Psychological Well-Being from the Perspective of Sustainable Development: Second Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mental health; psychological assessment; personality assessment; psychological testing
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Interests: identity in adolescence and emerging adult; coping; environmental psychology and sustainable tourism
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Interests: mental health; psychological assessment; personality assessment; psychological testing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Second Edition of the Special Issue titled “Psychological Well-Being from the Perspective of Sustainable Development”, to be published in the open-access journal Sustainability. In recent years, there has been increasing recognition that mental health and psychological well-being are not only outcomes of sustainable development but also key enablers of environmentally and socially responsible behavior. The global challenges we face—climate change, social inequality, economic instability—require psychologically resilient and engaged individuals. This research area is gaining momentum across disciplines, calling for new frameworks and rigorous methodologies that explore how psychological dimensions contribute to sustainable lifestyles and communities.
This Special Issue aims to explore psychological well-being within the broader framework of sustainable development, with a particular focus on psychometric approaches. It is aligned with the aims and scope of Sustainability, which promotes interdisciplinary research connecting human wellbeing, social justice, and ecological responsibility. We seek to highlight how psychological factors can serve both as drivers and outcomes of sustainability. A central objective is to collect contributions that use or develop validated tools to assess sustainability-related psychological constructs, offering methodological and applied insights.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and review papers are welcome. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies, empirical research using validated scales, and theoretical contributions linking well-being to sustainability science.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Development and validation of psychometric tools to assess sustainable well-being;
- Studies on eco-anxiety, sustainable happiness, environmental engagement, and sense of community;
- Mental health and pro-environmental behavior;
- Psychological resources in climate adaptation and environmental activism;
- Educational and community interventions promoting psychological well-being and sustainability;
- Cross-cultural comparisons of psychological well-being in sustainable contexts;
- Methodological innovations in assessing psychological indicators of sustainability;
- Policy implications of psychological research in sustainability.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Maria Rita Sergi
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Fermani
Dr. Marco Tommasi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- psychological well-being
- sustainability
- psychometrics
- environmental engagement
- sustainable development
- eco-anxiety
- community connectedness
- positive psychology
- cross-cultural research
- measurement tools
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