Scientific journal paper Q1
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
Mateusz Olechowski (Olechowski, M.); Maciej Górski (Górski, M. R.); Mohsen Joshanloo (Joshanloo, M.); M. Azhar Hussain (Hussain, M. A.); Arkadiusz Wasiel (Wasiel, A.); Victoria Wai-lan Yeung (Yeung, V. W. L.); Michael Harris Bond (Bond, M. H.); Brian W. Haas (Haas, B. W.); Farida Guemaz (Guemaz, F.); Mahmoud Boussena (Boussena, M.); Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez (Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á.); Nuha Iter (Iter, N.); Olha Vlasenko (Vlasenko, O.); Vivian Miu-Chi Lun (Lun, V. M.-C.); Liman Man Wai Li (Li, L. M. W.); Nur Amali Aminnuddin (Aminnuddin, N. A.); İdil Işık (Işık, İ.); Dieynaba Gabriel Ndiaye (Ndiaye, D. G.); Marta Fulop (Fulop, M.); David O. Igbokwe (Igbokwe, D.); Mladen Adamovic (Adamovic, M.); Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, R. B.); Natalia Soboleva (Soboleva, N.); Julien Teyssier (Teyssier, J.); Fumiko Kano Glückstad (Glückstad, F. K.); Joonha Park (Park, J.); Plamen Akaliyski (Akaliyski, P.); Grace Akello (Akello, G.); Charity S. Akotia (Akotia, C.); Marwan Al-Zoubi (Al-Zoubi, M.); Isabelle Albert (Albert, I.); Anna Almakaeva (Almakaeva, A.); Laura Andrade (Andrade, L.); Lily Appoh (Appoh, L.); Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira (Arévalo Mira, D. M.); Rasmata Bakyono-Nabaloum (Bakyono-Nabaloum, R.); Arno Baltin (Baltin, A.); Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin (Barrientos Marroquin, P. E.); Diana Boer (Boer, D.); Vlad Costin (Costin, V.); Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa (Domínguez Espinosa, A.); Agustín Espinosa (Espinosa, A.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C. S.); Vladimer Gamsakhurdia (Gamsakhurdia, V.); Alin Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, A.); Biljana Gjoneska (Gjoneska, B.); Rafail Hasanov (Hasanov, R.); Eric Raymond Igou (Igou, E. R.); Mostak Ahamed Imran (Imran, M. A.); Naved Iqbal (Iqbal, N.); Natalia Kascakova (Kascakova, N.); Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová (Kračmárová, L. K.); Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska (Kocimska-Bortnowska, A.); Aleksandra Kosiarczyk (Kosiarczyk, A.); Olga Kostoula (Kostoula, O.); Nicole Kronberger (Kronberger, N.); Anna Kwiatkowska (Kwiatkowska, A.); Mary Anne Lauri (Lauri, M. A.); J. Hannah Lee (Lee, J. H.); Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha (Łużniak-Piecha, M.); Alexander Malyonov (Malyonova, A.); Arina Malyonova (Malyonova, A.); Fridanna Maricchiolo (Maricchiolo, F.); Linda Mohammed (Mohammed, L.); Tamara Mohorić (Mohorić, T.); Fatma Mokadem (Mokadem, F.); Magdalena Mosanya (Mosanya, M.); Oriana Mosca (Mosca, O.); Elke Murdock (Murdock, E.); Mustaffa Nur Fariza (Fariza, M. N.); Katarzyna Myślińska-Szarek (Myślińska-Szarek, K.); Martin Nader (Nader, M.); Azar Nadi (Nadi, A.); Danielle P. Ochoa (Ochoa, D.); Ayu Okvitawanli (Okvitawanli, A.); Ewa Palikot (Palikot, E.); Patrick Denoux (Denoux, P.); Vassilis Pavlopoulos (Pavlopoulos, V.); Zoran Pavlović (Pavlović, Z.); Iva Poláčková Šolcová (Šolcová, I. P.); Muhammad Rizwan (Rizwan, M.); Ana Maria Rocha (Rocha, A. M.); Vladyslav Romashov (Romashov, V.); Espen Røysamb (Røysamb, E.); Adil Samekin (Samekin, A.); Ruta Sargautyte (Sargautyte, R.); Beate Schwarz (Schwarz, B.); Heyla A. Selim (Selim, H.); Ursula Serdarevich (Serdarevich, U.); David Sirlopú (Sirlopú, D.); Rosita Sobhie (Sobhie, R.); Boris Sokolov (Sokolov, B.); Maria Stogianni (Stogianni, M.); Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova (Stoyanova, S.); Moritz Streng (Streng, M.); Chien-Ru Sun (Sun, C.-R.); Morten Tønnessen (Tønnessen, M.); Claudio Torres (Torres, C.); Kiêu Thi Thanh Trà (Trà, K. T. T.); Vladimir Turjačanin (Turjačanin, V.); Yukiko Uchida (Uchida, Y.); Yvette van Osch (van Osch, Y.); Wijnand van Tilburg (van Tilburg, W.); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Jorge Vergara-Morales (Vergara-Morales, J.); Vivian L. Vignoles (Vignoles, V. L.); Cai Xing (Xing, C.); Belkacem Yakhlef (Yakhlef, B.); Eric Kenson Yau (Yau, E. K.); June Chun Yeung (Yeung, J. C. ); John M. Zelenski (Zelenski, J.); Kuba Krys (Kuba, K.); et al.
Journal Title
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Year (definitive publication)
2025
Language
English
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United States of America
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Abstract
Previous research indicates that the significance of love varies considerably across cultures. In the present study, we introduce an often-overlooked cultural factor – religiosity – to explore its influence on the relationship between being in love and five dimensions of subjective well-being. We conducted two cross-cultural studies with 31,608 participants from 117 samples across 83 societies. Our findings reveal that, in more religious cultures, being in love is a weaker predictor of well-being compared to more secular cultures in four out of six models. These findings indicate that national context influences the relative importance of various emotions and experiences for well-being, underscoring the need to account for cultural context in research on love.
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Keywords
Love,Well-being,Religiosity,Culture
  • Psychology - Social Sciences
  • Economics and Business - Social Sciences
  • Sociology - Social Sciences
  • Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences
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Funding Reference Funding Entity
K-111 789 Hungarian OTKA
301298/2018-1 Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
LX22NPO5101 NPO
451-03-66/2024-03/200163 Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
DSF 2017-2018 University of Roma Department of Educational Studies
2020/38/E/HS6/00357 Polish National Science Centre
ORF-2025-1204 HSE University Basic Research Program; Ongoing Research Funding Program
ES/W00786X/1 King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia