Cross-cultural aging in cognitive and affective components of subjective well-being.

Pethtel, Olivia; Chen, Yiwei

doi:10.1037/a0018511

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“…Using experience sampling, Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr, and Nesselroade (2000) found that positive emotions remained stable across the adult lifespan, whereas negative emotions declined in older adults. The Paradox of Well-Being is also consistent with our own findings on cross-cultural aging (Pethtel & Chen, 2010). Both American and Chinese older adults showed similar levels of life satisfaction and positive affect, but lower levels of negative affect than young adults.…”

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Age Differences in Goal Concordance, Time Use, and Well-Being

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Lee

Pethtel

et al. 2012

Educational Gerontology

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The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate age differences in goal concordance, time use, and Well-Being. Past research has found that despite age-related decline in life circumstances (e.g., health), the Well-Being of older adults is as high as young adults. The present study used a novel approach to explore the Paradox of Well-Being. One hundred and seventy-seven adults participated in the study. They first generated their three most important personal strivings and rated levels of goal concordance for external, introjected, identified, and intrinsic reasons. Then, they reported their actual and ideal time use in 10 categories of activities in the past 24 hours. Finally, Well-Being was assessed by the Flourishing Scale and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (Diener, Wirtz, et al., 2010). Older adults did not differ from young adults in overall Well-Being. However, they held higher levels of goal concordance and were more likely to spend time in spirituality and religion-related activities than young adults. The relationships between goal concordance, time use, and Well-Being were examined separately for young and older adults. Implications were discussed to improve Well-Being for young and older adults.

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Age Differences in Goal Concordance, Time Use, and Well-Being

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Educational Gerontology

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“…Family support influences both affective and cognitive evaluation of SWB among Japanese and Korean students, whereas cognitive evaluation of Chinese students did not have any direct affect. Pethtel and Chen (2010) showed that perceived family's life satisfaction was related to life satisfaction for Chinese. Further research is required about cognitive evaluation of SWB among Chinese students.…”

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Association between Perceived Social Support and Subjective Well-Being among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean College Students

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Kim³

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Subjective well-being (SWB) consists of life satisfaction, the presence of positive affect (PA), and the absence of negative affect (NA). This study examines the associations between perceived social support and SWB among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean college students. We hypothesized that perceived social support will be associated with life satisfaction directly and indirectly through PA and NA among the three groups. A total of 1332 (466 Japanese, 449 Chinese, 417 Korean) college students completed surveys measuring life satisfaction, PA, NA, and perceived social support from family, friends, and a significant other. Results of the path analysis showed that family support reduced NA and significant others support improved PA, and that both of types of support were associated with life satisfaction among the three groups. It was suggested that perceived social support contributes to improve SWB among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean college students.

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“…A study of young and old Americans and Chinese by Pethtel and Chen (2010) also provides additional supporting evidence for . In their study, participants reported on their emotional experiences in general.…”

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Cultural Differences in the Subjective Experience of Emotion: When and Why They Occur

Scollon

Koh

2011

Social & Personality Psych

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Cross‐cultural comparisons of subjective emotional experience are common, and virtually any comparison of nations or different ethnic groups is bound to yield some differences and some similarities. While nobody doubts the considerable intercultural variability in subjective or self‐reports of emotion, more attention needs to be given to when and why and these differences occur. In this article, we explore factors that accentuate or attenuate cultural differences in the subjective experience of emotion. We propose that cultural norms shape emotional experiences to different degrees depending on the time frame of the emotional experience, the valence of the emotion, and even the specific emotion being compared. We review the research that supports this view and we highlight new avenues of research that are likely to shed light on cultural differences in the subjective experience of emotions.

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Cross-cultural aging in cognitive and affective components of subjective well-being.

Cited by 42 publications

References 41 publications

Age Differences in Goal Concordance, Time Use, and Well-Being

Age Differences in Goal Concordance, Time Use, and Well-Being

Association between Perceived Social Support and Subjective Well-Being among Japanese, Chinese, and Korean College Students

Cultural Differences in the Subjective Experience of Emotion: When and Why They Occur

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