Publications

Cowden, Richard G., Everett L. Worthington, Jr., R. N. Padgett, Chris Felton, Matt Bradshaw, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Renae Wilkinson, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

npj Mental Health Research DOI ↗

2026 (forthcoming)

Longitudinal Associations of Suffering with Subsequent Multidimensional Well-Being in the Global Flourishing Study

Cowden, Richard G., R. Noah Padgett, Chris Felton, Renae Wilkinson, Lucía Macchia, Zhuo Job Chen, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Stephanie M. Koning, Craig Gundersen, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Communications Medicine

2026

Demographic Variation and Childhood Predictors of Showing Love and Care for Others Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis

Lee, Matthew T., Renae Wilkinson, Katelyn N. G. Long, Brendan W. Case, Jim L. Ritchie-Dunham, Matt Bradshaw, R. N. Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

2026 (forthcoming)

Coordinated Outcome-Wide Analytic Methodology for Wave 2 of the Global Flourishing Study

Padgett, R. N., Chris Felton, Matt Bradshaw, Ying Chen, Richard G. Cowden, Eric S. Kim, Renae Wilkinson, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

BMC Global Public Health

2026 (forthcoming)

A Cross-National Study of Demographic Variation and Childhood Predictors of Traumatic Distress

Meekang Sung, Seth A. Mattson, Richard G. Cowden, Renae Wilkinson, R. Noah Padgett, Christy Denckla, Koichiro Shiba, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Communications Medicine

2026

Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries

Wilkinson, Renae, Koichiro Shiba, Cristina B. Gibson, Chukwuemeka N. Okafor, Ying Chen, R. N. Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Social Indicators Research DOI ↗

2025

The Distribution of Optimism Across Sociodemographic Groups in 22 Countries

Chen, Ying, Laura D. Kubzansky, Eric S. Kim, Hayami K. Koga, Koichiro Shiba, R. N. Padgett, Renae Wilkinson, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

2025

When the Glass is Half Full: Early Life Experiences and Adult Optimism in 22 Countries

Chen, Ying, Laura D. Kubzansky, Eric S. Kim, Hayami K. Koga, Koichiro Shiba, R. N. Padgett, Renae Wilkinson, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

npj Mental Health DOI ↗

2025

Early Life Experiences and Adult Orientation to Promote Good in 22 Countries

Chen, Ying, Eric S. Kim, Julia S. Nakamura, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Renae Wilkinson, R. N. Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

2025

A Cross-National Analysis of Sociodemographic Variation in Suffering Across 22 Countries

Cowden, Richard G., Zhou J. Chen, Renae Wilkinson, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Thomas Breedlove, Craig Gundersen, Koichiro Shiba, R. N. Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Communications Medicine DOI ↗

2025

Childhood Predictors of Suffering in Adulthood: A Cross-national Analysis with 22 Countries

Cowden, Richard G., Zhou J. Chen, Renae Wilkinson, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, T. Breedlove, Craig Gundersen, Koichiro Shiba, R. N. Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Communications Medicine DOI ↗

2025

Characterizing the Childhood Roots of Adult Sense of Mastery Across 22 Countries in the Global Flourishing Study

Kim, Eric S., Matt Bradshaw, Ying Chen, William J. Chopik, Sakurako S. Okuzono, Renae Wilkinson, R. N. Padgett, Margie E. Lachman, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

2025

Mapping Demographic Variations in Sense of Mastery Across the World: A Cross-national Analysis of 22 Countries in the Global Flourishing Study

Kim, Eric S., R. N. Padgett, Matt Bradshaw, Ying Chen, William J. Chopik, Sakurako S. Okuzono, Renae Wilkinson, Margie E. Lachman, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

2025

The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing

VanderWeele, Tyler J., Byron R. Johnson, et al.

Nature Mental Health DOI ↗

2025

Subjective Financial Status Growing Up and Multidimensional Well-Being in Adulthood: A Cross-National Outcome-Wide Analysis

Weziak-Bialowolska, Dorota, Richard G. Cowden, Renae Wilkinson, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Social Science & Medicine DOI ↗

2025

Life Course Insights into Social Relationship Quality: A Cross-National Analysis of 22 Countries

Wilkinson, Renae, Koichiro Shiba, Cristina B. Gibson, Chukwuemeka N. Okafor, Ying Chen, Matt Bradshaw, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Scientific Reports DOI ↗

Psychometric Validation

2026

Love of Neighbor Assessment: Validity, Reliability, and a Template for Measurement

VanderWeele, Tyler J., R. N. Padgett, Brendan W. Case, Richard G. Cowden, Jeffrey Hanson, Christina Hinton, Tim Lomas, Katelyn N.G. Long, Ryan Niemiec, Jonathan Rutledge, Jonathan Teubner, Sophia Town, Renae Wilkinson, Matthew T. Lee

Frontiers in Psychology DOI ↗

2024

Reliability and Validity of a Multidimensional Measure of Subjective Community Well-Being

Padgett, R. N., Matthew T. Lee, Renae Wilkinson, Heather Tsavaris, Tyler J. VanderWeele

Assessment DOI ↗

2023

A Brief Measure of Complete Subjective Well-Being in Germany: A Population-based Validation of a German Version of the Flourish Index (FI) and the Secure Flourish Index (SFI)

Sattler, Sebastian, Renae Wilkinson, Matthew T. Lee

PLOS One DOI ↗