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Impact of Early Life Growing Environment on Later Life Health Status and Wellbeing: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study
No full text*Overview
This research project aims to explore the relationship between early life growing environments and subsequent health outcomes and wellbeing in later life. Utilizing data from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS), this study will analyze various factors such as physical, emotional, and social environments during formative years to understand their long-term effects on individuals' health and overall quality of life.
*Purpose
The primary purpose of this research is to identify how specific aspects of early life environments—such as familial relationships, community engagement, educational opportunities, and exposure to adverse experiences—correlate with health indicators and psychological wellbeing in adulthood. By systematically examining these relationships, the study seeks to:
1) Uncover Patterns: Determine patterns of health outcomes related to various early life environmental factors.
2) Inform Interventions: Provide evidence-based insights that can inform public health interventions aimed at improving childhood environments to enhance long-term health and wellbeing.
3) Enhance Understanding: Contribute to the broader understanding of how early life experiences shape health trajectories.
*Methodology
This research will utilize quantitative analysis of the GFS dataset, focusing on variables related to early life environments (e.g., family dynamics, socio-economic status, educational attainment) and later life health indicators (e.g., physical health, mental health, social connectedness). Statistical methods such as regression analysis will be employed to examine the relationships between these variables, controlling for potential confounding factors.
*Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes of this research include:
1) Identification of Key Factors: A comprehensive list of key early life environmental factors that significantly impact health and wellbeing in later life.
2) Policy Recommendations: Recommendations for policymakers and health practitioners on how to create supportive environments during childhood to foster better health outcomes.
3) Research Contributions: Contributions to academic literature on the interplay between early life experiences and health, potentially guiding future research directions.
* Conclusion
This research project aims to shed light on the critical link between early life environments and later health outcomes. By leveraging the rich dataset from the Global Flourishing Study, it aspires to provide actionable insights that can improve health trajectories across populations, ultimately promoting a flourishing society
Screening for drug safety signals using the active comparator, new user cohort design
No full textUsing the active comparator new user design, we will perform automated cohort studies for possible adverse events with use of glucose-lowering drugs. Results will be compared to those obtained using a sequence symmetry analysis
The Cultural Ecology of Social Media
No full textMost research on social media considers them as supports for transmission of information, explaining online success (and pathologies) by focusing on consumers’ biases and interests. This article takes a different perspective, applying ideas from an ecological approach to culture to social media informational dynamics. It argues that success online depends both on the intrinsic appeal of content to receivers and on how well content serves producers’ strategic goals within the constraints and affordances of specific platforms. These goals include reputation management, coalition building and identity management, and coordination or participation in shared activities. Transmission is often a by-product of these motivations, and replication fidelity plays a limited role compared with transformations that adapt content to local incentives. Finally, the article suggests that platforms and communities can be understood as distinct ecological niches, each characterised by different audience structures, affordances, metrics, and algorithmic pressures. This perspective offers novel insight to persistent debates on social media dynamics, such as misinformation, radicalisation and polarisation, and the reasons behind online success
Synesthetic Metaphors in English and Their Relationship to Crossmodal Correspondences
No full textUsing the Semantic Differential (SD) method (Osgood et al., 1957), two experiments were conducted: (i) a synesthetic metaphor experiment, in which participants rated, for example, what kind of sound is represented by a sweet sound, and (ii) a crossmodal correspondence experiment, in which participants rated, for example, the sounds associated with a sweet taste. By comparing the two sets of rating data, the correspondence was examined between parallel phenomena in language and psychology
State Atrocities, Rebel Governance, and Public Opinion on Humanitarian Intervention
No full textHow do rebel groups shape democratic publics’ attitudes toward humanitarian intervention? Many state-led atrocities occur during civil wars, yet rebels are often portrayed solely as sources of instability rather than as governing actors who shape external perceptions. We argue that rebels’ modes of governance—whether inclusive or exclusive in service provision and decision-making—fundamentally shape public opinion on intervention. Inclusive governance that embodies equality and participation reinforces identification with democratic values, strengthening the moral imperative to protect and the instrumental confidence that intervention would be both justified and effective. In contrast, exclusive governance, marked by coercion or discrimination, undermines perceptions of shared identity and moral legitimacy, making state repression appear justified and intervention less defensible. We test these claims through survey experiments in the U.S. (N=1,615) and the U.K. (N=1,583). Across both countries, inclusive governance boosts perceived legitimacy and credibility of rebels, fostering positive attitudes toward humanitarian intervention, while exclusive governance undermines these perceptions and weakens public endorsement
Willingness-to-pay for energy efficient homes: new insights from the “energy crisis” in the UK
No full textAn extensive literature shows a positive relationship between housing energy efficiency and house prices. However, the methodological issue of omitted variable bias (OVB) has weakened claims of a causal effect. It is also unclear whether any willingness-to-pay (WTP) for housing energy efficiency reflects a concern with energy costs or a more symbolic ‘green’ consumption. The recent exogenous shock of the global ‘energy crisis’ in 2022 offers a novel opportunity to examine both. If WTP changes significantly after the energy crisis, it effectively removes OVB issues and strengthens causal interpretations. It could also indicate that WTP for energy efficiency is driven (at least in part) by energy cost savings. Using over 170,000 listings for second-hand house sales in Greater Manchester, UK (2017-24), we model WTP for energy efficiency before and after the dramatic rise in energy prices using multilevel hedonic regressions. We find that WTP for more energy efficient homes increased after the energy crisis, largely because the ‘brown discount’ (penalty) for more inefficient homes increased. These results confirm the causal interpretation of the relationship between house prices and energy efficiency and indicate that consumers are motivated at least in part by energy cost savings. These findings suggest that policymakers could promote housing energy efficiency by focussing on financial benefits in policy design and advertisements, as well as support financially vulnerable households to ensure an equal sustainable housing transition process
Loss aversion or preference imprecision? What drives the WTA-WTP disparity?
No full textThis OSF project contains the supplementary materials for the paper “Loss aversion or preference imprecision? What drives the WTA–WTP disparity?”
The project includes the following files:
1. Experimental Design and Instructions
2. Experimental Data
3. Variable Description for the Experimental Data
4. Data Analysis
5. Variable Description for the Analysis Fil
