Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individua...lism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.
Keywords:
Well-being / Self-construals / Life satisfaction / Interdependent happiness / Individualism / Family happiness / Culture / Collectivism
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2021, 22, 5, 2197-2214
Publisher:
Springer, Dordrecht
Funding / projects:
Polish National Science Centre [2016/23/D/HS6/02946]
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under Grants P17806 and 17F17806
TY - JOUR
AU - Krys, Kuba
AU - Park, Joonha
AU - Kocimska-Zych, Agata
AU - Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra
AU - Selim, Heyla A.
AU - Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka
AU - Haas, Brian W.
AU - Uchida, Yukiko
AU - Torres, Claudio
AU - Capaldi, Colin A.
AU - Bond, Michael Harris
AU - Zelenski, John M.
AU - Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi
AU - Maricchiolo, Fridanna
AU - Vauclair, Christin-Melanie
AU - Polackova Solcova, Iva
AU - Sirlopu, David
AU - Xing, Cai
AU - Vignoles, Vivian L.
AU - van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.
AU - Teyssier, Julien
AU - Sun, Chien-Ru
AU - Stoyanova, Stanislava
AU - Serdarevich, Ursula
AU - Schwarz, Beate
AU - Sargautyte, Ruta
AU - Roysamb, Espen
AU - Romashov, Vladyslav
AU - Rizwan, Muhammad
AU - Pavlović, Zoran
AU - Pavlopoulos, Vassilis
AU - van Osch, Yvette
AU - Okvitawanli, Ayu
AU - Nadi, Azar
AU - Nader, Martin
AU - Nur Fariza, Mustaffa
AU - Mosca, Oriana
AU - Mohorić, Tamara
AU - Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo
AU - Malyonova, Arina
AU - Liu, Xinhui
AU - Lee, J. Hannah
AU - Kwiatkowska, Anna
AU - Kronberger, Nicole
AU - Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie
AU - Kascakova, Natalia
AU - Isik, Idil
AU - Igou, Eric R.
AU - Igbokwe, David O.
AU - Hanke-Boer, Diana
AU - Gavreliuc, Alin
AU - Gardarsdottir, Ragna B.
AU - Fulop, Marta
AU - Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer
AU - Esteves, Carla Sofia
AU - Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra
AU - Denoux, Patrick
AU - Charkviani, Salome
AU - Baltin, Arno
AU - Arevalo, Mira D. M.
AU - Appoh, Lily
AU - Albert, Isabelle
AU - Akotia, Charity
AU - Adamović, Mladen
PY - 2021
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3320
AB - Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.
PB - Springer, Dordrecht
T2 - Journal of Happiness Studies
T1 - Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries
EP - 2214
IS - 5
SP - 2197
VL - 22
DO - 10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y
ER -
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abstract = "Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.",
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Springer, Dordrecht., 22(5), 2197-2214.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y
Krys K, Park J, Kocimska-Zych A, Kosiarczyk A, Selim HA, Wojtczuk-Turek A, Haas BW, Uchida Y, Torres C, Capaldi CA, Bond MH, Zelenski JM, Lun VM, Maricchiolo F, Vauclair C, Polackova Solcova I, Sirlopu D, Xing C, Vignoles VL, van Tilburg WAP, Teyssier J, Sun C, Stoyanova S, Serdarevich U, Schwarz B, Sargautyte R, Roysamb E, Romashov V, Rizwan M, Pavlović Z, Pavlopoulos V, van Osch Y, Okvitawanli A, Nadi A, Nader M, Nur Fariza M, Mosca O, Mohorić T, Barrientos PE, Malyonova A, Liu X, Lee JH, Kwiatkowska A, Kronberger N, Kluzova-Kracmarova L, Kascakova N, Isik I, Igou ER, Igbokwe DO, Hanke-Boer D, Gavreliuc A, Gardarsdottir RB, Fulop M, Gamsakhurdia V, Esteves CS, Dominguez-Espinosa A, Denoux P, Charkviani S, Baltin A, Arevalo MDM, Appoh L, Albert I, Akotia C, Adamović M. Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries. in Journal of Happiness Studies. 2021;22(5):2197-2214.
doi:10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y .
Krys, Kuba, Park, Joonha, Kocimska-Zych, Agata, Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra, Selim, Heyla A., Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka, Haas, Brian W., Uchida, Yukiko, Torres, Claudio, Capaldi, Colin A., Bond, Michael Harris, Zelenski, John M., Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Vauclair, Christin-Melanie, Polackova Solcova, Iva, Sirlopu, David, Xing, Cai, Vignoles, Vivian L., van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P., Teyssier, Julien, Sun, Chien-Ru, Stoyanova, Stanislava, Serdarevich, Ursula, Schwarz, Beate, Sargautyte, Ruta, Roysamb, Espen, Romashov, Vladyslav, Rizwan, Muhammad, Pavlović, Zoran, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, van Osch, Yvette, Okvitawanli, Ayu, Nadi, Azar, Nader, Martin, Nur Fariza, Mustaffa, Mosca, Oriana, Mohorić, Tamara, Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo, Malyonova, Arina, Liu, Xinhui, Lee, J. Hannah, Kwiatkowska, Anna, Kronberger, Nicole, Kluzova-Kracmarova, Lucie, Kascakova, Natalia, Isik, Idil, Igou, Eric R., Igbokwe, David O., Hanke-Boer, Diana, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gardarsdottir, Ragna B., Fulop, Marta, Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer, Esteves, Carla Sofia, Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra, Denoux, Patrick, Charkviani, Salome, Baltin, Arno, Arevalo, Mira D. M., Appoh, Lily, Albert, Isabelle, Akotia, Charity, Adamović, Mladen, "Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption: Evidence from Fifty Countries" in Journal of Happiness Studies, 22, no. 5 (2021):2197-2214,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y . .
