivray, M., Bezanson, S., Colford, L., & Tanner, A. (2026). Community-based social prescribing: An integrative review of program characteristics, facilitators, and barriers. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. (e-first).

Hill, T. G. (2026). The cost of fulfilment: A dynamic model of well-being. Human Arenas. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-026-00606-1. 

Colford, L.R., Kaser, A.C. & Hill, T.G. (2026). Measuring what matters: An environmental scan and quality appraisal of population well-being surveys. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 9(16). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-026-00291-6

Two SEW lab papers have been accepted at the European Conference on Positive Psychology (Dublin, July 2026):

Hill, T. G. (forthcoming). Examining the role of psychological richness in the architecture of well-being: Evidence across cross-sectional and longitudinal networks. Paper presentation forthcoming at the European Conference in Positive Psychology, Ireland: Dublin.

Smith, K. J., Hill, T. G., Panasiuk, S. (forthcoming). When values don’t add up: Individual and combined effects of personal values on life satisfaction from a decade of nationally representative social surveys. Poster presentation forthcoming at the European Conference in Positive Psychology, Ireland: Dublin. 

A summer research studentship has been awarded to UG student Millie Page, who will be working in the SEW lab this summer, on her project testing the dual continua of mental health across Scottish communities. Congrats Millie, on your Medical Research Scotland award!