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A cross-cultural study on the association between societal conditions and the idealization of happiness
Xiaobin Lou (Lou, X.); Brian W. Haas (Haas, B. W.); John M. Zelenski (Zelenski, J. M.); Cai Xing (Xing, C.); Vivian L. Vignoles (Vignoles, V. L.); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg (van Tilburg, W. A. P. ); Yukiko Uchida (Uchida, Y.); Julien Teyssier (Teyssier, J.); Claudio Torres (Torres, C.); Chien-Ru Sun (Sun, C.-R.); Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova (Stoyanova, S. Y.); Maria Stogianni (Stogianni, M.); Iva Poláčková Šolcová (Šolcová, I. P.); David Sirlopú (Sirlopú, D.); Ursula Serdarevich (Serdarevich, U.); Heyla A. Selim (Selim, H. A.); Ruta Sargautyte (Sargautyte, R.); Espen Røysamb (Røysamb, E.); Vladyslav Romashov (Romashov, V.); Muhammad Rizwan (Rizwan, M.); Zoran Pavlovid (Pavlovid, Z.); Vassilis Pavlopoulos (Pavlopoulos, V.); Joonha Park (Park, J.); Yvette van Osch (van Osch, Y.); Ayu Okvitawanli (Okvitawanli, A.); Azar Nadi (Nadi, A.); Martin Nader (Nader, M.); Mustaffa Nur Fariza (Fariza, M. N.); Elke Murdock (Murdock, E.); Oriana Mosca (Mosca, O.); Tamara Mohorić (Mohorić, T.); Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin (Barrientos Marroquin, P. E.); Fridanna Maricchiolo (Maricchiolo, F.); Arina Malyonova (Malyonova, A.); Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha (Łużniak-Piecha, M.); Vivian Miu-Chi Lun (Lun, V. M.-C.); Xinhui Liu (Liu, X.); Liman Man Wai Li (Li, L. M. W.); J. Hannah Lee (Lee, J. H.); Anna Kwiatkowska (Kwiatkowska, A.); Nicole Kronberger (Kronberger, N.); Olga Kostoula (Kostoula, O.); Aleksandra Kosiarczyk (Kosiarczyk, A.); Agata Kocimska-Zych (Kocimska-Zych, A.); Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová (Kračmárová, L. K.); Natalia Kascakova (Kascakova, N.); İdil Işık (Işık, İ.); Eric Raymond Igou (Igou, E. R.); David O. Igbokwe (Igbokwe, D. O.); Diana Boer (Boer, D.); Alin Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, A.); Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, R. B.); Vladimer Gamsakhurdia (Gamsakhurdia, V.); Marta Fulop (Fulop, M.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C.); Alejandra Dominguez-Espinosa (Dominguez-Espinosa, A.); Patrick Denoux (Denoux, P.); Michael Harris Bond (Bond, M. H.); Arno Baltin (Baltin, A.); Douglas Arevalo (Arevalo, D.); Lily Appoh (Appoh, L.); Isabelle Albert (Albert, I.); Charity S. Akotia (Akotia, C. S.); Mladen Adamovic (Adamovic, M.); Kuba Krys (Krys, K.); et al.
Título Revista
Applied Research in Quality of Life
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2025
Língua
Inglês
País
Reino Unido
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Abstract/Resumo
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 indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countries. We utilized machine learning (random forests approach) to examine how well an array of 18 different societal and cultural-level indicators were associated with country-level happiness idealization. We found robust and consistent evidence that greater cultural religiosity was associated with reduced idealization of happiness across four different types of happiness, including life satisfaction and interdependent happiness. These findings demonstrated that how much happiness is pursued varies considerably according to sociocultural context and highlights the role of cultural religiosity in shaping how people think about high levels of happiness.
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Palavras-chave
Happiness idealization,Satisfaction with life,Interdependent happiness,Family happiness,Religiosity,Random forests
  • Sociologia - Ciências Sociais
  • Outras Ciências Sociais - Ciências Sociais