Colleen J. Howell's research while affiliated with San Francisco State University and other places

... Cultural differences in adolescents' life satisfaction have also been documented in literature (e.g., Park and Huebner 2005). For instance, Malaysians have been found to have relatively lower life satisfaction levels as compared to people in Western countries (Howell et al. 2012). More importantly, the low levels of life satisfaction among adolescents is often linked to negative physical attributes (Tamini and Kahrazei 2010), anxiety (Guney et al. 2010;Tamini and Kahrazei 2010), social dysfunction (Tamini and Kahrazei 2010), depression (Guney et al. 2010;Moksnes et al. 2014;Proctor et al. 2010;Tamini and Kahrazei 2010;), social stress (Proctor et al. 2010) and risk or problematic behaviors (Cenkseven Onder and Yilmaz 2012;Lewis 2010;MacDonald et al. 2005;Sun and Shek 2010;Zerihun et al. 2014). ...

... Nevertheless, buying and owning any commercial products involve the possession and consumption of materials and resources. Research has found that even just living in wealthy neighbourhoods generates cravings for material consumption (Zhang et al., 2016), indicating that materialist or consumerist reminders exist in the social surroundings; for example, the prevailing commercial campaign of luxury products can easily trigger material desires. ...

... Productivity -This economic evaluation index is directly linked to soil composition, nutrient, clay content and the chemical properties (Howell et al., 2005). In Malaysia, productivity is usually estimated on the basis of how much yield (kg/ha/year) is obtainable from a parcel of land. ...

... Satisfying people's needs and motivation to engage through eSports or performing certain activities replies on the concoction of internal, external, and contextual aspects (Fraguela-Vale et al., 2020;Stover et al., 2017). When people's needs for autonomy, relatedness/connection, and competence are achieved, they may experience subjective well-being (Demir & Özdemir, 2010;Howell et al., 2011). Deci and Ryan (2000) indicate that a person's experience of need satisfaction through any activity (e.g., eSport) can enhance or reduce the person's wellbeing. ...

... The commitment, however, has not been adequately reflected with the scant involvement of forest-dependent communities in Malaysia's forest management, especially when compared with other countries in the surrounding region and considering the number of forest-dependent communities in Malaysia (Diansyah et al., 2021;Abas et al., 2022). Moreover, the indigenous people of the Malaysian Peninsular, the Orang Asli, who are notably close to the forest both in terms of culture and physical proximity, appear to be overlooked in forest management despite ample evidence pointing out their significant forest-related knowledge and continued dependence on the forest (Howell et al., 2010;Azliza et al., 2012;Ong et al., 2012a,b;Kardooni et al., 2014;Keat et al., 2018;Jamian and Mohd Ghazali, 2021). ...

... Aguado et al. (2018) found that income had no effect on the subjective well-being of indigenous communities in Ecuador, and the same result was also found in a study of indigenous communities in Bolivia (Francisco et al., 2015). However, a positive relationship between economic indicators and subjective well-being was found in a study of indigenous farmer communities in Malaysia (Howell et al., 2006). In addition, Easterlin (2015) found that long-term trends in happiness and income are not related but that short-term fluctuations in happiness and income are positively associated. ...

... This may be attributed to the long distance traveled in the horizontal wetland. Colleen et al. [29] attributed the removal of nitrogenous compounds to the ammonification (mineralization), nitrification, and denitrification, which are modeled as first-order or Monod-type reactions. 97.5 a All the units are mg/L except turbidity in NTU and fecal coliform in MPN/100 mL Note: %R -percentage of removal, HF -horizontal flow wetlands, VF -vertical flow wetland, overall %R -overall percentage of removal, N -number of samples, TDS -total dissolved solids, TSS -total suspended solids, BOD -biological oxygen demands, COD -chemical oxygen demand, TKN -total Kjeldahl nitrogen, TP -total phosphates, and NH 3 -ammonia. ...

... Public transport users and suburban residents have been found to have lower travel satisfaction (De Vos et al., 2016;De Vos, 2018). Travel satisfaction is further linked to satisfaction with life domains, and therefore could affect overall well-being (Bowling et al., 2011;Clark et al., 2020;Diener, 2009;Howell and Howell, 2008;Kuykendall et al., 2015;Wiese et al., 2017). For instance, commuting satisfaction might influence satisfaction with employment or free time, which might in turn influence overall happiness. ...