Revisiting affect: Which states to measure, and how_Lucia Macchia.pdf
1. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
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8. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Macchia, L. (2023). Governments should measure pain when assessing societal wellbeing. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 303–305.
12. b = 0.61; p = .001
Trend in physical pain, 2009–2021. 146 countries. 1.6 million individuals. The Gallup World Poll.
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PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
13. Trend in physical pain by subgroups, 2009–2021. 146 countries. 1.6 million individuals. The Gallup World Poll.
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Macchia (2022)
14. Pain is also a subjective feeling
Pain can be self-reported using the same scales
Empirical parallelism between SWB and pain
Pain can be a more reliable indicator
Current metrics are not perfect proxies for pain
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
15. Correlation between indicators of Subjective well-being and physical pain between 2009 and 2020. 156 countries, 1.3
million individuals, the Gallup World Poll.
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17. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
March 4th, 2024
OECD
School of Health and Psychological Sciences
City, University of London
lucia.macchia@city.ac.uk
www.luciamacchia.com
Lucía Macchia