Abstract Governments and organizations increasingly endorse the importance of mental health in all forms of policy, though emphasis in measurement still remains on indicators such as GDP, depression, and other common disorders. In this study of 92 countries ( n = 53,799), we assess the mental health of individuals around the world alongside measures of financial and social well-being. Findings include a trend of languishing mental health across many groups, particularly among younger adults and within higher-income countries. While positive trends are observed for education and income, a number of concerning trends also emerge, particularly the poor results for young adults and generally moderate results for employed individuals. In sum, we find an alarming but perhaps unsurprisingly low level of positive mental health in a substantial number of countries, but also identify specific economic, social, and other indicators that policymakers could target in improving the well-being of the populations they serve.
Evolutionary theorizing indicates that people vary considerably in their capacity to retain intimate partners, and part of this variation may contribute to singlehood. Candidate items were generated with AI tools and refined by the authors into an instrument to measure this capacity. In a sample of 2296 participants from Greek, Russian, and Ukrainian cultural contexts, approximately one in four participants indicated a poor capacity to retain mates. Furthermore, this capacity was strongly associated with relationship status. Specifically, lower scores on this dimension were linked to an increased likelihood of being involuntarily single, voluntarily single, or between-relationships single. Lower capacity was also associated with more years spent as single and shorter relationship durations. Additionally, we identified several traits that were associated with a lower capacity to retain a relationship and, indirectly, with a higher likelihood of singlehood. Our findings were consistent across the three cultural groups and between both sexes.
نظریه‌پردازی‌های فرگشتی نشان می‌دهد که افراد از نظر ظرفیت حفظ شریک عاطفی تفاوت قابل توجهی دارند و بخشی از این تفاوت ممکن است به تجرد منجر شود. آیتم‌های اولیه با استفاده از ابزارهای هوش مصنوعی تولید و توسط نویسندگان برای ساخت ابزاری جهت سنجش این ظرفیت اصلاح شدند. در نمونه‌ای متشکل از ۲۲۹۶ شرکت‌کننده از زمینه‌های فرهنگی یونان، روسیه و اوکراین، تقریباً یک نفر از هر چهار شرکت‌کننده ظرفیت ضعیفی برای حفظ همسر گزارش کرد. افزون بر این، این ظرفیت ارتباط قوی با وضعیت رابطه داشت. به طور مشخص، نمرات پایین‌تر در این بُعد با احتمال بیشتر تجرد ناخواسته، تجرد داوطلبانه یا تجرد بین روابط ارتباط داشت. ظرفیت پایین‌تر همچنین با سال‌های بیشتری از تجرد و مدت زمان کوتاه‌تر روابط همراه بود. افزون بر این، چندین ویژگی شناسایی شد که با ظرفیت پایین‌تر برای حفظ رابطه و به طور غیرمستقیم با احتمال بالاتر تجرد مرتبط بودند. یافته‌های ما در هر سه گروه فرهنگی و بین هر دو جنسیت سازگار بود.
