HPE Mental Health and Wellbeing

SEARCH Pathways

Strengths, emotional management, attention and awareness, relationships, coping, habits and goals

Sharing meals

Closely correlated to higher levels of satisfaction with living, positive impacts, lower effect of negative aspects, higher levels of social support, lower levels of loneliness

Dimensions of social connection

Quantity, Quality, Structure

Social structure

Sparse or dense: shapes diversity, cohesion and accessibility of an individual’s social resources

Social quantity

Number of relationships: larger number of relationships can provide access to a larger pool of interactions, support and resources

Social quality

Actual or perceived support derived from relationships: provides emotional satisfaction, perceived reliability of support

Empathy perception gap

The actual performance of empathetic acts is higher than what people believe

Empathy perception gap cycle

View others as less empathetic and caring as oneself → social risk avoidance → social isolation → psychological ill-being

Social connection impacts

Vital to the wellbeing of young adults, buffers people from toxic impacts of young adults, and significantly enhances wellbeing during adulthood

Social disconnect

Prevalent and increasing among young adults, in 2023 19% of young adults across the world reported having no one they could count on for social support (39% increase from 2006)Lea

Leaders of the happiness ranking

Nordic countries such as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden

Finland happiness

1. Work-life balance

2. Authentic sauna experience

3. Collaborative spirit

4. Trust in a functional society

5. Nature at their finger-tips

Regular exercise

Boosts endorphins and serotonin, therefore bettering mental health and emotional wellbeing, lowers rates of mental illness, increases sleep quality, boosts mood, concentration, and alertness, helps build resilience

Outdoor exercise

Higher level of enthusiasm, pleasure, self-esteem, lower levels of tension, depression and fatigue