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Krys K, Kostoula O, van Tilburg WAP, Mosca O, Lee JH, Maricchiolo F, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Bortnowska A, Torres C, Hitokoto H, Liew K, Bond MH, Lun VMC, Vignoles VL, Zelenski JM, Haas BW, Park J, Vauclair CM, Kwiatkowska A, Roczniewska M, Witoszek N, Işık İ, Kosakowska-Berezecka N, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Yeung JC, Górski M, Adamovic M, Albert I, Pavlopoulos V, Fülöp M, Sirlopu D, Okvitawanli A, Boer D, Teyssier J, Malyonova A, Gavreliuc A, Serdarevich U, Akotia CS, Appoh L, Mira DMA, Baltin A, Denoux P, Esteves CS, Gamsakhurdia V, Garðarsdóttir RB, Igbokwe DO, Igou ER, Kascakova N, Klůzová Kracˇmárová L, Kronberger N, Barrientos PE, Mohoricć T, Murdock E, Mustaffa NF, Nader M, Nadi A, van Osch Y, Pavlović Z, Polácˇková Šolcová I, Rizwan M, Romashov V, Røysamb E, Sargautyte R, Schwarz B, Selecká L, Selim HA, Stogianni M, Sun CR, Wojtczuk-Turek A, Xing C, Uchida Y. Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspect Psychol Sci 2024:17456916231208367. [PMID: 38350096 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231208367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
Abstract
Psychological science tends to treat subjective well-being and happiness synonymously. We start from the assumption that subjective well-being is more than being happy to ask the fundamental question: What is the ideal level of happiness? From a cross-cultural perspective, we propose that the idealization of attaining maximum levels of happiness may be especially characteristic of Western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies but less so for others. Searching for an explanation for why "happiness maximization" might have emerged in these societies, we turn to studies linking cultures to their eco-environmental habitat. We discuss the premise that WEIRD cultures emerged in an exceptionally benign ecological habitat (i.e., faced relatively light existential pressures compared with other regions). We review the influence of the Gulf Stream on the Northwestern European climate as a source of these comparatively benign geographical conditions. We propose that the ecological conditions in which WEIRD societies emerged afforded them a basis to endorse happiness as a value and to idealize attaining its maximum level. To provide a nomological network for happiness maximization, we also studied some of its potential side effects, namely alcohol and drug consumption and abuse and the prevalence of mania. To evaluate our hypothesis, we reanalyze data from two large-scale studies on ideal levels of personal life satisfaction-the most common operationalization of happiness in psychology-involving respondents from 61 countries. We conclude that societies whose members seek to maximize happiness tend to be characterized as WEIRD, and generalizing this across societies can prove problematic if adopted at the ideological and policy level.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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- Department of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy, University of Cagliari
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Northwest
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
- School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School
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- Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte), Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
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- SWPS University
- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet
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- Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
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- Psychology Department, Bahçeşehir University
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church
- Research Centre of Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Psychology and Humanities, Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II
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- Department of General and Social Psychology, Dostoevsky Omsk State University
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana
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- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University
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- School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick
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- Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University
- Psychiatric Clinic Pro Mente Sana, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg
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- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia
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- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China
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- Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University
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Krys K, Chun Yeung J, Haas BW, van Osch Y, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Zych A, Torres C, Selim HA, Zelenski JM, Bond MH, Park J, Lun VMC, Maricchiolo F, Vauclair CM, Poláčková Šolcová I, Sirlopú D, Xing C, Vignoles VL, van Tilburg WAP, Teyssier J, Sun CR, Serdarevich U, Schwarz B, Sargautyte R, Røysamb E, Romashov V, Rizwan M, Pavlović Z, Pavlopoulos V, Okvitawanli A, Nadi A, Nader M, Mustaffa NF, Murdock E, Mosca O, Mohorić T, Barrientos Marroquin PE, Malyonova A, Liu X, Lee JH, Kwiatkowska A, Kronberger N, Klůzová Kráčmarová L, Kascakova N, Işık İ, Igou ER, Igbokwe DO, Hanke-Boer D, Gavreliuc A, Garðarsdóttir RB, Fülöp M, Gamsakhurdia V, Esteves CS, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Denoux P, Charkviani S, Baltin A, Arevalo D, Appoh L, Akotia C, Adamovic M, Uchida Y. Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/00220221221134711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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People care about their own well-being and about the well-being of their families. It is currently, however, unknown how much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being. 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, range −.02 to.48), but present in 98% of the studied countries, with statistical significance in 73% to 75%, and variance across countries <2%. 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.
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Krys K, Capaldi CA, Uchida Y, Cantarero K, Torres C, Işık İ, Yeung VWL, Haas BW, Teyssier J, Andrade L, Denoux P, Igbokwe DO, Kocimska‐Zych A, Villeneuve L, Zelenski JM. Preference for modernization is universal, but expected modernization trajectories are culturally diversified: A
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study of folk theories of societal development. Asian J of Social Psycho 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Institute of Psychology University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil
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- Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Turkey
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- Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA
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- Département Psychologie Clinique du Sujet Université Toulouse II Toulouse France
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- Institute of Psychology University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil
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- Département Psychologie Clinique du Sujet Université Toulouse II Toulouse France
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- Psychology Department, Baze University Abuja Federal Capital Territory Nigeria
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- Département Psychologie Clinique du Sujet Université Toulouse II Toulouse France
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- Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Krys K, Yeung JC, Capaldi CA, Lun VMC, Torres C, van Tilburg WAP, Bond MH, Zelenski JM, Haas BW, Park J, Maricchiolo F, Vauclair CM, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Zych A, Kwiatkowska A, Adamovic M, Pavlopoulos V, Fülöp M, Sirlopu D, Okvitawanli A, Boer D, Teyssier J, Malyonova A, Gavreliuc A, Uchida Y, Serdarevich U, Akotia C, Appoh L, Mira, D.M. A, Baltin A, Denoux P, Dominguez-Espinosa A, Esteves CS, Gamsakhurdia V, Garðarsdóttir RB, Igbokwe DO, Igou ER, Işık İ, Kascakova N, Klůzová Kračmárová L, Kronberger N, Lee JH, Liu X, Barrientos PE, Mohorić T, Mustaffa NF, Mosca O, Nader M, Nadi A, van Osch Y, Pavlović Z, Poláčková Šolcová I, Rizwan M, Romashov V, Røysamb E, Sargautyte R, Schwarz B, Selecká L, Selim HA, Stogianni M, Sun CR, Xing C, Vignoles VL. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study. The Journal of Positive Psychology 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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- Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School, Nagoya, Japan
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
- Research Centre of Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II, Toulouse, France
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- Department of General and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana, Ghana
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- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Norway
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- School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II, Toulouse, France
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
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- Organizational Psychology Master’s Program, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Psychiatric Clinic Pro Mente Sana, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Christian Education, Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Education and Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, KPK, Pakistan
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of St. Cyril and Methodius of Trnava, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Krys K, Zelenski JM, Capaldi CA, Park J, Tilburg W, Osch Y, Haas BW, Bond MH, Dominguez‐Espinoza A, Xing C, Igbokwe DO, Kwiatkowska A, Luzniak‐Piecha M, Nader M, Rizwan M, Zhu Z, Uchida Y. Putting the “We” Into Well‐being: Using Collectivism‐Themed Measures of Well‐Being Attenuates Well‐being's Association With Individualism. Asian J Soc Psychol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
- Kokoro Research Center Kyoto Univeristy Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychology King's College London London United Kingdom
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- Department of Social Psychology Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA
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- Department of Management and Marketing Faculty of Business Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology Renmin University of China Beijing China
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- Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Psychological Studies Universidad ICESI Cali Colombia
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- Department of Psychology Renmin University of China Beijing China
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Adekeye OA, Odukoya JA, Chenube O, Igbokwe DO, Igbinoba A, Olowookere EI. Subjective Experiences and Meaning Associated with Drug Use and Addiction in Nigeria: A Mixed Method Approach. Glob J Health Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v9n8p57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE: Nigeria is experiencing increased rate of drug use among young people. Studies have shown a very high rate of drug use and addiction among university undergraduates and this study was aimed at examining the experiences and meanings associated with drug abuse and addiction among university students while also identifying the causative factors of the use of psychoactive substances.METHODS: The study which is a mixed method made use of an adapted and validated version of the drug abuse screening test (DAST-10) scale to measure drug use and emotional intelligence questionnaire was used to measure an aspect of psychosocial functioning and interviews were used to explore the subjective experiences of six participants. Both the purposive and snowballing sampling techniques were employed. The quantitative data generated were coded and entered into the statistical package for social sciences and results were presented using descriptive tables.RESULTS: The results showed no significant relationship and a negative correlation between drug abuse and emotional intelligence (r = -0.229, p> 0.05). The qualitative data was transcribed and coded using thematic coding where themes are extracted from each transcript. The most commonly used substances were codeine (85%), alcohol (75%), cannabis (70%), tramadol (65%), rohypnol (65%), and tobacco (50%). Qualitative data shows that the participants exercised some sort of willpower over the use of psychoactive substances and the major reason for use was to seek a new experience.CONCLUSION: This study brought to the fore the evidence that personal meanings and experiences come into play in taking decisions on drinking or substance use and this should be considered when interventions are planned.
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Krys K, Capaldi CA, van Tilburg W, Lipp OV, Bond MH, Vauclair CM, Manickam LSS, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Torres C, Lun VMC, Teyssier J, Miles LK, Hansen K, Park J, Wagner W, Yu AA, Xing C, Wise R, Sun CR, Siddiqui RS, Salem R, Rizwan M, Pavlopoulos V, Nader M, Maricchiolo F, Malbran M, Javangwe G, Işık İ, Igbokwe DO, Hur T, Hassan A, Gonzalez A, Fülöp M, Denoux P, Cenko E, Chkhaidze A, Shmeleva E, Antalíková R, Ahmed RA. Catching up with wonderful women: The women-are-wonderful effect is smaller in more gender egalitarian societies. Int J Psychol 2017; 53 Suppl 1:21-26. [PMID: 28295294 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Inequalities between men and women are common and well-documented. Objective indexes show that men are better positioned than women in societal hierarchies-there is no single country in the world without a gender gap. In contrast, researchers have found that the women-are-wonderful effect-that women are evaluated more positively than men overall-is also common. Cross-cultural studies on gender equality reveal that the more gender egalitarian the society is, the less prevalent explicit gender stereotypes are. Yet, because self-reported gender stereotypes may differ from implicit attitudes towards each gender, we reanalysed data collected across 44 cultures, and (a) confirmed that societal gender egalitarianism reduces the women-are-wonderful effect when it is measured more implicitly (i.e. rating the personality of men and women presented in images) and (b) documented that the social perception of men benefits more from gender egalitarianism than that of women.
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- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Cis-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Applied Psychological Studies, JSS University, Kerala, India
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- Département Clinique du Sujet, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
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- School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Management, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Nisshin, Japan
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- Department of Social and Economic Psychology, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China
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- Department of Psychology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
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- Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI, Colombia
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- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Psychology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- College of Leadership Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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- Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary and Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
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- Département Clinique du Sujet, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
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- Social Sciences Research Center, University of New York Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Agricultural University of Georgia, Georgia
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- Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark
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Krys K, -Melanie Vauclair C, Capaldi CA, Lun VMC, Bond MH, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Torres C, Lipp OV, Manickam LSS, Xing C, Antalíková R, Pavlopoulos V, Teyssier J, Hur T, Hansen K, Szarota P, Ahmed RA, Burtceva E, Chkhaidze A, Cenko E, Denoux P, Fülöp M, Hassan A, Igbokwe DO, Işık İ, Javangwe G, Malbran M, Maricchiolo F, Mikarsa H, Miles LK, Nader M, Park J, Rizwan M, Salem R, Schwarz B, Shah I, Sun CR, van Tilburg W, Wagner W, Wise R, Yu AA. Be Careful Where You Smile: Culture Shapes Judgments of Intelligence and Honesty of Smiling Individuals. J Nonverbal Behav 2015; 40:101-116. [PMID: 27194817 PMCID: PMC4840223 DOI: 10.1007/s10919-015-0226-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Smiling individuals are usually perceived more favorably than non-smiling ones—they are judged as happier, more attractive, competent, and friendly. These seemingly clear and obvious consequences of smiling are assumed to be culturally universal, however most of the psychological research is carried out in WEIRD societies (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) and the influence of culture on social perception of nonverbal behavior is still understudied. Here we show that a smiling individual may be judged as less intelligent than the same non-smiling individual in cultures low on the GLOBE’s uncertainty avoidance dimension. Furthermore, we show that corruption at the societal level may undermine the prosocial perception of smiling—in societies with high corruption indicators, trust toward smiling individuals is reduced. This research fosters understanding of the cultural framework surrounding nonverbal communication processes and reveals that in some cultures smiling may lead to negative attributions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jaracza 1, 00-378 Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - Colin A Capaldi
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
| | - Vivian Miu-Chi Lun
- Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - Michael Harris Bond
- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | | | - Claudio Torres
- Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
| | - Ottmar V Lipp
- School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
| | | | - Cai Xing
- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
| | - Radka Antalíková
- Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
| | | | - Julien Teyssier
- Département Clinique du Sujet, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
| | - Taekyun Hur
- Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | | | - Piotr Szarota
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jaracza 1, 00-378 Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - Eleonora Burtceva
- Faculty of Sociology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - Ana Chkhaidze
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
| | - Enila Cenko
- University of New York Tirana, Tirana, Albania
| | - Patrick Denoux
- Département Clinique du Sujet, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
| | - Márta Fülöp
- Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Arif Hassan
- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - David O Igbokwe
- College of Leadership Development Studies, Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State Nigeria
| | - İdil Işık
- Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | | | - María Malbran
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
| | | | - Hera Mikarsa
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
| | - Lynden K Miles
- School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
| | - Martin Nader
- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
| | - Joonha Park
- Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Muhammad Rizwan
- Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
| | - Radwa Salem
- Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York City, NY USA
| | - Beate Schwarz
- Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Irfana Shah
- Department of Psychology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
| | - Chien-Ru Sun
- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China
| | | | - Wolfgang Wagner
- Department of Social and Economic Psychology, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
| | - Ryan Wise
- Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Angela Arriola Yu
- Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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