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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
Physical pain
Socioeconomic
Psychosocial
Behavioural
Physical injuries or damage
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Case, Deaton, & Stone (2020), Zajacova et al (2020), Blanchflower et al (2021).
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Chou et al (2016), Fifield et al (2004), Brown at al (2018).
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Garland et al (2013), Piper et al (2021), McDonald et al (2011).
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Physical pain
Subjective well-being
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Macchia, L. (2023). Governments should measure pain when assessing societal wellbeing. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 303–305.
Dimensions and components of Subjective Well-Being
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
z
•z
z
•z
z
•z
$600
billion
32 % 30 %
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
b = 0.61; p = .001
Trend in physical pain, 2009–2021. 146 countries. 1.6 million individuals. The Gallup World Poll.
Macchia (2022)
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
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)
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
Correlation between indicators of Subjective well-being and physical pain between 2009 and 2020. 156 countries, 1.3
million individuals, the Gallup World Poll.
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Subjective well-being
PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
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

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Revisiting affect: Which states to measure, and how_Lucia Macchia.pdf

  • 1. 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
  • 3. Case, Deaton, & Stone (2020), Zajacova et al (2020), Blanchflower et al (2021). PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 4. Chou et al (2016), Fifield et al (2004), Brown at al (2018). PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 5. Garland et al (2013), Piper et al (2021), McDonald et al (2011). PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 6. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING Physical pain Subjective well-being
  • 7. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 8. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING Macchia, L. (2023). Governments should measure pain when assessing societal wellbeing. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 303–305.
  • 9. Dimensions and components of Subjective Well-Being PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 10. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 11. z •z z •z z •z $600 billion 32 % 30 % PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 12. b = 0.61; p = .001 Trend in physical pain, 2009–2021. 146 countries. 1.6 million individuals. The Gallup World Poll. Macchia (2022) 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. PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 16. Subjective well-being PAIN AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
  • 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