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View article: Autonomy is Associated with Well-being Across the World, but more Strongly in Wealthy and Individualistic Countries
Autonomy is Associated with Well-being Across the World, but more Strongly in Wealthy and Individualistic Countries Open
Autonomy, understood as a sense of volition, self-direction, and self-endorsement, is a universal human need according to self-determination theory. Thus, it should be positively related to subjective well-being across the world. However, …
View article: Beliefs about a brighter future for all humanity as an evolutionary adaptation to pathogen prevalence
Beliefs about a brighter future for all humanity as an evolutionary adaptation to pathogen prevalence Open
An important question in cogntive and evolutionary psychology is how the human mind anticipates the future and copes with stress and risk of disease. The parasite-stress model suggests that many patterns of human behavior and thought are a…
View article: Understanding Well-Being in Poland: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study
Understanding Well-Being in Poland: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study Open
This study explores well-being in Poland across psychological, social, economic, and spiritual dimensions, situating it within a global context using data from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS). Data from 10,389 individuals representative…
View article: A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness
A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness Open
Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural i…
View article: Responsible powerholders may preserve the status quo? A three cultures study into the relation between powerholder construals and societal development expectations
Responsible powerholders may preserve the status quo? A three cultures study into the relation between powerholder construals and societal development expectations Open
The findings suggest that the negative perception of powerholders is tied to desires for modernization, whereas the positive perception of powerholders is related to the hierarchical status quo. Our results shed light on the recent Confuci…
View article: Examining the connection between position‐based power and social status across 70 cultures
Examining the connection between position‐based power and social status across 70 cultures Open
Even in the most egalitarian societies, hierarchies of power and status shape social life. However, power and received status are not synonymous—individuals in positions of power may or may not be accorded the respect corresponding to thei…
View article: Words of well-being: language reveals differences in the relational nature of five components of subjective well-being
Words of well-being: language reveals differences in the relational nature of five components of subjective well-being Open
This paper explores the differences between five components of subjective well-being: happiness, meaning, harmony, spirituality, and religiosity. This is a pressing question, as growing research suggests that a good life encompasses more t…
View article: First happiness, then meaning. A cross-cultural investigation into well-being dilemmas
First happiness, then meaning. A cross-cultural investigation into well-being dilemmas Open
Dilemmas in navigating between various aspects of well-being are common, but remain unexplored in psychological research. In this paper, we introduce a novel method of assessing well-being dilemmas and their dynamics. In five studies run a…
View article: Is it okay to feel this way? Exploring the joint effect of emotional experiences and expectations on life satisfaction
Is it okay to feel this way? Exploring the joint effect of emotional experiences and expectations on life satisfaction Open
This research investigates the joint effect of individual emotional experiences and societal expectations on life satisfaction. Inspired by the Affect Valuation Theory and Self-Discrepancy Theory, we explored how discrepancies between actu…
View article: Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living
Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living Open
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? …
View article: WEIRD-Confucian comparisons: Ongoing cultural biases in psychology’s evidence base and some recommendations for improving global representation.
WEIRD-Confucian comparisons: Ongoing cultural biases in psychology’s evidence base and some recommendations for improving global representation. Open
The realization that most behavioral science research focuses on cultures labeled as WEIRD— Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (Arnett, 2008; Henrich et al., 2010; Thalmayer et al., 2021)—has given an impetus to extend…
View article: Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures
Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures Open
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 fami…
View article: Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage Open
We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality,…
View article: Basic Psychological Needs, Good Societal Development and Satisfaction with Life: The Mediating Role of the Environment
Basic Psychological Needs, Good Societal Development and Satisfaction with Life: The Mediating Role of the Environment Open
Seminal work on laypeople’s perspectives on societal development is the foundation of our renovated interest in good development and its relationship with well-being. The present study aims to analyze the relationship between individual ba…
View article: Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage Open
We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality,…
View article: Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal
Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal Open
Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals’ self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 26…
View article: Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures
Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures Open
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 fami…
View article: Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models
Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models Open
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal th…
View article: Maximizing economic prosperity, strengthening military, or developing social bonds? Study protocol for research on the relationship between regulatory focus and preferences for the direction of societal development
Maximizing economic prosperity, strengthening military, or developing social bonds? Study protocol for research on the relationship between regulatory focus and preferences for the direction of societal development Open
Recent research has pointed to cross-cultural differences with regard to preferences for the directions that societies should take in their development. From an individual’s perspective, these directions might be understood as ‘goals’, i.e…
View article: Preference for modernization is universal, but expected modernization trajectories are culturally diversified: A <scp>nine‐country</scp> study of folk theories of societal development
Preference for modernization is universal, but expected modernization trajectories are culturally diversified: A <span>nine‐country</span> study of folk theories of societal development Open
Cultural sensitivity in societal development has been advocated for since at least the 1960s but has remained understudied. Our goal is to address this gap and to investigate folk theories of societal development. We aimed to identify both…
View article: Outside the “Cultural Binary”: Understanding Why Latin American Collectivist Societies Foster Independent Selves
Outside the “Cultural Binary”: Understanding Why Latin American Collectivist Societies Foster Independent Selves Open
Cultural psychologists often treat binary contrasts of West versus East, individualism versus collectivism, and independent versus interdependent self-construal as interchangeable, thus assuming that collectivist societies promote interdep…
View article: Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study
Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study Open
In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'societal emotional environment': the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 1…
View article: Two countries, one happiness? The Interdependent Happiness Scale in Italy and Poland
Two countries, one happiness? The Interdependent Happiness Scale in Italy and Poland Open
Although Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS) has been used in different socio-cultural contexts, no study has tested the measurement invariance across countries. Because previous research did not agree on the dimensionality of the scale, …