Research and Learning.


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.

Summary of Key Research Findings: Youth First and Girls First | 2013-2024


A psychosocial resilience curriculum provides the “missing piece” to boost adolescent physical health: A randomized controlled trial of Girls First in India | 2016


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Girls Resiliency Program | 2011

Risk + Protective Factors for Adjustment Problems among High-Poverty Adolescent Girls in India | 2013
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Applying Positive Psychology in Low-Resource Areas | 2014
Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

Girls First, Bihar | Randomized Controlled Trial 2014

International Journal of Emotional Education | 2018

International Journal of Mental Health Systems | 2018

Self Help Group Program | Trial Report 2018

EE4A Conference | Youth First Kenya Results 2019

Girls First, Bihar India | Key findings Summary 2014-2020

Developing Resilience Intervention | Journal of Social Intervention 2022
