updates

may 2026

New publication:

Hill, T. G. (2026). Patterns of national flourishing: Multidimensional clusters of well-being and psychosocial resources across 22 countries Applied Research in Quality of Life. [PDF]

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!

march 2026

Three papers has been accepted in the past two months:

Waddington, M., Thiruvannarathu, V., & Hill, T. G. (in press). 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.

Colford, L. R., Kaser, A. C., & Hill, T. G. (in press). Measuring what matters: An environmental scan and quality appraisal of population well-being surveys. International Journal of Community Well-Being, Sp Iss: Community Programs and Practices to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing.

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

february 2026

Dr Taylor Hill has secured funding to design and deliver an SGSSS Workshop for Spring into Methods 2026, titled Planning, pre-registering, and powering your study: Designing transparent quantitative research in R. The workshop will be offered in a hybrid format on May 13-14, 2026 and will feature SEW lab member Kendall Smith.

january 2026

The SEW lab has been successful in securing funding from the British Academy, through a Talent Development Award, titled Programming well-being: Building reproducible and automated tools for longitudinal and cross-national survey research in R. The project will run from March 1 2026 - 2027.

october 2025

A paper has been accepted at Applied Psychology: Health & Wellbeing:

Kohlert, A., Gallant, N. T., Hill, T. G., & Dabek, K. (in press). Existential therapy for treating chronic pain: A scoping review. Applied Psychology: Health & Wellbeing.

september 2025

A paper is now online first with the journal Health Policy:

Card, K. G, Refol, J., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C., Coplan, R. J., Joordens, J., Roddick, C. M., Oliffe, J. L., Dej, E., Chen, F. S., Pinel, E. C., Helm, P. J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., and Members of the Social Connection Guideline Development Expert Advisory Group. (2025). Public health guidelines for social connection: A delphi study. Health Policy. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105452

Members of the SEW lab contributed to a public engagement event on Saturday - the Explorathon in Dundee Science Centre - where families come and learn about local research happening at DundeeU.

What makes you happy?

Dr Hill with her MSc's (Kendall and Mhairi)

Sources of happiness post-its

July 2025

A paper has been accepted into the journal Health Promotion International:

Refol, J., Raufi, S., Delgado-Ron, J. A., Mulligan, K., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C., Coplan, R. J., Pinel, E. C., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Helm, P. J., Oliffe, J. L., Bombaci, P., Card, K. G. (in press). Diverse community perspectives on potential public health guidelines for social connection: A qualitative study. Health Promotion International, 40(4), daaf131.

may 2025

SEW lab director Taylor Hill co-led a two day doctoral training workshop on data management, open science, and R programming

march 2025

A new paper has been published:

Hill, T. G., Allsop, D. B., Bagnell, B. K., & Rosen, N. O. (2025). Love in the face of loss: Associations between self-compassion, compassionate love, and sexual and relationship satisfaction in couples experiencing a recent pregnancy loss. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(32). [PDF]

february 2025

Our work has been accepted for presentation at two conferences for summer 2025 - the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) and the Understanding Society Scientific Meeting!

january 2025

A paper has been accepted into the Journal of Happiness Studies, stay tuned for the pdf!

december 2024

Two new papers have been published:

Wilcox, G., Hachem, M., Millar, D., & Hill, T. G. (2024). Positive police presence in elementary schools: A scoping review. Journal of School Violence, 24(1), 138–153. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Sheaves, A., Tiller, A., & Fisher, M. L. Exploring mental health literacy in Canada: A mixed-method cross-sectional study. Healthy Populations Journal. [PDF]

november 2024

The SEW lab has been successful in securing internal funding for psychometric work on a new well-being scale, for future longitudinal studies. We will be recruiting participants soon!

Two new papers are out: one online first (International Journal of Community Well-Being) one fully published (International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology):

Hill, T. G. & Terashima, M. Positive mental health promotion: State of the field and next steps. International Journal of Community Well-Being. e-first. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Loock, J. V., & Mackinnon, S. P. (2024). Focused, flourishing, but not in flow: Achievement strivers' experiences of competence, flow, and well-being during personally expressive activities. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 1-30. [PDF]

october 2024

The SEW lab has been successful in securing internal funding for a collaborative research project to build partnerships with community organizations across Scotland! We will be hiring a part-time research assistant for the Winter, stay tuned for the advertisement.

september 2024

We are recruiting participants for an online survey on personality and well-being - see flyer below.

Recruitment ad #1.pdf

august 2024

Dr Hill is guest editing two special issues. See below for the call for papers:

Call for Papers! (Linked here)
Community programs and practices to improve mental health and wellbeing
(International Journal of Community Well-Being)

Call for Papers! (Flyer below)

The physiological and psychological benefits of social connection: Moderators, mediators, confounders, and covariates

(Discover Social Science and Health)

The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Social Connection E-flyer.pdf