Subjective Well-Being and Security [Paperback]

Security, or the perceived lack thereof, impacts on quality of life at many levels. An important consideration is how security should be best understood. Although definitions of how to understand human security have been proposed, it is not clear how security should be measured. Security can be analyzed from different perspectives i.e., personal security, economic security, health security, political security, cyber security etc. In this volume, all facets of research pertaining to security and subjective well-being (SWB) are discussed, including among others: Objective and subjective measures of security; Multiple security dimensions; The relationship between security and SWB and possible mediators and moderators; Cultural and religious influences on security and SWB; Present and future security; Perceptions of crime in cities and regions and development of relevant indicators; Security in a globalized era and its relationship to SWB; Security, major events and SWBThis book examines the relationship between security and its impact on well being. It offers best practice ideas appropriate to any individual or organization with an interest in security provision from the micro to the meso level.

Introduction

1.????? Safety and Subjective Wellbeing: A Perspective from the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index

Robert A. Cummins

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2.????? Terror, Fear and Individual and Community Wellbeing

Anne Aly

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3.????? Personal Security and Fear of Crime as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being

Renata Franc, Zvjezdana Prizmic-Larsen and Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipov1an

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4.????? The Impact of Objective and Subjective Measures of Security on Subjective l(