{"doi":"10.31234/osf.io/9jk2x_v3","title":"The nature of the relation between mental wellbeing and illbeing","abstract":"Research on mental health has traditionally separated the study of illbeing—including clinically defined mental and behavioural disorders and subthreshold problems—from the study of wellbeing—which encompasses factors such as life satisfaction and positive affect. While previous reviews of studies primarily employing self-report scales indicate that illbeing and wellbeing are distinct yet interconnected constructs, a deeper examination of their relationship is lacking. In this Perspective, we synthesize genetic, biological, developmental, psychosocial, societal, cultural, and clinical research on illbeing and wellbeing. Our review reveals substantial genetic overlap and similar biological underpinnings for illbeing and wellbeing. In contrast, environmental factors and societal changes often exert divergent influences. We propose a differentiated multidisciplinary framework in which the shared and unique determinants, predictors, mechanisms, and consequences of mental illbeing and wellbeing vary across levels of analysis, offering a more nuanced understanding of the interconnections.","journal":null,"year":2025,"id":569088,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9482,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":675311,"name":"Mona Bekkhus","orcid":"0000-0002-4447-8909","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389772,"name":"Maja Eilertsen","orcid":"0009-0003-2416-5969","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389773,"name":"Ragnhild Bang Nes","orcid":"0000-0001-7828-7863","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389774,"name":"Monica Beer Prydz","orcid":"0009-0006-8949-2479","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":335152,"name":"Eivind Ystrøm","orcid":"0000-0003-4390-6171","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":988414,"name":"Eira Ranheim Aksnes","orcid":"0009-0008-9259-0939","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390191,"name":"Synøve N. Andersen","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":663586,"name":"Helga Ask","orcid":"0000-0003-0149-5319","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":774114,"name":"Ziada Ayorech","orcid":"0000-0002-8372-421X","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":983579,"name":"Tina Baier","orcid":"0000-0001-8137-7800","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":351022,"name":"Dani Beck","orcid":"0000-0002-0974-9304","position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389775,"name":"Eirik Jerven Berger","orcid":"0000-0001-6279-2099","position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389776,"name":"Ludvig Daae Bjørndal","orcid":"0000-0001-9773-8287","position":13,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389777,"name":"Olga D. Boer","orcid":"0000-0002-0684-1121","position":14,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":628792,"name":"Marieke Bos","orcid":"0000-0003-1632-9217","position":15,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":109915,"name":"Avshalom Caspi","orcid":"0000-0003-0082-4600","position":16,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":486143,"name":"Rosa Cheesman","orcid":"0000-0002-6543-0402","position":17,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390192,"name":"Razieh Chegeni","orcid":null,"position":18,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389778,"name":"Laura Cortés‐García","orcid":"0000-0001-7176-1171","position":19,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":551604,"name":"Perline Demange","orcid":"0000-0002-7061-8354","position":20,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1330048,"name":"Joakim Coleman Ebeltoft","orcid":"0009-0003-4821-0533","position":21,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389779,"name":"Maud Edvoll","orcid":"0000-0003-3906-9366","position":22,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389780,"name":"Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal","orcid":"0009-0006-1328-9861","position":23,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":554144,"name":"Espen Moen Eilertsen","orcid":"0000-0003-3444-4251","position":24,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":364883,"name":"Yuan Fang","orcid":"0000-0002-9472-2703","position":25,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":628791,"name":"Lia Ferschmann","orcid":"0000-0002-4331-657X","position":26,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389781,"name":"Sam Fluit","orcid":"0000-0002-0102-5096","position":27,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389782,"name":"Siri Hausland Folstad","orcid":"0000-0001-8008-5961","position":28,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":957038,"name":"Eivor Fredriksen","orcid":"0000-0002-3442-4480","position":29,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389783,"name":"Liridona Gashi","orcid":"0000-0003-2446-0805","position":30,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":663585,"name":"Kristin Gustavson","orcid":"0000-0002-3047-3234","position":31,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389784,"name":"Thomas Hansen","orcid":"0000-0001-7529-9252","position":32,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390193,"name":"Live Skow Hofgaard","orcid":null,"position":33,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":988415,"name":"Valerie Karl","orcid":"0000-0002-3036-8880","position":34,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389785,"name":"Michal Kozák","orcid":"0000-0002-5799-9922","position":35,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389786,"name":"Kristian G. Krogshus","orcid":"0009-0000-4372-0778","position":36,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389787,"name":"Jinrui Liu","orcid":"0009-0005-8733-1826","position":37,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":642956,"name":"Torkild Hovde Lyngstad","orcid":"0000-0001-7830-9305","position":38,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":668921,"name":"Niamh MacSweeney","orcid":"0000-0002-3674-4410","position":39,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":230726,"name":"Hermine H. Maes","orcid":"0000-0001-7489-2214","position":40,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389788,"name":"Lilian Mayerhofer","orcid":"0009-0000-8253-8530","position":41,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":701812,"name":"Tom A. McAdams","orcid":"0000-0002-6825-3499","position":42,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":68426,"name":"Terrie E. Moffitt","orcid":"0000-0002-8589-6760","position":43,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390194,"name":"Nasimeh Naseri","orcid":null,"position":44,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":264623,"name":"Thomas Sevenius Nilsen","orcid":"0000-0002-8127-8965","position":45,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":445321,"name":"Linn B. Norbom","orcid":"0000-0001-7489-2724","position":46,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389789,"name":"Egil Nygaard","orcid":"0000-0002-8865-4265","position":47,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389790,"name":"Aurora Oftedal","orcid":"0000-0003-1598-8771","position":48,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389791,"name":"Willy Pedersen","orcid":"0000-0003-4802-950X","position":49,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1329660,"name":"Qin Qi","orcid":"0000-0002-6148-2416","position":50,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":475053,"name":"Rubén Rodríguez‐Cano","orcid":"0000-0001-6934-2939","position":51,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":23279,"name":"Vegard Skirbekk","orcid":"0000-0002-1647-3246","position":52,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1091685,"name":"Dinka Smajlagić","orcid":"0000-0003-1627-7293","position":53,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390196,"name":"Ole Martin Solberg","orcid":null,"position":54,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1190540,"name":"Anneli D. Tandberg","orcid":"0009-0009-2934-8661","position":55,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1390197,"name":"Irene Johanna Elisabeth Teulings","orcid":null,"position":56,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":451176,"name":"Fartein Ask Torvik","orcid":"0000-0003-3984-5978","position":57,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":927890,"name":"Stella Tsotsi","orcid":"0000-0002-2010-0709","position":58,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389792,"name":"Vidar Sandsaunet Ulset","orcid":"0000-0002-7160-1298","position":59,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1389793,"name":"Emily Gabriela Vira","orcid":"0000-0002-2401-797X","position":60,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":887987,"name":"Espen Røysamb","orcid":"0000-0001-5133-7170","position":61,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":596084,"name":"Tilmann von Soest","orcid":"0000-0002-5576-2059","position":62,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":297649,"name":"Christian K. Tamnes","orcid":"0000-0002-9191-6764","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:56:59.652443Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}