Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures

Krys, Kuba; Chun Yeung, June; Haas, Brian W.; van Osch, Yvette; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Torres, Claudio; Selim, Heyla A.; Zelenski, John M.; Bond, Michael Harris; Park, Joonha; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Sirlopú, David; Xing, Cai; Vignoles, Vivian L.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Teyssier, Julien; Sun, Chien-Ru; Serdarevich, Ursula; Schwarz, Beate; Sargautyte, Ruta; Røysamb, Espen; Romashov, Vladyslav; Rizwan, Muhammad; Pavlović, Zoran; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Nadi, Azar; Nader, Martin; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Murdock, Elke; Mosca, Oriana; Mohorić, Tamara; Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo; Malyonova, Arina; Liu, Xinhui; Lee, J. Hannah; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Kronberger, Nicole; Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie; Kascakova, Natalia; Işık, İdil; Igou, Eric R.; Igbokwe, David O.; Hanke-Boer, Diana; Gavreliuc, Alin; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Fülöp, Márta; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Denoux, Patrick; Charkviani, Salome; Baltin, Arno; Arevalo, Douglas; Appoh, Lily; Akotia, Charity; Adamovic, Mladen; Uchida, Yukiko

doi:10.1177/00220221221134711

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Title:	Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures
Authors:	Krys, Kuba Chun Yeung, June Haas, Brian W. van Osch, Yvette Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra Kocimska-Zych, Agata Torres, Claudio Selim, Heyla A. Zelenski, John M. Bond, Michael Harris Park, Joonha Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi Maricchiolo, Fridanna Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Poláčková Šolcová, Iva Sirlopú, David Xing, Cai Vignoles, Vivian L. van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. Teyssier, Julien Sun, Chien-Ru Serdarevich, Ursula Schwarz, Beate Sargautyte, Ruta Røysamb, Espen Romashov, Vladyslav Rizwan, Muhammad Pavlović, Zoran Pavlopoulos, Vassilis Okvitawanli, Ayu Nadi, Azar Nader, Martin Mustaffa, Nur Fariza Murdock, Elke Mosca, Oriana Mohorić, Tamara Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo Malyonova, Arina Liu, Xinhui Lee, J. Hannah Kwiatkowska, Anna Kronberger, Nicole Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie Kascakova, Natalia Işık, İdil Igou, Eric R. Igbokwe, David O. Hanke-Boer, Diana Gavreliuc, Alin Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B. Fülöp, Márta Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer Esteves, Carla Sofia Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra Denoux, Patrick Charkviani, Salome Baltin, Arno Arevalo, Douglas Appoh, Lily Akotia, Charity Adamovic, Mladen Uchida, Yukiko
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1177/00220221221134711
Published in:	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume(Issue):	54
Issue:	3
Page(s):	323
Pages to:	339
Issue Date:	2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Sage
ISSN:	0022-0221 1552-5422
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology 306.8: Family sociology
Abstract:	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 family happiness over personal happiness across four cultures. In this study, we sought to replicate this finding across a larger sample size (N = 12,819) and a greater number of countries (N = 49). We found that the strength of the idealization of family over personal happiness preference was small (average Cohen’s ds = .20, range −.02 to.48), but present in 98% of the studied countries, with statistical significance in 73% to 75%, and variance across countries <2%. We also found that the size of this effect did vary somewhat across cultural contexts. In Latin American cultures highest on relational mobility, the idealization of family over personal happiness was very small (average Cohen’s ds for Latin America = .15 and .18), while in Confucian Asia cultures lowest on relational mobility, this effect was closer to medium (ds > .40 and .30). Importantly, we did not find strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that associate collectivism with greater prioritization of the family versus the individual; country-level individualism–collectivism was not associated with variation in the idealization of family versus individual happiness. Our findings indicate that no matter how much various populists abuse the argument of “protecting family life” to disrupt emancipation, family happiness seems to be a pan-culturally phenomenon. Family well-being is a key ingredient of social fabric across the world, and should be acknowledged by psychology and well-being researchers and by progressive movements too.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30922
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Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
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Krys, K., Chun Yeung, J., Haas, B. W., van Osch, Y., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Torres, C., Selim, H. A., Zelenski, J. M., Bond, M. H., Park, J., Lun, V. M.-C., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C.-M., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopú, D., Xing, C., Vignoles, V. L., van Tilburg, W. A. P., et al. (2023). Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(3), 323–339. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711

Krys, K. et al. (2023) ‘Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures’, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(3), pp. 323–339. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711.

K. Krys et al., “Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures,” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 323–339, 2023, doi: 10.1177/00220221221134711.

KRYS, Kuba, June CHUN YEUNG, Brian W. HAAS, Yvette VAN OSCH, Aleksandra KOSIARCZYK, Agata KOCIMSKA-ZYCH, Claudio TORRES, Heyla A. SELIM, John M. ZELENSKI, Michael Harris BOND, Joonha PARK, Vivian Miu-Chi LUN, Fridanna MARICCHIOLO, Christin-Melanie VAUCLAIR, Iva POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ, David SIRLOPÚ, Cai XING, Vivian L. VIGNOLES, Wijnand A. P. VAN TILBURG, Julien TEYSSIER, Chien-Ru SUN, Ursula SERDAREVICH, Beate SCHWARZ, Ruta SARGAUTYTE, Espen RØYSAMB, Vladyslav ROMASHOV, Muhammad RIZWAN, Zoran PAVLOVIĆ, Vassilis PAVLOPOULOS, Ayu OKVITAWANLI, Azar NADI, Martin NADER, Nur Fariza MUSTAFFA, Elke MURDOCK, Oriana MOSCA, Tamara MOHORIĆ, Pablo Eduardo BARRIENTOS MARROQUIN, Arina MALYONOVA, Xinhui LIU, J. Hannah LEE, Anna KWIATKOWSKA, Nicole KRONBERGER, Lucie KLŮZOVÁ KRÁČMAROVÁ, Natalia KASCAKOVA, İdil IŞIK, Eric R. IGOU, David O. IGBOKWE, Diana HANKE-BOER, Alin GAVRELIUC, Ragna B. GARÐARSDÓTTIR, Márta FÜLÖP, Vladimer GAMSAKHURDIA, Carla Sofia ESTEVES, Alejandra DOMÍNGUEZ-ESPINOSA, Patrick DENOUX, Salome CHARKVIANI, Arno BALTIN, Douglas AREVALO, Lily APPOH, Charity AKOTIA, Mladen ADAMOVIC und Yukiko UCHIDA, 2023. Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2023. Bd. 54, Nr. 3, S. 323–339. DOI 10.1177/00220221221134711

Krys, Kuba, June Chun Yeung, Brian W. Haas, Yvette van Osch, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Claudio Torres, et al. 2023. “Family First : Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family versus Personal Happiness across 49 Different Cultures.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 54 (3): 323–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711.

Krys, Kuba, et al. “Family First : Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family versus Personal Happiness across 49 Different Cultures.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 54, no. 3, 2023, pp. 323–39, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711.