Volume 8, Article 1
Editorial – Resilience, mental health and wellbeing research
Stephen Palmer and Siobhain O’Riordan
Citation: Palmer, S., & O’Riordan, S. (2024). Editorial: Resilience, mental health and wellbeing research. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 8, 1, 1-3. https://www.stressprevention.net/volume/volume-8-2024/volume-8-article-1-editorial
Processing dates: Submitted: 11th March 2024; Accepted: 11th March 2024; Published: 11th March 2024
EDITORIAL
Editorial – Resilience, mental health and wellbeing research
Stephen Palmer 1, 2, 3 and Siobhain O’Riordan1, 2, 3
We are pleased to introduce the 8th Volume of the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing (IJSPW). We welcome papers examining the theory, research and practice of stress, stress prevention, stress management and wellbeing in this peer reviewed journal.
Volume 7
In Volume 7 we published articles on a range of topics including The Life Tasks Test: Psychometric evaluation in clinical samples of office workers and rescue workers (Bakker et al., 2023); Evaluating the impact on Adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing: a United Kingdom inner city resilience schools programme (Redwood, Payne, & Bayes, 2023); and Employees’ Subjective Wellbeing: The Interaction effect of Thriving at Work and Workplace Support (Mayungbo & Akinola, 2023).
Invitation to submit papers
In this section, the types of papers we are keen to publish are listed.
Original research
For articles containing original research, a structured abstract of up to 250 words should be included. The main headings should be: Background/Aims/Objectives Methods/Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions
Review articles
Review articles should use these headings: Purpose, Methods, Results/Findings, Discussion and/or Conclusions.
Brief reports
Brief reports are no longer than 1500 words in length. They could be a commentary, discussion, research paper or a previously presented conference poster extended to make it suitable for publication. Research protocols can also be submitted prior to the research having been undertaken. Research papers and research protocols will be subject to a masked review.
Techniques, interventions and strategies
As an applied journal, we are interested in receiving articles about stress management and prevention techniques, interventions and strategies. Articles would normally be between 750-1500 words in length.
Position papers
Position papers focus on subjects or fields of work which, in the author’s opinion, need readdressing. A clear position with possible actions, should be made on the subject. Position papers would normally be between 1500-3500 words in length. The Editors retain discretion to publish extended papers.
Opinion papers
Opinion Papers are original reports and personal views on a given topic or field of work (focusing on the author’s views). Claims and assertions should be supported with facts, statistics, or published research studies. Opinion papers would normally be between 1500-5000 words in length. The Editors retain discretion to publish extended papers.
Conference, congress and symposium reports
Reports on conferences, congresses and symposia are important in order to keep researchers and practitioners up-to-date with events they were unable to attend. All submissions should include the event title, organising body, location, date and URL to the event website. (Full conference abstracts can only be included with written permission from the conference organisers.) It is important to receive agreement for an event submission from the editor to confirm if the event falls within the remit of this journal.
Book reviews
Book reviews should include the book title, author(s) or editor(s), publisher, date of publication, number of pages, cost. We recommend that the journal editor is initially contacted to ascertain if the book is suitable for review in this journal.
Lennart Levi, 1930–2024
Lennart Levi
Since our last editorial, very sadly, our Distinguished Consulting Editor, Emeritus Professor Lennart Levi, passed away on 18th February 2024 at the age of 93. He was a well-respected international stress prevention and wellbeing expert. In 1959 Lennart founded the Karolinska’s Department of Stress Research. He was a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Mental Health from 1973 to 1997. In 1978 he became Sweden’s first Professor of Psychosocial Medicine at the Karolinska Institute based in Stockholm. He published over 300 scientific papers including the European Commission’s Guidance on Work-Related Stress (Levi, & Levi, 2000). His awards included the prestigious Royal Swedish Medal of Merit for “pioneering achievements in the area of stress research’. He was President of the International Stress Management Association from 2001 to 2014 and became then Past President. The editors at the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing really appreciated his advice and guidance since the launch of the journal. He was a warm and supportive colleague who will be missed by us. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
International Stress Management AssociationUK
Our thanks to the International Stress Management AssociationUK as the lead professional body sponsor of the journal. This is the ISMAUK 50th Anniversary Year and there will be many activities going on to commemorate this milestone. The ISMA theme for 2024 will be Campaigning to reduce stress and improve wellbeing. This theme will also be reflected during International Stress Awareness Week 4th – 8th November 2024.
Finally
We would like to thank all the contributors for their submissions, the reviewers and the journal editorial team, many of whom give of their time freely to support the publication process. If you are interested in submitting your work to the IJSPW, further information can be found on the journal website.
References
Bakker, H. M. B., van Veldhoven, M. J. P. M., Palte, V. A. J., Gänzler, B. H., & Mangroelal, R. (2023). The Life Tasks Test: Psychometric evaluation in clinical samples of office workers and rescue workers. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 7, 2, 1-16. https://www.stressprevention.net/volume/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-2/
Levi, L., & Levi, I. (2000). Guidance on work-related stress: Spice of life or kiss of death?. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Mayungbo, O. A., & Akinola, O. (2023). Employees’ Subjective Wellbeing: The Interaction effect of Thriving at Work and Workplace Support. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 7, 4, 1-13. https://www.stressprevention.net/volume/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-4
Redwood, T., Payne, K-L., & Bayes, N. (2023). Evaluating the impact on Adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing: a United Kingdom inner city resilience schools programme. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 7, 3, 1-13. https://www.stressprevention.net/volume/volume-7-2023/volume-7-article-3
Weblink for journal submission information: https://www.stressprevention.net/review-process
Corresponding author
Stephen Palmer
National Wellbeing Service Ltd
156 Westcombe Hill
London SE3 7DH
email: editor@nationalwellbeingservice.com
Affiliations
1 International Academy for Professional Development Ltd, UK
2 National Wellbeing Service, UK
3 Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
Copyright
© National Wellbeing Service Ltd
Funding
None declared.
Declaration of conflicting interests
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest in respect to their authorship or the publication of this paper.
Acknowledgments
We thank the journal sponsors for their on-going support.
Corresponding author
Stephen Palmer
National Wellbeing Service Ltd
156 Westcombe Hill
London SE3 7DH
Email: editor@nationalwellbeingservice.com
Citation
O’Riordan, S., & Palmer, S. (2024). Editorial – Resilience, mental health and wellbeing research. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, 8, 1, 1-X. https://www.stressprevention.net/volume/volume-8-2024/volume-8-article-1-editorial
Biographies
Professor Stephen Palmer PhD FISMA is Professor of Practice at the Institute of Management and Health, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University. He is the Honorary President the International Society for Coaching Psychology, Vice President of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, Fellow and Past President of the International Stress Management Association. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management and National Academy of Relaxation. He has written/edited 60 books and has published over 300 articles and chapters.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-6999
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD FISMA is a chartered psychologist and chartered scientist. She is a Fellow and Chair of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) and a member of the International Research Centre Development Team of the ISCP. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-2939