Handbook structure

Comprising a total of 32 chapters, the Handbook will be divided into five sections, each representing a particular domain of wellbeing as follows:

1. Physical Wellbeing
2. Social and Emotional Wellbeing
3. Economic Wellbeing
4. Cultural and Spiritual Wellbeing
5. Subjective Wellbeing

Within each section contributions will be sought from international authors across six distinct geographic regions (Europe and the Circumpolar North, North America, South/Central America, Africa, Asia/Pacific and Oceania).

Further details will follow as content is finalised.

Sample chapter

This sample chapter has been prepared to give potential readers an example of the depth and quality of the Handbook's content.

The chapter explores the subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. Evidence is provided on:

1. Mean levels of self-reported life satisfaction;
2. Trends in these means; and
3. Differences in the determinants of life satisfaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Results indicate that Indigenous life satisfaction peaked in 2003 and has since declined. This result questions the effectiveness of current policies aimed at enhancing Indigenous wellbeing.

>> Download sample chapter, Subjective wellbeing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people of Australia, by M. Manning, C.L. Ambrey, and C.M. Fleming (1.2 Meg PDF)