Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries

Krys, Kuba; Park, Joonha; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Selim, Heyla A.; Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka; Haas, Brian W.; Uchida, Yukiko; Torres, Claudio; Capaldi, Colin A.; Bond, Michael Harris; Zelenski, John M.; 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; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Serdarevich, Ursula; Schwarz, Beate; Sargautyte, Ruta; Røysamb, Espen; Romashov, Vladyslav; Rizwan, Muhammad; Pavlović, Zoran; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; van Osch, Yvette; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Nadi, Azar; Nader, Martin; Nur Fariza, Mustaffa; Mosca, Oriana; Mohorić, Tamara; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Malyonova, Arina; Liu, Xinhui; Lee, J. Hannah; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Kronberger, Nicole; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kascakova, Natalia; Işık, İdil; Igou, Eric R.; Igbokwe, David O.; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna Benedikta

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Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries

Title:	Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries
Author:	Krys, Kuba Park, Joonha Kocimska-Zych, Agata Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra Selim, Heyla A. Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka Haas, Brian W. Uchida, Yukiko Torres, Claudio Capaldi, Colin A. ... 40 more authors Show all authors Bond, Michael Harris Zelenski, John M. 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 Stoyanova, Stanislava Serdarevich, Ursula Schwarz, Beate Sargautyte, Ruta Røysamb, Espen Romashov, Vladyslav Rizwan, Muhammad Pavlović, Zoran Pavlopoulos, Vassilis van Osch, Yvette Okvitawanli, Ayu Nadi, Azar Nader, Martin Nur Fariza, Mustaffa Mosca, Oriana Mohorić, Tamara Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo Malyonova, Arina Liu, Xinhui Lee, J. Hannah Kwiatkowska, Anna Kronberger, Nicole Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie Kascakova, Natalia Işık, İdil Igou, Eric R. Igbokwe, David O. Garðarsdóttir, Ragna Benedikta 50 authors Show fewer authors
Date:	2020-10-01
Language:	English
Scope:	18
Department:	Faculty of Psychology
Series:	Journal of Happiness Studies; 22(5)
ISSN:	1389-4978
DOI:	10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y
Subject:	Fjölskyldan; Hamingja; Vellíðan; Rannsóknir; Collectivism; Culture; Family happiness; Individualism; Interdependent happiness; Life satisfaction; Self-construals; Well-being; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; SDG 13 - Climate Action
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3149
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Citation: Krys , K , Park , J , Kocimska-Zych , A , Kosiarczyk , A , Selim , H A , Wojtczuk-Turek , A , Haas , B W , Uchida , Y , Torres , C , Capaldi , C A , Bond , M H , Zelenski , J M , Lun , V M C , Maricchiolo , F , Vauclair , C M , Poláčková Šolcová , I , Sirlopú , D , Xing , C , Vignoles , V L , van Tilburg , W A P , Teyssier , J , Sun , C R , Stoyanova , S , Serdarevich , U , Schwarz , B , Sargautyte , R , Røysamb , E , Romashov , V , Rizwan , M , Pavlović , Z , Pavlopoulos , V , van Osch , Y , Okvitawanli , A , Nadi , A , Nader , M , Nur Fariza , M , Mosca , O , Mohorić , T , Barrientos , P E , Malyonova , A , Liu , X , Lee , J H , Kwiatkowska , A , Kronberger , N , Klůzová Kračmárová , L , Kascakova , N , Işık , İ , Igou , E R , Igbokwe , D O & Garðarsdóttir , R B 2020 , ' Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries ' , Journal of Happiness Studies , vol. 22 , no. 5 , pp. 2197-2214 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y
Abstract: Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.
Description: Funding Information: This work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre under Grant 2016/23/D/HS6/02946; the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under Grants P17806 and 17F17806; the Hungarian OTKA under Grant K-111 789; the Brazilian National Council for Research—CNPq under Grant PQ301298/2018-1; the Czech Science Foundation under grant 20-08583S; the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia under grant number YS 17–43; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 71873133; and the Department of educational studies, University of Roma Tre under biannual Grant DSF 2017-2018. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s).