Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures.
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| Title: | Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. |
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| Authors: | Krys, Kuba (AUTHOR), Haas, Brian W. (AUTHOR), Igou, Eric Raymond (AUTHOR), Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra (AUTHOR), Kocimska-Bortnowska, Agata (AUTHOR), Kwiatkowska, Anna (AUTHOR), Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi (AUTHOR), Maricchiolo, Fridanna (AUTHOR), Park, Joonha (AUTHOR), Šolcová, Iva Poláčková (AUTHOR), Sirlopú, David (AUTHOR), Uchida, Yukiko (AUTHOR), Vauclair, Christin-Melanie (AUTHOR), Vignoles, Vivian L. (AUTHOR), Zelenski, John M. (AUTHOR), Adamovic, Mladen (AUTHOR), Akotia, Charity S. (AUTHOR), Albert, Isabelle (AUTHOR), Appoh, Lily (AUTHOR), Mira, D. M. Arévalo (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Happiness Studies. Feb2023, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p607-627. 21p. 1 Chart, 2 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Life satisfaction, Well-being, Happiness, Test validity, Culture |
| Abstract: | 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 13894978 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1 |
