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Copps, John and Plimmer, Dawn (2013) Outcomes map: personal and social well-being. London: New Philanthropy Capital.

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Personal and social well-being describes a person’s state of mind, relationship with the world around them, and the fulfilment they get from life. It can be understood as how people feel and how they function, both on a personal and a social level, and how they evaluate their lives as a whole. It is linked to a range of other outcomes, including mental health.

This overview documents different approaches to measuring and understanding personal and social well-being based on four categories:

1. Feelings about self,

2. Relationships with family and friends,

3. Perception and connectedness to the community, and

4. Overall life satisfaction.

This overview looks specifically at 'subjective well-being', or the internal feelings that people have and how they relate to the world around them. Despite the label ‘subjective’ these outcomes can be measured using objective methods to a high degree of validity.

Within our definition of well-being, we do not include indicators such as economic prosperity, physical activity or diet. The New Economics Foundation refers to these outcomes as ‘drivers of well-being’ (rather than descriptors of well-being itself), and they are considered in detail elsewhere in this framework.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Guideline, Report
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Treatment method, Harm reduction, Psychosocial treatment method, Rehabilitation/Recovery
Date
2013
Pages
17 p.
Publisher
New Philanthropy Capital
Place of Publication
London
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Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
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