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Culture and Well-Being

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 38)

Editors: Diener, Ed

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2352-0

ISBN: 978-90-481-2351-3

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2009

1 - 10 of 14 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction – Culture and Well-Being Works by Ed Diener

Diener, Ed

Pages: 1 –8

[A central issue in the study of well-being is cultural differences. Do cultures have an effect on well-being? Do people in different cultures have different conceptions of well-being that, in turn, influence the feelings they deem most desirable? Are the causes of well-being similar or distinct...
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Chapter 2Culture and Subjective Well-Being

Tov, William; Diener, Ed

Pages: 9 –41

[Subjective well-being (SWB) is composed of people’s evaluations of their lives, including pleasant affect, infrequent unpleasant affect, life satisfaction (LS). We review the research literature concerning the influence of culture on SWB. We argue that some types of well-being, as well as their...
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Chapter 3Factors Predicting the Subjective Well-Being of Nations

Diener, Ed; Diener, Marissa; Diener, Carol

Pages: 43 –70

[Subjective well-being (SWB) in 55 nations, reported in probability surveys and a large college student sample, was correlated with social, economic, and cultural characteristics of the nations. The SWB surveys, representing nations that include three fourths of the earth’s population, showed...
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Chapter 4Cross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem

Diener, Ed; Diener, Marissa

Pages: 71 –91

[College students in 31 nations (N = 13,118) completed measures of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and satisfaction with specific domains (friends, family, and finances). The authors assessed whether cross-cultural variations in the strength of associations were related to societal dimensions...
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Chapter 5Goals, Culture, and Subjective Well-Being

Oishi, Shigehiro; Diener, Ed

Pages: 93 –108

[The present studies examined the role of independent and interdependent goal pursuits in the subjective well-being (SWB) of Asian and European American college students. In Study 1, the authors found that independent goal pursuit (i.e., goal pursuit for fun and enjoyment) increased the benefit...
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Chapter 6Cross-Cultural Variations in Predictors of Life Satisfaction: Perspectives from Needs and Values

Oishi, Shigehiro; Diener, Ed; Lucas, Richard E.; Suh, Eunkook M.

Pages: 109 –127

[The authors tested for cross-cultural difference in predictors of life satisfaction. In Study 1 (39 nations, N = 54, 446), they found that financial satisfaction was more strongly associated with life satisfaction in poorer nations, whereas home life satisfaction was more strongly related to...
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Chapter 7From Culture to Priming Conditions: Self-Construal Influences on Life Satisfaction Judgments

Suh, Eunkook M.; Diener, Ed; Updegraff, John A.

Pages: 129 –142

[Existing cross-cultural research often assumes that the independent versus interdependent self-construal process leads to different cultural behaviors, although few studies directly test this link. Extending from prior cross-cultural findings, two studies were conducted to explicitly test...
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Chapter 8The Dynamics of Daily Events and Well-Being Across Cultures: When Less Is More

Oishi, Shigehiro; Diener, Ed; Choi, Dong-Won; Kim-Prieto, Chu; Choi, Incheol

Pages: 143 –168

[The authors examined cultural and individual differences in the relation between daily events and daily satisfaction. In a preliminary study, they established cross-cultural equivalence of 50 daily events. In the main study, participants in the United States, Korea, and Japan completed daily...
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Chapter 9Norms for Experiencing Emotions in Different Cultures: Inter- and Intranational Differences

Eid, Michael; Diener, Ed

Pages: 169 –202

[Within- and between-nations differences in norms for experiencing emotions were analyzed in a cross-cultural study with 1,846 respondents from 2 individualistic (United States, Australia) and 2 collectivistic (China, Taiwan) countries. A multigroup latent class analysis revealed that there were...
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Chapter 10Emotions Across Cultures and Methods

Scollon, Christie N.; Diener, Ed; Oishi, Shigehiro; Biswas-Diener, Robert

Pages: 203 –228

[Participants included 46 European American, 33 Asian American, 91 Japanese, 160 Indian, and 80 Hispanic students (N = 416). Discrete emotions, as well as pleasant and unpleasant emotions, were assessed: (a) with global self-report measures, (b) using an experience-sampling method for 1 week, and...

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