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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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Bossom IR, Zelenski JM. The impact of trait introversion-extraversion and identity on state authenticity: Debating the benefits of extraversion. Journal of Research in Personality 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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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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van Allen ZM, Walker DL, Streiner T, Zelenski JM. Enacted Extraversion as a Well-Being Enhancing Strategy in Everyday Life: Testing Across Three, Week-Long Interventions. Collabra: Psychology 2021. [DOI: 10.1525/collabra.29931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lab-based experiments and observational data have consistently shown that extraverted behavior is associated with elevated levels of positive affect. This association typically holds regardless of one’s dispositional level of trait extraversion, and individuals who enact extraverted behaviors in laboratory settings do not demonstrate costs associated with acting counter-dispositionally. Inspired by these findings, we sought to test the efficacy of week-long ‘enacted extraversion’ interventions. In three studies, participants engaged in fifteen minutes of assigned behaviors in their daily life for five consecutive days. Studies 1 and 2 compared the effect of adding more introverted or extraverted behavior (or a control task). Study 3 compared the effect of adding social extraverted behavior or non-social extraverted behavior (or a control task). We assessed positive affect and several indicators of well-being during pretest (day 1) and post-test (day 7), as well as ‘in-the-moment’ (days 2-6). Participants who engaged in extraverted behavior reported greater levels of positive affect ‘in-the-moment’ when compared to introverted and control behaviors. We did not observe strong evidence to suggest that this effect was more pronounced for dispositional extraverts. The current research explores the effects of extraverted behavior on other indicators of well-being and examines the effectiveness of acting extraverted (both socially and non-socially) as a well-being strategy.
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- Zack M. van Allen
- Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Wohl MJA, Tabri N, Zelenski JM. The need for open science practices and well-conducted replications in the field of gambling studies. International Gambling Studies 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2019.1672769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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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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Krys K, Capaldi CA, Zelenski JM, Park J, Nader M, Kocimska-Zych A, Kwiatkowska A, Michalski P, Uchida Y. Family well-being is valued more than personal well-being: A four-country study. Curr Psychol 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00249-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
AbstractWell-being is recognized as a fundamental human goal and a universal human aspiration. However, some cross-country studies suggest that the desirability of the most often studied concept of well-being—personal life satisfaction—varies across countries, and we know little about the desirability of other types of well-being. Extending this novel area of research, we argue that focusing on the family (as compared to the individual) as the subject of well-being may be another important distinction in how well-being is conceptualized and valued. With data collected in four countries that tend to occupy different positions in rankings of personal life satisfaction (i.e., Canada, Colombia, Japan, and Poland), we document that, irrespective of cultural context, family well-being is valued over personal well-being. These findings suggest that policy makers and scientists may need to pay more attention to family well-being than they currently do.
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Klein RA, Vianello M, Hasselman F, Adams BG, Adams RB, Alper S, Aveyard M, Axt JR, Babalola MT, Bahník Š, Batra R, Berkics M, Bernstein MJ, Berry DR, Bialobrzeska O, Binan ED, Bocian K, Brandt MJ, Busching R, Rédei AC, Cai H, Cambier F, Cantarero K, Carmichael CL, Ceric F, Chandler J, Chang JH, Chatard A, Chen EE, Cheong W, Cicero DC, Coen S, Coleman JA, Collisson B, Conway MA, Corker KS, Curran PG, Cushman F, Dagona ZK, Dalgar I, Dalla Rosa A, Davis WE, de Bruijn M, De Schutter L, Devos T, de Vries M, Doğulu C, Dozo N, Dukes KN, Dunham Y, Durrheim K, Ebersole CR, Edlund JE, Eller A, English AS, Finck C, Frankowska N, Freyre MÁ, Friedman M, Galliani EM, Gandi JC, Ghoshal T, Giessner SR, Gill T, Gnambs T, Gómez Á, González R, Graham J, Grahe JE, Grahek I, Green EGT, Hai K, Haigh M, Haines EL, Hall MP, Heffernan ME, Hicks JA, Houdek P, Huntsinger JR, Huynh HP, IJzerman H, Inbar Y, Innes-Ker ÅH, Jiménez-Leal W, John MS, Joy-Gaba JA, Kamiloğlu RG, Kappes HB, Karabati S, Karick H, Keller VN, Kende A, Kervyn N, Knežević G, Kovacs C, Krueger LE, Kurapov G, Kurtz J, Lakens D, Lazarević LB, Levitan CA, Lewis NA, Lins S, Lipsey NP, Losee JE, Maassen E, Maitner AT, Malingumu W, Mallett RK, Marotta SA, Međedović J, Mena-Pacheco F, Milfont TL, Morris WL, Murphy SC, Myachykov A, Neave N, Neijenhuijs K, Nelson AJ, Neto F, Lee Nichols A, Ocampo A, O’Donnell SL, Oikawa H, Oikawa M, Ong E, Orosz G, Osowiecka M, Packard G, Pérez-Sánchez R, Petrović B, Pilati R, Pinter B, Podesta L, Pogge G, Pollmann MMH, Rutchick AM, Saavedra P, Saeri AK, Salomon E, Schmidt K, Schönbrodt FD, Sekerdej MB, Sirlopú D, Skorinko JLM, Smith MA, Smith-Castro V, Smolders KCHJ, Sobkow A, Sowden W, Spachtholz P, Srivastava M, Steiner TG, Stouten J, Street CNH, Sundfelt OK, Szeto S, Szumowska E, Tang ACW, Tanzer N, Tear MJ, Theriault J, Thomae M, Torres D, Traczyk J, Tybur JM, Ujhelyi A, van Aert RCM, van Assen MALM, van der Hulst M, van Lange PAM, van ’t Veer AE, Vásquez- Echeverría A, Ann Vaughn L, Vázquez A, Vega LD, Verniers C, Verschoor M, Voermans IPJ, Vranka MA, Welch C, Wichman AL, Williams LA, Wood M, Woodzicka JA, Wronska MK, Young L, Zelenski JM, Zhijia Z, Nosek BA. Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/2515245918810225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of the replications provided evidence of a statistically significant effect in the same direction as the original finding. With a strict significance criterion ( p < .0001), 14 (50%) of the replications still provided such evidence, a reflection of the extremely high-powered design. Seven (25%) of the replications yielded effect sizes larger than the original ones, and 21 (75%) yielded effect sizes smaller than the original ones. The median comparable Cohen’s ds were 0.60 for the original findings and 0.15 for the replications. The effect sizes were small (< 0.20) in 16 of the replications (57%), and 9 effects (32%) were in the direction opposite the direction of the original effect. Across settings, the Q statistic indicated significant heterogeneity in 11 (39%) of the replication effects, and most of those were among the findings with the largest overall effect sizes; only 1 effect that was near zero in the aggregate showed significant heterogeneity according to this measure. Only 1 effect had a tau value greater than .20, an indication of moderate heterogeneity. Eight others had tau values near or slightly above .10, an indication of slight heterogeneity. Moderation tests indicated that very little heterogeneity was attributable to the order in which the tasks were performed or whether the tasks were administered in lab versus online. Exploratory comparisons revealed little heterogeneity between Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) cultures and less WEIRD cultures (i.e., cultures with relatively high and low WEIRDness scores, respectively). Cumulatively, variability in the observed effect sizes was attributable more to the effect being studied than to the sample or setting in which it was studied.
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- Richard A. Klein
- Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie, Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social (LIP/PC2S), Université Grenoble Alpes
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
- School of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University
- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg
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- Department of International Studies, American University of Sharjah
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- Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague
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- Erivan K. Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University
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- Psychological and Social Sciences Program, Pennsylvania State University Abington
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- Department of Psychology, California State University San Marcos
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- Warsaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Sopot Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain
- Center on Consumers and Marketing Strategy (CCMS), Université catholique de Louvain
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- Social Behavior Research Centre, Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad del Desarrollo
- Centro de Apego y Regulacion Emocional, Universidad del Desarrollo
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- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
- Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, New Jersey
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- Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
- Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University
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- Department of Psychology, Poitiers University
- CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 7295, Poitiers, France
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- Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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- Directorate of Psychology and Public Health, University of Salford
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- Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua
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- Leadership and Human Resource Management, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
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- Department of Psychology, San Diego State University
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research, Tilburg University
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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- School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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- Department of Psychology, Rochester Institute of Technology
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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- Warsaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain
- Center on Consumers and Marketing Strategy (CCMS), Université catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Political and Juridical Sciences and International Studies, University of Padua
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- Department of General and Applied Psychology, University of Jos
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- Department of Marketing and International Business, Baruch College, CUNY
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- Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
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- Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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- Educational Measurement, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg, Germany
- Institute of Education and Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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- Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne
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- Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University
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- Smith Child Health Research, Outreach, and Advocacy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University
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- Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University
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- Department of Science and Mathematics, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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- Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie, Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social (LIP/PC2S), Université Grenoble Alpes
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
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- Department of Social Science and Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- Department of Business Administration, Istanbul Bilgi University
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- Warsaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Department of General and Applied Psychology, University of Jos
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- Department of Social and Work Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia
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- Department of Social Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
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- Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain
- Center on Consumers and Marketing Strategy (CCMS), Université catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
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- Department of Work, Organizational and Media Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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- Department of Psychology & Special Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce
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- International Victimology Institute Tilburg, Tilburg University
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- Department of Psychology, James Madison University
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- School of Innovation Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
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- Department of Psychology, University of Porto
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- Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University
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- Department of Education Policy Planning and Administration, Faculty of Education, Open University of Tanzania
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- Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University
- Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, Victoria University of Wellington
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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- Department of Psychology, Northumbria University
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- Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Porto
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education (LiPACE), The Open University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University
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- Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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- Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Social and Work Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia
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- Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
- School of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen
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- BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
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- Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science and Physical Education, University of Regensburg
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- Occupational & Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning, KU Leuven
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- Directorate of Psychology and Public Health, University of Salford
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- Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education (LiPACE), The Open University of Hong Kong
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- BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de Iberoamerica
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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- Department of Social Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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- Institute of Psychology, Paris Descartes University - Sorbonne Paris Cité
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
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- Department of Psychology, James Madison University
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- Department of Psychological Science, Western Kentucky University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Winchester
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- Sopot Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
- Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Davis WE, Giner-Sorolla R, Lindsay DS, Lougheed JP, Makel MC, Meier ME, Sun J, Vaughn LA, Zelenski JM. Peer-Review Guidelines Promoting Replicability and Transparency in Psychological Science. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/2515245918806489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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More and more psychological researchers have come to appreciate the perils of common but poorly justified research practices and are rethinking commonly held standards for evaluating research. As this methodological reform expresses itself in psychological research, peer reviewers of such work must also adapt their practices to remain relevant. Reviewers of journal submissions wield considerable power to promote methodological reform, and thereby contribute to the advancement of a more robust psychological literature. We describe concrete practices that reviewers can use to encourage transparency, intellectual humility, and more valid assessments of the methods and statistics reported in articles.
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
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van Allen ZM, Zelenski JM. Testing Trait-State Isomorphism in a New Domain: An Exploratory Manipulation of Openness to Experience. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1964. [PMID: 30459675 PMCID: PMC6232896 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The trait-state isomorphism hypothesis holds that personality traits and states (i.e., trait-related behavior) are characterized by similar outcomes (Fleeson, 2001). Openness is associated with creative thinking, personal growth, and positive affect. Engaging in behavior associated with openness has also been found to covary with feelings of authenticity. In the present experiment, participants (N = 210) completed a pre-test assessment, five daily exercises designed to either be inert (control condition) or engage the behaviors and cognitions associated with openness (experimental condition), a post-test assessment, and a 2 week follow up assessment. Results supported the isomorphism hypothesis for positive affect but not creative thinking ability or personal growth. Furthermore, open behavior was only associated with authenticity for individuals high on trait openness.
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Ruci L, van Allen ZM, Zelenski JM. Pro-social personality traits, helping behavior, and ego-depletion: Is helping really easier for the dispositionally pro-social? Personality and Individual Differences 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Blouin-Hudon EMC, Zelenski JM. The daydreamer: Exploring the personality underpinnings of daydreaming styles and their implications for well-being. Conscious Cogn 2016; 44:114-129. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Smallenbroek O, Zelenski JM, Whelan DC. Authenticity as a eudaimonic construct: The relationships among authenticity, values, and valence. The Journal of Positive Psychology 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1187198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The authors examine the possibility that personality traits linked to positive and negative affect susceptibilities also influence performance on a mood-sensitive cognitive task: likelihood judgments of possible positive and negative future events. In Study 1, participants (n = 104) filled out personality questionnaires, rated their current mood states, and rated the likelihood that positive and negative future events would occur. Results confirmed the hypothesis that affect-related traits predict likelihood judgments. Moreover, the personality effects were not mediated by current mood states. A second study (n = 81) replicated these personality effects on judgment in the context of manipulated moods (positive, sad, fearful, and neutral). As in Study 1, personality effects on judgment were not mediated by mood states. The authors suggest that the traits of extraversion and neuroticism include stable cognitive structures that can bias judgment in affect-congruent directions.
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Nealis LJ, van Allen ZM, Zelenski JM. Positive Affect and Cognitive Restoration: Investigating the Role of Valence and Arousal. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147275. [PMID: 26784026 PMCID: PMC4718626 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Positive moods are thought to restore self-control resources following depletion. However, it is not well understood whether this effect is due to affective valence (pleasantness), arousal (activation), or a combination of both. Across four studies, we set out to investigate the role of positive moods on cognitive and behavioral measures of self-regulation in an ego-depletion paradigm. In studies 1 and 2, we independently manipulated affective valence and arousal and assessed self-regulation with a Stroop task. Results did not suggest a restorative effect of either on cognitive resources. In study 3, we employed both behavioral (the ‘handgrip task’) and cognitive (Stroop) assessments of self-regulation. Again, no significant effect of mood was observed on the Stroop task. Additionally, participants did not persist significantly longer on the handgrip task following a positive mood induction. Finally, in study 4, high vs. low states of arousal were manipulated and self-regulation was assessed via pre- and post-manipulation Stroop performance. In study 4, Stroop performance improved slightly more across time points for those in the high arousal condition than for those in the low arousal condition. Therefore, across four studies, we failed to find a consistent pattern of results suggesting that positive moods restore cognitive resources.
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- Logan J. Nealis
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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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Sobocko K, Zelenski JM. Trait sensory-processing sensitivity and subjective well-being: Distinctive associations for different aspects of sensitivity. Personality and Individual Differences 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Capaldi CA, Zelenski JM. Seeing and Being Green? The Effect of Money Priming on Willingness to Perform Sustainable Actions, Social Connectedness, and Prosociality. J Soc Psychol 2015; 156:1-7. [PMID: 25950374 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2015.1047438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This investigation attempted to conceptually replicate/extend research that suggests that reminders of money can inhibit prosociality, promote self-sufficiency, and influence political beliefs. Based on these results, we hypothesized that money primes would decrease willingness to engage in sustainable actions. We also predicted that people would distribute points less prosocially and feel less socially connected when money was primed. Individuals were recruited from an undergraduate participant pool and MTurk. Meta-analytic results across the two samples revealed that money priming did not have a significant impact on willingness to act sustainably, but it did cause participants to distribute points less prosocially and report lower social connectedness than individuals in the control condition. While effects were smaller than those reported in Vohs, Mead, and Goode (2006), this study still offers support for the detrimental impact of reminders of money on interpersonal relations.
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Research suggests that contact with nature can be beneficial, for example leading to improvements in mood, cognition, and health. A distinct but related idea is the personality construct of subjective nature connectedness, a stable individual difference in cognitive, affective, and experiential connection with the natural environment. Subjective nature connectedness is a strong predictor of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors that may also be positively associated with subjective well-being. This meta-analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between nature connectedness and happiness. Based on 30 samples (n = 8523), a fixed-effect meta-analysis found a small but significant effect size (r = 0.19). Those who are more connected to nature tended to experience more positive affect, vitality, and life satisfaction compared to those less connected to nature. Publication status, year, average age, and percentage of females in the sample were not significant moderators. Vitality had the strongest relationship with nature connectedness (r = 0.24), followed by positive affect (r = 0.22) and life satisfaction (r = 0.17). In terms of specific nature connectedness measures, associations were the strongest between happiness and inclusion of nature in self (r = 0.27), compared to nature relatedness (r = 0.18) and connectedness to nature (r = 0.18). This research highlights the importance of considering personality when examining the psychological benefits of nature. The results suggest that closer human-nature relationships do not have to come at the expense of happiness. Rather, this meta-analysis shows that being connected to nature and feeling happy are, in fact, connected.
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- Colin A Capaldi
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University Ottawa, ON, Canada
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The construct of (dis)connection with nature or “nature relatedness” has become increasingly useful in the study of environmental behavior as well as psychological health and well-being. Strong nature relatedness is associated with greater happiness and ecologically sustainable behavior. A number of scales reliably assess individual differences in nature relatedness, but some circumstances may necessitate a brief measure. We developed a short-form version of the nature relatedness scale (NR-6), comprised of 6 items from the “self” and “experience” dimensions, and tested the new scale's predictive ability across multiple samples and with longitudinal data in students, community members, and business people. The new NR-6 scale demonstrated good internal consistency, temporal stability, and predicted happiness, environmental concern, and nature contact. This new brief measure of connectedness may have advantages where time and space are limited and the research context requires an assessment of connectedness elements rather than environmental attitudes.
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Zelenski JM, Whelan DC, Nealis LJ, Besner CM, Santoro MS, Wynn JE. Personality and affective forecasting: trait introverts underpredict the hedonic benefits of acting extraverted. J Pers Soc Psychol 2013; 104:1092-108. [PMID: 23586413 DOI: 10.1037/a0032281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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People report enjoying momentary extraverted behavior, and this does not seem to depend on trait levels of introversion-extraversion. Assuming that introverts desire enjoyment, this finding raises the question, why do introverts not act extraverted more often? This research explored a novel explanation, that trait introverts make an affective forecasting error, underpredicting the hedonic benefits of extraverted behavior. Study 1 (n = 97) found that trait introverts forecast less activated positive and pleasant affect and more negative and self-conscious affect (compared to extraverts) when asked to imagine acting extraverted, but not introverted, across a variety of hypothetical situations. Studies 2-5 (combined n = 495) found similar results using a between-subjects approach and laboratory situations. We replicated findings that people enjoy acting extraverted and that this does not depend on disposition. Accordingly, the personality differences in affective forecasts represent errors. In these studies, introverts tended to be less accurate, particularly by overestimating the negative affect and self-consciousness associated with their extraverted behavior. This may explain why introverts do not act extraverted more often (i.e., they overestimate hedonic costs that do not actually materialize) and have implications for understanding, and potentially trying to change, introverts' characteristically lower levels of happiness.
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- John M Zelenski
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Although intuitive and predicted by the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, previous research has not seriously tested the idea that positive moods can cause sociability. The authors developed a new measure to assess preferences for social (vs. nonsocial) situations, carefully controlling for the fact that social situations are, on average, also more pleasant. Across two additional experiments (combined n = 237), the authors induced positive, negative, and neutral moods with film clips (between-subjects) and found that participants in the positive conditions felt more social (adjective ratings) and indicated stronger preferences for social situations (on the new measure), compared to those in both negative and neutral conditions. Beyond filling an important gap in the empirical record, the authors also explore the implications of this finding for broaden-and-build theory and a large literature linking trait extraversion with happiness.
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Elgar FJ, Davis CG, Wohl MJ, Trites SJ, Zelenski JM, Martin MS. Social capital, health and life satisfaction in 50 countries. Health Place 2011; 17:1044-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 05/31/2011] [Accepted: 06/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zelenski JM, Santoro MS, Whelan DC. Would introverts be better off if they acted more like extraverts? Exploring emotional and cognitive consequences of counterdispositional behavior. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 12:290-303. [PMID: 21859197 DOI: 10.1037/a0025169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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People enjoy acting extraverted, and this seems to apply equally across the dispositional introversion-extraversion dimension (Fleeson, Malanos, & Achille, 2002). It follows that dispositional introverts might improve their happiness by acting more extraverted, yet little research has examined potential costs of this strategy. In two studies, we assessed dispositions, randomly assigned participants to act introverted or extraverted, and examined costs-both emotional (concurrent negative affect) and cognitive (Stroop performance). Results replicated and extended past findings suggesting that acting extraverted produces hedonic benefits regardless of disposition. Positive affect increased and negative affect did not, even for participants acting out of character. In contrast, we found evidence that acting counterdispositionally could produce poor Stroop performance, but this effect was limited to dispositional extraverts who were assigned to act introverted. We suggest that the positive affect produced by introverts' extraverted behavior may buffer the potentially depleting effects of counterdispositional behavior, and we consider alternative explanations. We conclude that dispositional introverts may indeed benefit from acting extraverted more often and caution that dispositional extraverts may want to adopt introverted behavior strategically, as it could induce cognitive costs or self-regulatory depletion more generally.
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- John M Zelenski
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Modern lifestyles disconnect people from nature, and this may have adverse consequences for the well-being of both humans and the environment. In two experiments, we found that although outdoor walks in nearby nature made participants much happier than indoor walks did, participants made affective forecasting errors, such that they systematically underestimated nature's hedonic benefit. The pleasant moods experienced on outdoor nature walks facilitated a subjective sense of connection with nature, a construct strongly linked with concern for the environment and environmentally sustainable behavior. To the extent that affective forecasts determine choices, our findings suggest that people fail to maximize their time in nearby nature and thus miss opportunities to increase their happiness and relatedness to nature. Our findings suggest a happy path to sustainability, whereby contact with nature fosters individual happiness and environmentally responsible behavior.
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- Elizabeth K Nisbet
- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S5B6.
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Zelenski JM. Review of Happier: Learn the secrets to daily joy and lasting fulfillment. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne 2008. [DOI: 10.1037/a0012779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Desjardins J, Zelenski JM, Coplan RJ. An investigation of maternal personality, parenting styles, and subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kiene SM, Barta WD, Zelenski JM, Cothran DL. Why are you bringing up condoms now? The effect of message content on framing effects of condom use messages. Health Psychol 2005; 24:321-6. [PMID: 15898869 DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.3.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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According to prospect theory (A. Tversky & D. Kahneman, 1981), messages advocating a low-risk (i.e., easy, low-cost) behavior are most effective if they stress the benefits of adherence (gain framed), whereas messages advocating a risky behavior are most effective if they stress the costs of nonadherence (loss framed). Although condom use is viewed as a low-risk behavior, it may entail risky interpersonal negotiations. Study 1 (N = 167) compared ratings of condom use messages advocating relational behaviors (e.g., discussing condoms) or health behaviors (e.g., carrying condoms). As predicted, loss-framed relational messages and gain-framed health messages received higher evaluations. Study 2 (N = 225) offers a replication and evidence of issue involvement and gender as moderators. Results are discussed with reference to the design of condom use messages.
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- Susan M Kiene
- Center for Health/HIV Intervention and Prevention, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Zelenski JM, Rusting CL, Larsen RJ. Consistency in the time of experiment participation and personality correlates: a methodological note. Personality and Individual Differences 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(01)00218-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This study had three major goals: to clarify the relationships between Eysenck's, Gray's, and Cloninger's personality taxonomies, to show that traits from these taxonomies predict differential sensitivities to emotional states, and to explore the relationship between sensitivity to an emotional state and how much that state is actually experienced. A factor analysis of traits from Eysenck's, Gray's, and Cloninger's personality taxonomies resulted in three factors that were named reward sensitivity, impulsivity-thrill seeking, and punishment sensitivity. These factors predicted a global measure of affect, emotional reactions to a laboratory mood induction, and self-reported affect in daily life. Generally, reward sensitivity predicted positive, but not negative emotions, whereas punishment sensitivity predicted negative, but not positive emotions. Impulsivity-thrill seeking predicted few emotions in either context. Coherence among the relationships found across methodological contexts suggests that the traits that predict emotion susceptibilities in the laboratory similarly predict emotional experience in ongoing daily life.
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