Table 1 Definitions of the self-reported human well-being domains

From: Human well-being responses to species’ traits

Well-being type

Definition

Physical

The physical body and how one feels physically

Emotional

Positive and negative emotion and mood

Cognitive

A person’s state of mind

Social

How one perceives their connection with others

Spiritual

Relationship with one’s self or something greater than one’s self

Global

Unspecified sense of overall health/well-being (or lack thereof)

  1. The five domains (physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual) originate from the biopsychosocial–spiritual model of health18. We also identified ‘global’ well-being, akin to the concept of whole-person health from integrative medicine35,36, which recognizes a sense of overall health/well-being (or lack thereof).
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