Predictors of Differences in Subjective Well-Being Across 97 Nations  

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Minkov, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 43 no. 02 (May 2009), page 152-179.
Topik: subjective well-being; happiness; life satisfaction; life control; leisure
Fulltext: 152.pdf (167.28KB)

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This study analyzes national differences in various facets of subjective wellbeing as measured by the World Values Survey, including the most recent wave (2005-2007), across a sample of 97 nations. The main predictor of the cognitive facet (life satisfaction) is a perception of life control, followed by wealth. The hedonic facet (happiness) is explained by a syndrome of correlated variables: perceived life control, high importance of leisure, and low importance of thrift. It is proposed that this syndrome is stronger in societies that do not have a powerful cultural legacy of highly intensive agriculture. The negative pole of the hedonic facet (unhappiness) seems to be related mostly to poverty and a perception of low life control (helplessness), plus various situational factors.

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