Research and Learning.

At WorldBeing, we believe research and learning are fundamental. We're proud to work with communities and academics to contribute to knowledge of what works to improve wellbeing of marginalized youth and young women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

WorldBeing takes a transdisciplinary, collaborative, and multimethod approach to research. We partner across disciplines and integrate methodologies ranging from randomized controlled trials to action research to qualitative vignette studies to measurement development and validation…and we develop our own methods, too. The field of wellbeing research is so young–and yet so rich–and we’re excited to contribute to how the world does this research, and how to do it with rigor, creativity, and curiosity.

One thing is a constant, though: we believe that it is only possible to research and learn about wellbeing with locally-grounded, community-led thought partnership. We prioritize learning from context and lived experience; reciprocal sharing of ideas among communities and academics; and taking an action-oriented, social justice approach to all of our studies.

Our research has been published via peer reviewed publications, described at conferences, written about in books, and included in white papers. We are excited to share some of what we’ve learned so far about how to support wellbeing for youth and young women worldwide. We also can get pretty into the details about things like measurement, how to scale, and what works for whom and where. If you want to know more about what we’re learning so far, take a peek inside some of our papers, reports, and presentations below.

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Youth First Rwanda Quasi-Experimental Trial: 2023-2024 Follow-Up Study Results

Rwanda
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Summary of Key Research Findings: Girls First and Youth First | 2024

Overview of key research findings and results of WorldBeing's Girls First and Youth First programs from 2013-2023.
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Women’s Self-Efficacy and Economic Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from India | 2024

India
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How Much Do I Matter? Teacher Self-Beliefs, Effort, and Student Learning | 2024

India
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Youth First + Resilience Outcomes | Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022

Promoting wellbeing and empowerment via Youth First: Exploring psychosocial outcomes of a school-based resilience intervention in Bihar, India.
India
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Developing Resilience Intervention | Journal of Social Intervention 2022

Developing and piloting a resilience intervention in Bihar, India with the Self-help Resilience Project.
India
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Girls First, Bihar India | Key findings Summary 2014-2020

Overview of key research findings and results of WorldBeing's Girls First program from 2014-2020.
India
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EE4A Conference | Youth First Kenya Results 2019

Evaluation of an evidence-based resilience program on psychosocial wellbeing and education in Kajiado and Tharaka Nithi, Kenya.
Kenya
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Self Help Group Program | Trial Report 2018

Detailed results of the WorldBeing Self Help Group Program conducted in 2016-17 working in partnership with Project Concern International and with support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
India
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems | 2018

Outcomes of a brief mental health and resilience pilot intervention for young women in an urban Indian slum.
India
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International Journal of Emotional Education | 2018

Training School Teachers to promote Mental and Social Wellbeing in Low and Middle Income Countries. Lessons to facilitate scale-up from a Participatory Action Research Trial.
India
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A psychosocial resilience curriculum provides the “missing piece” to boost adolescent physical health: A randomized controlled trial of Girls First in India | 2016

India
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Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Building Psychosocial Assets and Wellbeing Among Adolescent Girls.
India
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Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

The Methods of a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of Girls First, Bihar, India.
India
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Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Now I Have the Courage: Empowering Girls to Raise Their Voices and Advocate for Their Rights: Preliminary Qualitative Results from the Girls First Resilience Trial.
India
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Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Overview and Summary of RCT: A psychosocial resilience curriculum provides the “missing piece” to boost adolescent physical health.
India
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Applying Positive Psychology in Low-Resource Areas | 2014

World Congress of Positive Psychology Presentation: Lessons from WorldBeing’s Girls First Program in India.
India
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Risk + Protective Factors for Adjustment Problems among High-Poverty Adolescent Girls in India | 2013

Western Psychological Association Convention Presentation: How interventions that reduce pessimism and peer problems have potential to reduce the burden of mental ill-health among young women internationally.
India
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Girls Resiliency Program | 2011

World Congress of Positive Psychology Presentation: Summary of Research Findings for the Children’s Resiliency Program for Girls in Surat, India.
India
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