Life Satisfaction in Three Countries

McConatha, Jasmin Tahmaseb; Rieser-Danner, Loretta A.; Harmer, Kalyn; Hayta, Vildan; Polat, Tulay S.

doi:10.2466/pr0.94.3.795-806

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“…For example, the self-described personality traits of people from the Philippines, a collectivist culture, differed from people from North America, an individualist culture (Grimm et al 1999). In terms of well-being, ratings of life satisfaction were higher in the USA than Germany and higher in Germany than Turkey (McConatha et al 2004). Moreover, researchers have suggested that the influence of culture on wellbeing may persist across generations even after a person immigrates to a different continent (Rice and Steele 2004;Veenhoven 1994).…”

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Temperament and Happiness in Children in India

2011

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The relation between temperament and happiness was assessed in a sample of 441 children aged 7-14 years drawn from a population in Northern India. Parents assessed their children's happiness and rated their children's temperament using the Emotionality, Activity, and Sociability Temperament Survey (EAS). Children self-reported their own happiness using a single-item measure, the Oxford Happiness Scale Short Form, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Parents' temperament ratings conformed to the four factor structure proposed by Buss and Plomin (Temperament: early developing personality traits. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, 1984): Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Shyness. Temperament accounted for between 4 and 11% of the variance in children's happiness depending on the measures. Children who were more social and active, and less shy, were happier. This result parallels the well-established relation between happiness and personality in adults and is similar to recent research on happiness and temperament in children; temperament traits akin to extraversion were positively associated with happiness. However, despite that neuroticism and its temperament counterpart are strongly and consistently linked to happiness in adults, the relation between happiness and the temperament trait associated with neuroticism (i.e., Emotionality) was weak. This suggests that the relations between temperament and happiness in children may not completely generalize across cultures.

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Temperament and Happiness in Children in India

2011

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“…For example, Diener et al (1995) found that income levels, individualism, and human rights were strong predictors of subjective well-being in different countries. Well-being may also be influenced by such cultural factors as modernization and industrialization, religion, availability of health care, and safety issues within a particular country (McConatha et al 2004). Thus, it should not be assumed that findings among samples in the US necessarily generalize to other cultures.…”

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Life Satisfaction and Coping in Hindu Adolescents in India

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Kamble

2015

J Happiness Stud

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This exploratory study examined the relations between approach and avoidance coping behaviors and general life satisfaction in a sample of 248 Hindu adolescents from an urban area in India. The major findings were threefold. First, gender differences were observed, with females reporting more frequent use of the strategies of seeking social support, direct problem solving, and internalizing behaviors. Second, using multiple regression analyses, the coping behaviors of problem solving and externalizing behaviors accounted for significant, unique variance in life satisfaction scores. Third, gender did not moderate the relations between any of the coping behaviors and life satisfaction. Possible implications for health promotion are discussed.

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“…It examines both to observe whether socio-economic status is a determinant of life satisfaction, and to find out the dimensions of life satisfaction that are discriminating between the individuals of different socio-economic status. McConatha et al (2004) compare the life satisfaction of adults from the United States, Turkey, and Germany. Significant mean differences by country are found on life satisfaction.…”

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