Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures

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

doi:10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30924

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Title:	Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures
Authors:	Krys, Kuba Haas, Brian W. Igou, Eric Raymond Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra Kocimska-Bortnowska, Agata Kwiatkowska, Anna Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi Maricchiolo, Fridanna Park, Joonha Šolcová, Iva Poláčková Sirlopú, David Uchida, Yukiko Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Vignoles, Vivian L. Zelenski, John M. Adamovic, Mladen Akotia, Charity S. Albert, Isabelle Appoh, Lily Mira, D. M. Arévalo Baltin, Arno Denoux, Patrick Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra Esteves, Carla Sofia Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer Fülöp, Márta Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B. Gavreliuc, Alin Boer, Diana Igbokwe, David O. Işık, İdil Kascakova, Natalia Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza Kostoula, Olga Kronberger, Nicole Lee, J. Hannah Liu, Xinhui Łużniak-Piecha, Magdalena Malyonova, Arina Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo Mohorić, Tamara Mosca, Oriana Murdock, Elke Mustaffa, Nur Fariza Nader, Martin Nadi, Azar Okvitawanli, Ayu van Osch, Yvette Pavlopoulos, Vassilis Pavlović, Zoran Rizwan, Muhammad Romashov, Vladyslav Røysamb, Espen Sargautyte, Ruta Schwarz, Beate Selim, Heyla A. Serdarevich, Ursula Stogianni, Maria Sun, Chien-Ru Teyssier, Julien van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. Torres, Claudio Xing, Cai Bond, Michael Harris
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1 10.21256/zhaw-30924
Published in:	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume(Issue):	24
Issue:	2
Page(s):	607
Pages to:	627
Issue Date:	2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	1389-4978 1573-7780
Language:	English
Subjects:	Culture; Happiness; Well-being; Interdependent happiness; Life satisfaction; Cultural sensitivity; Selfhoods; Self-construals
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology 306.8: Family sociology
Abstract:	How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being measured according to the way people in country A think about well-being? We address this issue by proposing a new culturally sensitive method to comparing societal levels of well-being. We support our reasoning with data on life satisfaction and interdependent happiness focusing on individual and family, collected mostly from students, across forty-nine countries. We demonstrate that the relative idealization of the two types of well-being varies across cultural contexts and are associated with culturally different models of selfhood. Furthermore, we show that rankings of societal well-being based on life satisfaction tend to underestimate the contribution from interdependent happiness. We introduce a new culturally sensitive method for calculating societal well-being, and examine its construct validity by testing for associations with the experience of emotions and with individualism-collectivism. This new culturally sensitive approach represents a slight, yet important improvement in measuring well-being.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30924
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Krys, K., Haas, B. W., Igou, E. R., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Bortnowska, A., Kwiatkowska, A., Lun, V. M.-C., Maricchiolo, F., Park, J., Šolcová, I. P., Sirlopú, D., Uchida, Y., Vauclair, C.-M., Vignoles, V. L., Zelenski, J. M., Adamovic, M., Akotia, C. S., Albert, I., Appoh, L., et al. (2023). Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(2), 607–627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1

Krys, K. et al. (2023) ‘Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures’, Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(2), pp. 607–627. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1.

K. Krys et al., “Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures,” Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 607–627, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1.

KRYS, Kuba, Brian W. HAAS, Eric Raymond IGOU, Aleksandra KOSIARCZYK, Agata KOCIMSKA-BORTNOWSKA, Anna KWIATKOWSKA, Vivian Miu-Chi LUN, Fridanna MARICCHIOLO, Joonha PARK, Iva Poláčková ŠOLCOVÁ, David SIRLOPÚ, Yukiko UCHIDA, Christin-Melanie VAUCLAIR, Vivian L. VIGNOLES, John M. ZELENSKI, Mladen ADAMOVIC, Charity S. AKOTIA, Isabelle ALBERT, Lily APPOH, D. M. Arévalo MIRA, Arno BALTIN, Patrick DENOUX, Alejandra DOMÍNGUEZ-ESPINOSA, Carla Sofia ESTEVES, Vladimer GAMSAKHURDIA, Márta FÜLÖP, Ragna B. GARÐARSDÓTTIR, Alin GAVRELIUC, Diana BOER, David O. IGBOKWE, İdil IŞIK, Natalia KASCAKOVA, Lucie KLŮZOVÁ KRÁČMAROVÁ, Natasza KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA, Olga KOSTOULA, Nicole KRONBERGER, J. Hannah LEE, Xinhui LIU, Magdalena ŁUŻNIAK-PIECHA, Arina MALYONOVA, Pablo Eduardo BARRIENTOS, Tamara MOHORIĆ, Oriana MOSCA, Elke MURDOCK, Nur Fariza MUSTAFFA, Martin NADER, Azar NADI, Ayu OKVITAWANLI, Yvette VAN OSCH, Vassilis PAVLOPOULOS, Zoran PAVLOVIĆ, Muhammad RIZWAN, Vladyslav ROMASHOV, Espen RØYSAMB, Ruta SARGAUTYTE, Beate SCHWARZ, Heyla A. SELIM, Ursula SERDAREVICH, Maria STOGIANNI, Chien-Ru SUN, Julien TEYSSIER, Wijnand A. P. VAN TILBURG, Claudio TORRES, Cai XING und Michael Harris BOND, 2023. Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies. 2023. Bd. 24, Nr. 2, S. 607–627. DOI 10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1

Krys, Kuba, Brian W. Haas, Eric Raymond Igou, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska, Anna Kwiatkowska, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, et al. 2023. “Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being : Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness across 49 Different Cultures.” Journal of Happiness Studies 24 (2): 607–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1.

Krys, Kuba, et al. “Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-Being : Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness across 49 Different Cultures.” Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2023, pp. 607–27, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1.