Site: melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/hilda
Updated 5/16/22
Country: Australia
Study design: Clinical trial and observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range:
- Children / adolescents
- Early adulthood or midlife
- Aging adults
Number of participants at baseline: 17,000
Year of initial enrollment: 2001
Number of data collection waves: 20, data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
- Positive psychological well-being (overall / multidimensional)
- Flourishing (multidimensional)
- Positive affect
- Purpose / meaning in life / ikigai
- Life satisfaction
- Subjective happiness
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): High
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High
Measures of physical health: Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers must submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Siahpush M, Spittal M & Singh, G. (2008). Happiness and life satisfaction prospectively predict self-rated health, physical health, and the presence of limiting, long-term health conditions. American Journal of Health Promotion, 23(1), 18-26.