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1. Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal

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Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Uskul, Ayse K., Rodríguez-Bailón, Rosa, Willis, Guillermo B., Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Adamovic, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Baltin, Arno, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Bond, Michael Harris, Denoux, Patrick, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Haas, Brian W., Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Park, Joonha, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Igou, Eric R., Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Sirlopú, David, Stogianni, Maria, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Xing, Cai, Zelenski, John M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Uskul, Ayse K., Rodríguez-Bailón, Rosa, Willis, Guillermo B., Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Adamovic, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Baltin, Arno, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Bond, Michael Harris, Denoux, Patrick, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Haas, Brian W., Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Park, Joonha, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Igou, Eric R., Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Sirlopú, David, Stogianni, Maria, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Xing, Cai, and Zelenski, John M.

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Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals’ self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 264) and an experimental study (Study 2: N = 532) provided converging evidence linking perceived economic inequality with two forms of independent (vs. interdependent) self-construal: Difference from Others and SelfReliance. In Study 3 (N = 12,634) societal differences in objective economic inequality across 48 nations predicted feelings of Difference from Others, but not Self-Reliance. Importantly, we found no significant associations of economic inequality with the other six dimensions of self-construal. Our findings help extend previous results linking economic inequality to forms of “social distance.”

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2023

2. Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage

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Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Vignoles, Vivian L., Bond, Michael Harris, Adamovic, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Baltin, Arno, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Haas, Brian W., Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Krys, Kuba, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Park, Joonha, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Igou, Eric R., Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Sirlopu, David, Stogianni, Maria, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Xing, Cai, Zelenski, John M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel, Vignoles, Vivian L., Bond, Michael Harris, Adamovic, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Baltin, Arno, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Haas, Brian W., Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Krys, Kuba, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Park, Joonha, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Igou, Eric R., Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Sirlopu, David, Stogianni, Maria, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Xing, Cai, and Zelenski, John M.

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We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in richer countries. Connectedness to others (vs. self-containment) predicted PLS more strongly in Protestant-heritage countries. Selfexpression (vs. harmony) predicted PLS more weakly (and nonsignificantly) in Muslim-heritage countries. In contrast, previously reported associations of self-direction (vs. reception-to-influence), consistency (vs. variability), and decontextualized (vs. contextualized) self-understanding with personal life satisfaction were not significantly moderated by these aspects of societal context. These results show the importance of considering the impact of national religious and economic context

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2023

3. Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family versus Personal Happiness across 49 Different Cultures

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Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Haas, Brian W., van Osch, Yvette, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Torres, Claudio, Selim, Heyla A., Zelenski, John M., Bond, Michael Harris, Park, Joonha, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Diaz, David Ricardo Sirlopu, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Murdock, Elke, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Douglas, Appoh, Lily, Akotia, Charity, Adamovic, Mladen, Uchida, Yukiko, Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Haas, Brian W., van Osch, Yvette, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Torres, Claudio, Selim, Heyla A., Zelenski, John M., Bond, Michael Harris, Park, Joonha, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Diaz, David Ricardo Sirlopu, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Murdock, Elke, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kračmárová, Lucie Klůzová, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Douglas, Appoh, Lily, Akotia, Charity, Adamovic, Mladen, and Uchida, Yukiko

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People care about their own well-being, but also about the well-being of their families. It is currently however unknown how much people tend to value their own and their family’s wellbeing. A recent study documented that people value family happiness over personal happiness across four cultures. In this study, we sought to replicate this finding across a larger sample size (N = 12,819) and a greater number of countries (N = 49), We found that the strength of the idealization of family over personal happiness preference was small (average Cohen’s ds = .20 with country levels varying from -.02 to almost .48), but ubiquitous, i.e., direction presented in 98% of the studied countries, 73-75% with statistical significance and < 2% variance across countries. We also found that the size of this effect did vary somewhat across cultural contexts. In Latin American cultures highest on relational mobility, the idealization of family over personal happiness was very small (average Cohen’s ds for Latin America = .15 and .18), while in Confucian Asia cultures lowest on relational mobility, this effect was closer to medium (ds > .40 and .30). Importantly, we did not find strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that associate collectivism with greater prioritization of the family versus the individual; country level individualism-collectivism was not associated with variation in the idealization of family versus individual happiness. Our findings indicate that no matter how much various populists abuse the argument of “protecting family life” to disrupt emancipation, family happiness seems to be a pan-culturally phenomenon. Family well-being is a key ingredient of social fabric across the world, and should be acknowledged by psychology and well-being researchers, and by progressive movements too.

Published
2023

4. Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well‑Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures

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Krys, Kuba, Haas, Brian W., Igou, Eric R., Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska‑Bortnowska, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Park, Joonha, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Vignoles, Vivian L., Zelenski, John M., Adamović, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Fülöp, Márta, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Boer, Diana, Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kráčmarová, Lucie Klůzová, Kosakowska‑Berezecka, Natasza, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Xing, Cai, Bond, Michael Harris, Krys, Kuba, Haas, Brian W., Igou, Eric R., Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska‑Bortnowska, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Park, Joonha, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Uchida, Yukiko, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Vignoles, Vivian L., Zelenski, John M., Adamović, Mladen, Akotia, Charity, Albert, Isabelle, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Fülöp, Márta, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Gavreliuc, Alin, Boer, Diana, Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kráčmarová, Lucie Klůzová, Kosakowska‑Berezecka, Natasza, Kostoula, Olga, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Łużniak‑Piecha, Magdalena, Malyonova, Arina, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mosca, Oriana, Murdock, Elke, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, Okvitawanli, Ayu, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Pavlović, Zoran, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selim, Heyla A., Serdarevich, Ursula, Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Teyssier, Julien, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Torres, Claudio, Xing, Cai, and Bond, Michael Harris

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How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when wellbeing is being measured according to the way people in country A think about well-being? We address this issue by proposing a new culturally sensitive method to comparing societal levels of well-being. We support our reasoning with data on life satisfaction and interdependent happiness focusing on individual and family, collected mostly from students, across forty-nine countries. We demonstrate that the relative idealization of the two types of well-being varies across cultural contexts and are associated with culturally different models of selfhood. Furthermore, we show that rankings of societal well-being based on life satisfaction tend to underestimate the contribution from interdependent happiness. We introduce a new culturally sensitive method for calculating societal well-being, and examine its construct validity by testing for associations with the experience of emotions and with individualism-collectivism. This new culturally sensitive approach represents a slight, yet important improvement in measuring well-being.

Published
2023

5. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study

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Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamović, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fulop, Marta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Isik, Idil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Roysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecka, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamović, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fulop, Marta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Isik, Idil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Roysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecka, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, and Vignoles, Vivian L.

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In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a 'double-edged sword' model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.

Published
2021

6. Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries

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Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Roysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Isik, Idil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Fulop, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity, Adamović, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Roysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Isik, Idil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Fulop, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity, and Adamović, Mladen

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Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

7. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study

Author

Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Márta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Mira, D.M., Arévalo, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Márta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Mira, D.M., Arévalo, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, and Vignoles, Vivian L.

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘doubleedged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.

Published
2021

8. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., Adamovic, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., and Adamovic, Mladen

Abstract

Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch), Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

9. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption: Evidence from fifty countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D.M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity M., Adamovic, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D.M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity M., and Adamovic, Mladen

Abstract

Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

10. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption: Evidence from fifty countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D.M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity M., Adamovic, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D.M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity M., and Adamovic, Mladen

Abstract

Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

11. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., Adamovic, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., and Adamovic, Mladen

Abstract

Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch), Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

12. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study

Author

Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Márta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Mira, D.M., Arévalo, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Márta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Mira, D.M., Arévalo, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Işık, İdil, Kascakova, Natalia, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, and Vignoles, Vivian L.

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘doubleedged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.

Published
2021

13. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study

Author

Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamović, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fulop, Marta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Isik, Idil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Roysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecka, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June Chun, Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Haas, Brian W., Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamović, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fulop, Marta, Sirlopu, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lily, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Igbokwe, David O., Igou, Eric R., Isik, Idil, Kascakova, Natalia, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, J. Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur Fariza, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Martin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Roysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecka, Lenka, Selim, Heyla A., Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, and Vignoles, Vivian L.

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a 'double-edged sword' model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.

Published
2021

14. Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Roysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Isik, Idil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Fulop, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity, Adamović, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Roysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Isik, Idil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Fulop, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity, and Adamović, Mladen

Abstract

Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

15. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption:: Evidence from fifty countries

Author

Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., Adamovic, Mladen, Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-melanie, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Sirlopú, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., Van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Røysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Işık, İdil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B., Fülöp, Márta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Domínguez-espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Mira, Arévalo D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity S., and Adamovic, Mladen

Abstract

Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.

Published
2021

16. The Estonian Mindful Attention Awareness Scale : Assessing Mindfulness Without a Distinct Linguistic Present Tense

Author

Seema, Riin, Quaglia, Jordan T., Brown, Kirk Warren, Sircova, Anna, Konstabel, Kenn, Baltin, Arno, Seema, Riin, Quaglia, Jordan T., Brown, Kirk Warren, Sircova, Anna, Konstabel, Kenn, and Baltin, Arno

Abstract

The paucity of mindfulness-based interventions and research in Estonia motivated the development of an Estonian Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). Unlike most languages, the Estonian language lacks a distinctive present tense. This provides a potential challenge for assessing mindfulness, a psychological construct characterized by present-moment awareness. We outline the process of overcoming linguistic differences during translation. The Estonian MAAS showed a single-factor structure and strong internal consistency. A cross-cultural comparison showed factorial invariance between the Estonian and the original scale. In an Estonian adult student sample, MAAS scores were invariant across genders and education levels, positively related to subjective well-being and self-esteem and inversely related to public self-consciousness and social anxiety. Item response theory analyses (IRT) revealed seven items of the Estonian version carrying most of the information load. We discuss how translating the MAAS into a unique linguistic context could inform an understanding of mindfulness itself.

Published
2015
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17. Transcendental future : is it a healthy belief or a time perspective? The Transcendental-future Time Perspective Inventory (TTPI) in Estonian

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Seema, Riin, Sircova, Anna, Baltin, Arno, Seema, Riin, Sircova, Anna, and Baltin, Arno

Abstract

This article assesses whether the second version of the Transcendental-future Time Perspective Inventory (TTPI; Zimbardo and Boyd 2008) measures a time perspective or a belief and how it is related to mental health in a highly secular country. The TTPI adapted into the Estonian language is described. Study 1 reports the results of validation performed on a large sample of adult students at different levels of education. Study 2 was carried out in a clinical sample with people turning to psychotherapy. Females scored significantly higher on TTPI than males, other demographic variables (age, level of education) were not related. TTPI scores were not related to mindfulness, self-esteem, well-being and depression. The TTPI is a reliable scale measuring belief in an afterlife, but not a time perspective. The TTPI items should ask how often people imagine themselves in a transcendental future context and if these thoughts are positive or negative.

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2014
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18. Societal Emotional Environments and Cross-Cultural Differences in Life Satisfaction: A Forty-Nine Country Study

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Polish National Science Centre under grant 2016/23/D/HS6/02946 [sponsor], Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June, Capaldi, Colin, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand, Bond, Michael, Zelenski, John, Haas, Brian, Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Marta, Sirlopu Diaz, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lilly, Arevalo, Douglas, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna, Igbokwe, David, Igou, Eric, Işık, İdil, Kaščáková, Natália, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Marin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Hayla, Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian, Polish National Science Centre under grant 2016/23/D/HS6/02946 [sponsor], Krys, Kuba, Yeung, June, Capaldi, Colin, Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Torres, Claudio, van Tilburg, Wijnand, Bond, Michael, Zelenski, John, Haas, Brian, Park, Joonha, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Melanie, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Adamovic, Mladen, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Fülöp, Marta, Sirlopu Diaz, David, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Hanke-Boer, Diana, Teyssier, Julien, Malyonova, Arina, Gavreliuc, Alin, Uchida, Yukiko, Serdarevich, Ursula, Akotia, Charity, Appoh, Lilly, Arevalo, Douglas, Baltin, Arno, Denoux, Patrick, Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Gardarsdottir, Ragna, Igbokwe, David, Igou, Eric, Işık, İdil, Kaščáková, Natália, Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie, Kronberger, Nicole, Lee, Hannah, Liu, Xinhui, Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo, Mohorić, Tamara, Mustaffa, Nur, Mosca, Oriana, Nader, Marin, Nadi, Azar, van Osch, Yvette, Pavlović, Zoran, Poláčková Šolcová, Iva, Rizwan, Muhammad, Romashov, Vladyslav, Røysamb, Espen, Sargautyte, Ruta, Schwarz, Beate, Selecká, Lenka, Selim, Hayla, Stogianni, Maria, Sun, Chien-Ru, Xing, Cai, and Vignoles, Vivian

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘double-edged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.

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