The relationship between frequency of performing acts of kindness and subjective well-being: A mediation model in three cultures

Gherghel, Claudia; Nastas, Dorin; Hashimoto, Takeshi; Takai, Jiro

doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00391-x

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“…Gherghel et al (2019) showed that the link between performing acts of kindness and subjective well‐being in their three national‐cultural groups studied is mediated by the actor's satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, relatedness and competence (see also Chen et al, 2015). These three needs are universally relevant and important, but they are valued differently in different cultures.…”

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“…If, however, the researcher is only focusing on a particular psychological variable of interest at the cultural level (as in our Models 2-4), controlling for national wealth could suppress the effect observed for that variable. Gherghel et al (2019) showed that the link between performing acts of kindness and subjective well-being in their three national-cultural groups studied is mediated by the actor's satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, relatedness and competence (see also Chen et al, 2015). These three needs are universally relevant and important, but they are valued differently in different cultures.…”

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“…The link between kindness and well‐being for individuals has been found across a number of national‐cultural groups (e.g., Aknin et al, 2013; Gherghel et al, 2019). To explain their multi‐cultural confirmation of this effect, Aknin et al concluded that, “the reward experienced from helping others may be deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic contexts.” (p. 635), thereby suggesting that the kindness‐well‐being link constitutes a psychological universal.…”

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National wealth, individualism, generalised trust, and religiosity as moderators of the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction in 137 societies

Joshanloo

Bond

2022

Int J Psychol

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We predicted that the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction would depend partially on the wealth of the country in which one lives. We argue that wealthy societies provide a wide range of welfare provisions for assisting their citizens. By contrast, people living in poorer countries with associated lower individualism, lower generalised trust, and higher religiosity have fewer financial and institutional supports for their daily welfare. They thus receive greater personal and interpersonal rewards for helping strangers in their societies and experience greater life satisfaction. Using a 137‐country sample, we found that the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction was weaker in wealthier nations and in nations with more individualistic, more trusting, but less religious citizens. When all four moderators were used, only trust and religiosity remained significant moderators. In a supplementary mediated moderation model, we also found that trust and religiosity mediated the effect of national wealth on the relationship between kindness and life satisfaction. We conclude that the relationship between kindness and life satisfaction depends on various aspects of national culture that may reduce or increase people's dependence in their daily lives on the help of others as opposed to dependence on welfare institutions.

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National wealth, individualism, generalised trust, and religiosity as moderators of the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction in 137 societies

Joshanloo

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2022

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“…Prosocial behaviour has been shown to be related to SWB, a construct typically defined as high positive affect, low negative affect, and high life satisfaction (Heintzelman & Tay, 2017, p. 10). Gherghel et al (2021) found that "[…] engagement in prosocial behavior was positively associated with empathic concern and Posters subjective well-being" (p. 4446). The positive relationship between prosocial behaviour and SWB may also be mediated by competence, autonomy, and relatedness (Feng & Zhang, 2021).…”

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Supporting Prosocial Behaviour in Online Communities through Social Media Affordances

Kelly

Liu

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Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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Affordances are action possibilities that emerge from the relationship between the properties of an object and an interacting agent's capabilities. This poster examines how one type of affordance—anonymity—is enabled or constrained by six features of social media platforms. Our work is one step in a broader agenda to: (1) identify affordances that influence users' behaviour in online communities; (2) outline the social media features that enable or constrain those affordances; and, (3) experimentally determine whether certain affordances, or combinations of affordances, support prosocial behaviour. Prosocial behaviour in information and communication technologies (ICTs) is broadly viewed here as benefiting other individuals in online communities, which in turn could increase the subjective well‐being (SWB) of the community's members. SWB is characterized by high positive affect, low negative affect, and high life satisfaction.

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“…The PERMA model demonstrates that SWB is influenced by a range of factors including feelings of positive emotions, active involvement, close interpersonal relationships, life purpose/sense of belonging, and experiencing mastery. While past research has examined individuals’ behaviour such as gratitude (Deng et al, 2019) or prosocial behaviour (Gherghel et al, 2021) in relation to SWB, a systematic literature review compiling a range of such character strengths/behaviours/personality traits associated with SWB is required to provide a solid conceptual basis for our future research and inform its empirical methodology.…”

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Applying Positive Psychology’s SubjectiveWell‐Beingto Online Interactions

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Kelly

Liu

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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This paper outlines the complexity of the psychological construct of individuals' subjective well‐being (SWB) and argues for the importance of examining behaviours and linguistic expression of individuals online social interactions in relation to self‐reported SWB. This paper calls for a systematic review of the psychology research which examines SWB and its association with various character strengths, personality traits, and behaviours. While the Big Five personality traits (OCEAN) have an underlying neuropsychological basis and are considered as universal dimensions of personality along which humans differ one from another, minimal research has attempted to evaluate the relationship between personality traits, SWB, and online interactions.

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The relationship between frequency of performing acts of kindness and subjective well-being: A mediation model in three cultures

Cited by 16 publications

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National wealth, individualism, generalised trust, and religiosity as moderators of the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction in 137 societies

National wealth, individualism, generalised trust, and religiosity as moderators of the relationship between helping strangers and life satisfaction in 137 societies

Supporting Prosocial Behaviour in Online Communities through Social Media Affordances

Applying Positive Psychology’s SubjectiveWell‐Beingto Online Interactions

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