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The role of cultural heterogeneity in strengthening the link between family relationships and life satisfaction in 50 societies
Liman Man Wai Li (Li, L. M. W. ); Vivian Miu-Chi Lun (Lun, V. M.-C.); Michael Harris Bond (Bond, M. H.); June Chun Yeung (Yeung, J. C.); Eric Raymond Igou (Igou, E. R.); Brian W. Haas (Haas, B. W.); Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova (Stoyanova, S.); Fridanna Maricchiolo (Maricchiolo, F.); John M. Zelenski (Zelenski, J. M. ); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Yukiko Uchida (Uchida, Y.); Iva Poláčková Šolcová (Šolcová, I. P.); David Sirlopú (Sirlopú, D.); Joonha Park (Park, J.); Aleksandra Kosiarczyk (Kosiarczyk, A.); Agata Kocimska-Zych (Kocimska-Zych, A.); Colin Capaldi (Capaldi, C. A.); Mladen Adamovic (Adamovic, M.); Charity S. Akotia (Akotia, C. S.); Isabelle Albert (Albert, I.); Lily Appoh (Appoh, L.); Douglas Arevalo (Arevalo, D.); Arno Baltin (Baltin, A.); Patrick Denoux (Denoux, P.); Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa (Domínguez-Espinosa, A.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C. S.); Vladimer Gamsakhurdia (Gamsakhurdia, V.); Marta Fülöp (Fülöp, M.); Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, R. B.); Alin Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, A.); Diana Boer (Boer, D.); David O. Igbokwe (Igbokwe, D. O.); İdil Işık (Işık, I.); Natalia Kascakova (Kascakova, N.); Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová (Kračmárová, L. K.); Olga Kostoula (Kostoula, O.); Nicole Kronberger (Kronberger, N.); Anna Kwiatkowska (Kwiatkowska, A.); J. Hannah Lee (Lee, J. H.); Xinhui Liu (Liu, X.); Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha (Łużniak-Piecha, M.); Arina Malyonova (Malyonova, A.); Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin (Barrientos Marroquin, P. E.); Tamara Mohorić (Mohorić, T.); Oriana Mosca (Mosca, O.); Elke Murdock (Murdock, E.); Nur Fariza Mustaffa (Mustaffa, N. F.); Martin Nader (Nader, M.); Azar Nadi (Nadi, A.); Ayu Okvitawanli (Okvitawanli, A.); Yvette van Osch (van Osch, Y.); Vassilis Pavlopoulos (Pavlopoulos, V.); Zoran Pavlović (Pavlović, Z.); Muhammad Rizwan (Rizwan, M.); Vladyslav Romashov (Romashov, V.); Espen Røysamb (Røysamb, E.); Ruta Sargautyte (Sargautyte, R.); Beate Schwarz (Schwarz, B.); Heyla A. Selim (Selim, H. A.); Ursula Serdarevich (Serdarevich, U.); Maria Stogianni (Stogianni, M.); Chien-Ru Sun (Sun, C.-R.); Julien Teyssier (Teyssier, J.); Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg (van Tilburg, W. A. P.); Claudio Torres (Torres, C.); Vivian L. Vignoles (Vignoles, V. L.); Cai Xing (Xing, C.); Kuba Krys (Kuba, K.); et al.
Journal Title
Journal of Happiness Studies
Year (definitive publication)
2024
Language
English
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United Kingdom
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Abstract
We argue that the importance of family relationships for individual well-being varies across societies as a function of a society’s degree of cultural heterogeneity. To examine the role of family relationships, we analyzed the responses from 13,009 participants in 50 societies on their life satisfaction across societies varying in their levels of historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity creates differences in the frequency of interacting with unfamiliar groups, which leads families to become more central to their members’ satisfaction with life. Multi-level analyses showed that historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity moderated the pattern such that greater historical or contemporary cultural heterogeneity of society promoted a stronger positive relation between family relationship satisfaction and individual life satisfaction. Our results also revealed that the moderating role of historical cultural heterogeneity was more reliable than that of contemporary cultural heterogeneity. These findings demonstrate the importance of societal demography in shaping people’s psychological processes in different historical periods, suggesting a universal, trans-historical cultural process.
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Keywords
Life satisfaction,Family relationships,Cultural heterogeneity,Socio-ecological approach,Multi-level analysis
  • Psychology - Social Sciences
  • Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences
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Funding Reference Funding Entity
LX22NPO5101 NPO “Systemic Risk Institute”
20-08583S Czech Science Foundation CSF
301298/2018-1 Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development—CNPq
2016/23/D/HS6/02946 Polish National Science Centre
K-111 789 Hungarian OTKA
17F17806 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
P17806 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020/38/E/HS6/00357 Polish National Science Centre