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

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

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

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

Kuba Krys, Brian W. Haas, Eric Raymond Igou, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska, Anna Kwiatkowska, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Joonha Park, Iva Polackova Solcova, …

Journal of happiness studies, Vol.24(2), pp.607-627

01/02/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1

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Psychology

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Social Sciences

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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being 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.

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Title: Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures
Creators - without role: Kuba Krys - Institute of Psychology
Brian W. Haas - University of Georgia
Eric Raymond Igou - University of Limerick
Aleksandra Kosiarczyk - University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska - University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Anna Kwiatkowska - Institute of Psychology
Vivian Miu-Chi Lun - Lingnan University
Fridanna Maricchiolo - Roma Tre University
Joonha Park - Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Iva Polackova Solcova - Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology
David Sirlopu - San Sebastián University
Yukiko Uchida - Institute for Advanced Study
Christin-Melanie Vauclair - Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Vivian L. Vignoles - University of Sussex
John M. Zelenski - Carleton University
Mladen Adamovic - King's College School
Charity S. Akotia - University of Ghana
Isabelle Albert - University of Luxembourg
Lily Appoh - Nord University
D. M. Arevalo Mira - HULAB, Comprometidos Desarrollo, San Salvador, El Salvador
Arno Baltin - Tallinn University
Patrick Denoux - Université de Toulouse
Alejandra Dominguez-Espinosa - Ibero American University
Carla Sofia Esteves - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Vladimer Gamsakhurdia - Tbilisi State University
Marta Fulop - Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Ragna B. Gardarsdottir - University of Iceland
Alin Gavreliuc - West University of Timişoara
Diana Boer - Koblenz University of Applied Sciences
David O. Igbokwe - Baze University
Idil Isik - Istanbul Bilgi University
Natalia Kascakova - Palacký University Olomouc
Lucie Kluzova Kracmarova - Palacký University Olomouc
Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka - Institute of Psychology
Olga Kostoula - Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Nicole Kronberger - Johannes Kepler University of Linz
J. Hannah Lee - Indiana University Northwest
Xinhui Liu - Renmin University of China
Magdalena Luzniak-Piecha - SWPS Univ Social Sci & Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
Arina Malyonova - Omsk State University
Pablo Eduardo Barrientos - Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Tamara Mohoric - University of Rijeka
Oriana Mosca - University of Cagliari
Elke Murdock - University of Luxembourg
Nur Fariza Mustaffa - International Islamic University Malaysia
Martin Nader - Icesi University
Azar Nadi - Institute of Psychology
Ayu Okvitawanli - University of Brawijaya
Yvette van Osch - Tilburg University
Vassilis Pavlopoulos - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Zoran Pavlovic - University of Belgrade
Muhammad Rizwan - University of Haripur
Vladyslav Romashov - Institute of Psychology
Espen Roysamb - University of Oslo
Ruta Sargautyte - Vilnius University
Beate Schwarz - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Heyla A. Selim - King Saud University
Ursula Serdarevich - Universidad Nacional de La Matanza
Maria Stogianni - Tilburg University
Chien-Ru Sun - National Chengchi University
Julien Teyssier - Université de Toulouse
Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg - University of Essex
Claudio Torres - Universidade de Brasília
Cai Xing - Renmin University of China
Michael Harris Bond - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Publication Details: Journal of happiness studies, Vol.24(2), pp.607-627
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 21
Grant note: LX22NPO510 / Systemic Risk Institute EU -Next Generation EU OTKA-K 135963 / Hungarian Department of Educational Studies, University of Roma Tre under biannual Grant DSF 20-08583S / Czech Science Foundation CSF 2019/34/H/HS6/00597; UMO-2016/23/D/HS6/02946 / National Science Centre (Poland); National Science Centre, Poland 301298/2018-1 / Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) NPO 71873133 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Identifiers: 9946708508331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article