The Interplay of Cultural Syndromes and Personality in Predicting Life Satisfaction : Comparing Asian Americans and European Americans  

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Benet-Martinez, Veronica ; Karakitapoglu-Aygun, Zahide

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcca) vol. 34 no. 1 (Jan. 2003), page 38-60.
Topik: life satisfaction; cross cultural studies; culture; personality; quality of life
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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ86.9 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study explored how personality and cultural variables influence subjective well - being (SWB) in two different U. S. ethnic groups : asian americans and european americans. Structural equation modeling analyses supported a hypothesized culture -> personality model of SWB, in which the cultural syndromes of individualism and collectivism predict variations on personality dispositions (big five), which, in turn, influence life satisfaction through self - and relational esteem. Despite ethnic mean - level differences found for many of the variables, none of the pathways in the culture --> personality model of SWB differed across our two ethnic groups. Furthermore, the culture --> personality model of SWB fit the data more adequately than a competing personality --> culture model of SWB, in which personality dispositions preceded cultural syndromes in predicting life satisfaction. A consistent finding was the stronger weight of self - esteem (compared with relational esteem) in predicting life satisfaction for both ethnic groups. Results are discussed in the context of acculturation theory and recent cultural psychology views.

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