Researchers: Yonat Rein-Sapir, Deborah Shmueli, Eran Feitelson, Eli Salzberger, Pnina Plaut, Danielle Zaychik,  Alex Altshuler and Michal Ben-Gal

This study examines the various implications of the events of October 7 and the war that followed on various aspects of the lives of residents in Israel and their resilience, while using the concept of "well-being" as a tool to examine the quality of life of the population - both in the personal and social aspects. The conceptualization of well-being in the study is based on previous research[1], that studied the implications of COVID-19 on well-being. It included several aspects, corresponding to the components of the OECD's well-being indicators, including: physical and mental health, civic engagement, economic status, social connections, personal security, work-life balance, and subjective well-being, assessed by questions based on the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).

[1] Feitelson, E.et al. (2022). The effects of COVID-19 on wellbeing: Evidence from Israel. Sustainability, 14(7), 3750.