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

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

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

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

Kuba Krys, Joonha Park, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Heyla A. Selim, Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, Brian W. Haas, Yukiko Uchida, Claudio Torres, Colin A. Capaldi, …

Journal of happiness studies, Vol.22(5), pp.2197-2214

01/06/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y

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Psychology

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Social Sciences

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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

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.

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Title: Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries
Creators - without role: Kuba Krys - Institute of Psychology
Joonha Park - Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Agata Kocimska-Zych - University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Aleksandra Kosiarczyk - University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Heyla A. Selim - King Saud University
Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek - SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Brian W. Haas - University of Georgia
Yukiko Uchida - Kyoto University
Claudio Torres - Universidade de Brasília
Colin A. Capaldi - Carleton University
Michael Harris Bond - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
John M. Zelenski - Carleton University
Vivian Miu-Chi Lun - Lingnan University
Fridanna Maricchiolo - Roma Tre University
Christin-Melanie Vauclair - Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Iva Polackova Solcova - Czech Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Prague, Czech Republic
David Sirlopu - Universidad del Desarrollo
Cai Xing - Renmin University of China
Vivian L. Vignoles - University of Sussex
Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg - University of Essex
Julien Teyssier - Université de Toulouse
Chien-Ru Sun - National Chengchi University
Stanislava Stoyanova - South-West University "Neofit Rilski"
Ursula Serdarevich - Universidad Nacional de La Matanza
Beate Schwarz - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Ruta Sargautyte - Vilnius University
Espen Roysamb - University of Oslo
Vladyslav Romashov - Institute of Psychology
Muhammad Rizwan - Delve Pvt Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan
Zoran Pavlovic - University of Belgrade
Vassilis Pavlopoulos - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Yvette van Osch - Tilburg University
Ayu Okvitawanli - Universitas Ngurah Rai
Azar Nadi - Institute of Psychology
Martin Nader - Icesi University
Mustaffa Nur Fariza - Int Islamic Univ Malaysia, Dept Business Adm, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oriana Mosca - University of Cagliari
Tamara Mohoric - University of Rijeka
Pablo Eduardo Barrientos - Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Arina Malyonova - Omsk State University
Xinhui Liu - Renmin University of China
J. Hannah Lee - Indiana University Northwest
Anna Kwiatkowska - Institute of Psychology
Nicole Kronberger - Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Lucie Kluzova Kracmarova - Palacky Univ, Sts Cyril & Methodius Fac Theol, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Natalia Kascakova - Palacký University Olomouc
Idil Isik - Istanbul Bilgi University
Eric R. Igou - University of Limerick
David O. Igbokwe - Baze University
Diana Hanke-Boer - University of Koblenz and Landau
Alin Gavreliuc - West University of Timişoara
Ragna B. Gardarsdottir - University of Iceland
Marta Fulop - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology
Vladimer Gamsakhurdia - Tbilisi State University
Carla Sofia Esteves - Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Alejandra Dominguez-Espinosa - Iberoamerican University
Patrick Denoux - University of Essex
Salome Charkviani - University of Oslo
Arno Baltin - Tallinn University
Arevalo D. M. Mira - HULAB, San Salvador, El Salvador
Lily Appoh - Nord University
Isabelle Albert - University of Luxembourg
Charity S. Akotia - University of Ghana
Mladen Adamovic - Monash University
Publication Details: Journal of happiness studies, Vol.22(5), pp.2197-2214
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 18
Grant note: 2016/23/D/HS6/02946 / Polish National Science Centre P17806; 17F17806 / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) PQ301298/2018-1 / Brazilian National Council for Research-CNPq; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) K-111 789 / Hungarian OTKA; Orszagos Tudomanyos Kutatasi Alapprogramok (OTKA) YS 17-43 / Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia Department of educational studies, University of Roma Tre 20-08583S / Czech Science Foundation; Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 71873133 / National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Identifiers: 9947867708331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article