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Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study
- Source :
- Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), 117-130. Routledge, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Journal of positive psychology, Abingdon : Routledge journals, Taylor & Francis, 2022, vol. 17, iss. 1, p. 117-130, Journal of Positive Psychology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis, 2021.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘double-edged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- EXPRESSION
societal emotional environment, societal well-being, emotion regulation, emotion expression, life satisfaction, culture, Latin America
emotion regulation
Latin Americans
SELF-ESTEEM
Culture
Well-being
050109 social psychology
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica]
158: Angewandte Psychologie
050105 experimental psychology
societal well-being
Societal emotional environment
Cross-cultural
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Forty Nine
Cross-cultural comparison
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
Emotion expression
life satisfaction
General Psychology
POSITIVE AFFECT
Multi-level analysis
SUPPRESSION
HAPPINESS
Operationalization
Emotion regulation
05 social sciences
Life satisfaction
culture
emotion expression
Latin America
CONSTRUCT
Degree (music)
Cross-cultural studies
Life-satisfaction
Societal well- being
INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL
Psychology
Social psychology
COSTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17439760 and 17439779
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), 117-130. Routledge, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Journal of positive psychology, Abingdon : Routledge journals, Taylor & Francis, 2022, vol. 17, iss. 1, p. 117-130, Journal of Positive Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9312cf601be75e63ebb3dcc349f6939c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23331