well-being research

Hill, T. G. & Williams, S. K. (2026). What makes an elite NHL career? A systems-level analysis of draft, development, and hockey capital. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2026.2713391 [PDF]

Hill, T.G. & Plouffe, R.A. (2026). Healthy personality patterns predict higher well-being but limited stability and change. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 11(54). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-026-00324-7. [PDF]

Hill, T. G. (2026). Public mental health as a complex system: From individual behaviour change to collective capability and community infrastructure. Mental Health Science (Sp Iss: Complex systems approaches to mental health research). 4: e70054. https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.70054. [PDF]

Hill, T.G. (2026). Beyond additive models: Well-being as a dynamic cost–recovery system. Current Psychology, 45, 1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09716-z. [PDF]

Hill, T. G. (2026). The cost of fulfilment: A dynamic model of well-being. Human Arenas. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-026-00606-1. [PDF]

Colford, L. R., Kaser, A. C., & Hill, T. G. (2026). Measuring what matters: An environmental scan and quality appraisal of population well-being surveys. International Journal of Community Well-Being, Sp Iss: Community Programs and Practices to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., MacGillivray, M., Bezanson, S., Colford, L., & Tanner, A. (2026). Community-based social prescribing: An integrative review of program characteristics, facilitators, and barriers. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. (e-first). [PDF]

Waddington, M., Thiruvannarathu, V., & Hill, T. G. (in press). Applying the Positive Activity Model to enhance well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis of activity-based positive psychological interventions. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 11(12). [PDF]

Hill, T. G. (2026). Patterns of national flourishing: Multidimensional clusters of well-being and psychosocial resources across 22 countries Applied Research in Quality of Life. [PDF]

Kohlert, A., Gallant, N. T., Hill, T. G., & Dabek, K. (2025). Existential therapy for treating chronic pain: A scoping review. Applied Psychology: Health & Wellbeing, 17(6). [PDF]

Card, K. G, Refol, J., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C., Coplan, R. J., Joordens, J., Roddick, C. M., Oliffe, J. L., Dej, E., Chen, F. S., Pinel, E. C., Helm, P. J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., and Members of the Social Connection Guideline Development Expert Advisory Group. (2025). Public health guidelines for social connection: A delphi study. Health Policy. [PDF]

Refol, J., Raufi, S., Delgado-Ron, J. A., Mulligan, K., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C.,  Coplan, R. J., Pinel, E. C., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Helm, P. J., Oliffe, J. L., Bombaci, P., Card, K. G. (2025). Diverse community perspectives on potential public health guidelines for social connection: A qualitative study. Health Promotion International, 40(4). [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Allsop, D. B., Bagnell, B. K., & Rosen, N. O. (2025). Love in the face of loss: Associations between self-compassion, compassionate love, and sexual and relationship satisfaction in couples experiencing a recent pregnancy loss. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(32). [PDF]

Jenkins, E. K., & Hill, T. G. (2025). Mental Health Promotion: An Approach to Strengthening Positive Mental Health and Equity for Individuals and Populations. In Health Promotion in Canada: Towards a Well-Being Society in an Accelerating World. Canadian Scholars.

Mackinnon, S. P., Alexander, S. M., Chen, R., Cribbie, R. A., Flett, G. L., & Hill, T. G. (2025). Perfectionism, anxiety sensitivity, and statistics anxiety: A test of the vulnerability-stress model using a 2-wave longitudinal study. Personality Science. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Loock, J. V., & Mackinnon, S. P. (2024). Focused, flourishing, but not in flow: Achievement strivers' experiences of competence, flow, and well-being during personally expressive activities. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 1655-1684. [PDF]

Wilcox, G., Hachem, M., Millar, D., & Hill, T. G.  (2024). Positive police presence in elementary schools: A scoping review. Journal of School Violence, 24(1), 138–153. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Coughlan, E. C., & Mackinnon, S. P.  (2024). It’s the little things in life: Enjoyment of different types of personal projects. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 1083-1103.  [PDF]

Hill, T. G. & Terashima, M. Positive mental health promotion: State of the field and next steps. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 7, 741-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-024-00230-3. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Sheaves, A., Tiller, A., & Fisher, M. L. Exploring mental health literacy in Canada: A mixed-method cross-sectional study. Healthy Populations Journal, 4(3), 53-66. [PDF]

Jagosh, J., McAuliffe, C., McGuinness, L., Goodyear, T., Haines-Saah, R., Daly, Z., Halsall, T., Hill, T. G., Kruz, T., Wandolo, J., Suri, T., Jenkins, E. Identifying mechanisms of youth mental health promotion: A realist evaluation of the Agenda Gap programme. PLOS Mental Health. [PDF]

Coughlan, E. C., Heyland, L. K., Sheaves, A., Parlee, M., Wiley, C., Page, D., & Hill, T. G. (2024). Characteristics of mental health literacy measurement in youth: a scoping review of school-based surveys. Discover Mental Health, 4(1), 24. [PDF]

Wiley, C. & Hill, T. G. Full throttle: Are motorcyclists as risk-taking as we think? Current Issues in Personality Psychology. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp/185626 [PDF]

Page, D., Hill, T. G., & Gilham, C. (2024). A survey of educator’s mental health literacy and well-being in Nova Scotia, Canada: Identifying patterns by training and experience. School Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-024-09644-y [PDF]

Haczkewicz, K., Hill, T. G., Gallant, N. (2024). Group psychological treatment preferences of individuals living with chronic disease: Brief report of a Saskatchewan-based cross-sectional survey. NQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 61, 00469580241237112.  [PDF]

Kohlert., A., Hill, T. G., & Gallant, N. L. (2024). Age and psychosocial contributors to well-being among older adults living with chronic pain. Cogent Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/ 10.1080/23311908.2024.2320469  [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Heyland, L., Kaser, A., & Keddy, S. (2023). Community-based mental health promotion: An integrative review of program characteristics, facilitators, and barriers. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 42(3), 55-79. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2023-022  [PDF]

Hill. T. G. & MacGillivary, M. (2023). Loneliness and sense of community are not two sides of the same coin: Identifying differing determinants using the 2019 Nova Scotia Quality of Life data. Journal of Community Psychology. [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Coughlan, E. C., & Mackinnon, S. P. (2023). Crafting happiness from everyday life: Personality, personal projects, basic psychological need satisfaction, and well-being. International Journal of Personality Psychology, 9, 47-60. [PDF]

Jenkins, E., Daly, Z., McAuliffe, C., McGuinness, L., Richardson, C., Hill, T. G., Goodyear, T., Lind, C., Barbic, S., Rivers, R. Haines-Saah, R. (2023). Advancing socioecological mental health promotion intervention: A mixed methods exploration of Phase 1 Agenda Gap findings. Frontiers in Public Health: Public Mental Health (Community Series in Mental Health Promotion and Protection), 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1066440 [PDF]

Hill, T. G., Mackinnon, S. P., & Smale, B. (2023). Identifying relative importance of individual and community predictors of well-being in Nova Scotians. International Journal of Community Well-Being. doi: 10.1007/s42413-023-00196-8 [PDF]

Hill, T. G, McIsaac, J. L., Janus, M., Lamptey, D., Rossiter, M. D., & Turner, J. (2023). Identifying the relative importance of pandemic impacts on well-being at the child, parent, and family level in Maritime households. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 60, 00469580231184326. [PDF]

Gilham, C., Hill, T. G., Coughlan, E., Page, D., Vukosa, C., Spridgeon, A., Wilkie, P., Przewieda, K. Measurement and design in surveys of teachers’ mental health literacy: A scoping review. (2023). Healthy Populations Journal, 2(2), 98-145. [PDF]

Hadjistavropoulos, H. D., Hill, T. G., Philipp-Muller, A. E., Dear, B., Titov, N. (2023). Perceptions of client stories in Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A mixed-methods evaluation. Internet Interventions, 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2023.100692 [PDF]

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