Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Culture and Well-BeingCross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem

Culture and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem [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 including income and individualism. At the national level, individualism correlated −0.24 (ns) with heterogeneity and 0.71 (p<0.001) with wealth. At the individual level, self-esteem and life satisfaction were correlated 0.47 for the entire sample. This relation, however, was moderated by the individualism of the society. The associations of financial, friend, and family satisfactions with life satisfaction and with self-esteem also varied across nations. Financial satisfaction was a stronger correlate of life satisfaction in poorer countries. It was found that life satisfaction and self-esteem were clearly discriminable constructs. Satisfaction ratings, except for financial satisfaction, varied between slightly positive and fairly positive.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Culture and Well-BeingCross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 38)
Editors: Diener, Ed
Diener, Ed; Diener, Marissa
Culture and Well-Being — Jan 1, 2009
Download PDF
20 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/culture-and-well-being-cross-cultural-correlates-of-life-satisfaction-iWVx2gpIrZ

References (19)

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Netherlands 2009
ISBN
978-90-481-2351-3
Pages
71 –91
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-2352-0_4
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[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 including income and individualism. At the national level, individualism correlated −0.24 (ns) with heterogeneity and 0.71 (p<0.001) with wealth. At the individual level, self-esteem and life satisfaction were correlated 0.47 for the entire sample. This relation, however, was moderated by the individualism of the society. The associations of financial, friend, and family satisfactions with life satisfaction and with self-esteem also varied across nations. Financial satisfaction was a stronger correlate of life satisfaction in poorer countries. It was found that life satisfaction and self-esteem were clearly discriminable constructs. Satisfaction ratings, except for financial satisfaction, varied between slightly positive and fairly positive.]

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Neutral Point; National Difference; Gross National Product; Family Satisfaction

There are no references for this article.