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Kirchner-Häusler A, Schönbrodt FD, Uskul AK, Vignoles VL, Rodríguez-Bailón R, Castillo VA, Cross SE, Gezici-Yalçın M, Harb C, Husnu S, Ishii K, Karamaouna P, Kafetsios K, Kateri E, Matamoros-Lima J, Miniesy R, Na J, Özkan Z, Pagliaro S, Psaltis C, Rabie D, Teresi M, Uchida Y. Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well-being in the Mediterranean region. J Pers 2024; 92:38-54. [PMID: 36536608 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE People's psychological tendencies are attuned to their sociocultural context and culture-specific ways of being, feeling, and thinking are believed to assist individuals in successfully navigating their environment. Supporting this idea, a stronger "fit" with one's cultural environment has often been linked to positive psychological outcomes. The current research expands the cultural, conceptual, and methodological space of cultural fit research by exploring the link between well-being and honor, a central driver of social behavior in the Mediterranean region. METHOD Drawing on a multi-national sample from eight countries circum-Mediterranean (N = 2257), we examined the relationship between cultural fit in honor and well-being at the distal level (fit with one's perceived society) using response surface analysis (RSA) and at the proximal level (fit with one's university gender group) using profile analysis. RESULTS We found positive links between fit and well-being in both distal (for some, but not all, honor facets) and proximal fit analyses (across all honor facets). Furthermore, most fit effects in the RSA were complemented with positive level effects of the predictors, with higher average honor levels predicting higher well-being. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight the interplay between individual and environmental factors in honor as well as the important role honor plays in well-being in the Mediterranean region.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander Kirchner-Häusler
- Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
- Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
| | - Susan E Cross
- Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Psychology, Doha Institute, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Psychology, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
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- Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Economics, British University of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
| | - Stefano Pagliaro
- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
| | - Charis Psaltis
- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
| | - Dina Rabie
- Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University Business School, Nottingham, UK
| | - Manuel Teresi
- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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