Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries

Krys, Kuba; Park, Joonha; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Selim, Heyla A.; Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka; Haas, Brian W.; Uchida, Yukiko; Torres, Claudio; Capaldi, Colin A.; Bond, Michael Harris; Zelenski, John M.; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Sirlopú, David; Xing, Cai; Vignoles, Vivian L.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Teyssier, Julien; Sun, Chien-Ru; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Serdarevich, Ursula; Schwarz, Beate; Sargautyte, Ruta; Røysamb, Espen; Romashov, Vladyslav; Rizwan, Muhammad; Pavlović, Zoran; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; van Osch, Yvette; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Nadi, Azar; Nader, Martin; Nur Fariza, Mustaffa; Mosca, Oriana; Mohorić, Tamara; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Malyonova, Arina; Liu, Xinhui; Lee, J. Hannah; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Kronberger, Nicole; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kascakova, Natalia; Işık, İdil; Igou, Eric R.; Igbokwe, David O.; Hanke-Boer, Diana; Gavreliuc, Alin; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Fülöp, Márta; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Denoux, Patrick; Charkviani, Salome; Baltin, Arno; Mira, Arévalo D. M.; Appoh, Lily; Albert, Isabelle; Akotia, Charity S.; Adamovic, Mladen

doi:10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23330

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Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries
Authors:	Krys, Kuba Park, Joonha Kocimska-Zych, Agata Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra Selim, Heyla A. Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka Haas, Brian W. Uchida, Yukiko Torres, Claudio Capaldi, Colin A. Bond, Michael Harris Zelenski, John M. Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi Maricchiolo, Fridanna Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Poláčková Šolcová, Iva Sirlopú, David Xing, Cai Vignoles, Vivian L. van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. Teyssier, Julien Sun, Chien-Ru Stoyanova, Stanislava Serdarevich, Ursula Schwarz, Beate Sargautyte, Ruta Røysamb, Espen Romashov, Vladyslav Rizwan, Muhammad Pavlović, Zoran Pavlopoulos, Vassilis van Osch, Yvette Okvitawanli, Ayu Nadi, Azar Nader, Martin Nur Fariza, Mustaffa Mosca, Oriana Mohorić, Tamara Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo Malyonova, Arina Liu, Xinhui Lee, J. Hannah Kwiatkowska, Anna Kronberger, Nicole Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie Kascakova, Natalia Işık, İdil Igou, Eric R. Igbokwe, David O. Hanke-Boer, Diana Gavreliuc, Alin Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B. Fülöp, Márta Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer Esteves, Carla Sofia Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra Denoux, Patrick Charkviani, Salome Baltin, Arno Mira, Arévalo D. M. Appoh, Lily Albert, Isabelle Akotia, Charity S. Adamovic, Mladen
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y 10.21256/zhaw-23330
Published in:	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume(Issue):	22
Issue:	5
Page(s):	2197
Pages to:	2214
Issue Date:	2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	1389-4978 1573-7780
Language:	English
Subjects:	Life satisfaction; Happiness; Cross-cultural comparison; Well-being
Subject (DDC):	158: Applied psychology
Abstract:	Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated with individualism. Implications for happiness studies and for policy makers are signaled.
Further description:	Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch)
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23330
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Krys, K., Park, J., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kosiarczyk, A., Selim, H. A., Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Haas, B. W., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Capaldi, C. A., Bond, M. H., Zelenski, J. M., Lun, V. M.-C., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C.-M., Poláčková Šolcová, I., Sirlopú, D., Xing, C., Vignoles, V. L., et al. (2021). Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(5), 2197–2214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y

Krys, K. et al. (2021) ‘Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries’, Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(5), pp. 2197–2214. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y.

K. Krys et al., “Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries,” Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 2197–2214, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y.

KRYS, Kuba, Joonha PARK, Agata KOCIMSKA-ZYCH, Aleksandra KOSIARCZYK, Heyla A. SELIM, Agnieszka WOJTCZUK-TUREK, Brian W. HAAS, Yukiko UCHIDA, Claudio TORRES, Colin A. CAPALDI, Michael Harris BOND, John M. ZELENSKI, Vivian Miu-Chi LUN, Fridanna MARICCHIOLO, Christin-Melanie VAUCLAIR, Iva POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ, David SIRLOPÚ, Cai XING, Vivian L. VIGNOLES, Wijnand A. P. VAN TILBURG, Julien TEYSSIER, Chien-Ru SUN, Stanislava STOYANOVA, Ursula SERDAREVICH, Beate SCHWARZ, Ruta SARGAUTYTE, Espen RØYSAMB, Vladyslav ROMASHOV, Muhammad RIZWAN, Zoran PAVLOVIĆ, Vassilis PAVLOPOULOS, Yvette VAN OSCH, Ayu OKVITAWANLI, Azar NADI, Martin NADER, Mustaffa NUR FARIZA, Oriana MOSCA, Tamara MOHORIĆ, Pablo Eduardo BARRIENTOS, Arina MALYONOVA, Xinhui LIU, J. Hannah LEE, Anna KWIATKOWSKA, Nicole KRONBERGER, Lucie KLŮZOVÁ KRAČMÁROVÁ, Natalia KASCAKOVA, İdil IŞIK, Eric R. IGOU, David O. IGBOKWE, Diana HANKE-BOER, Alin GAVRELIUC, Ragna B. GARÐARSDÓTTIR, Márta FÜLÖP, Vladimer GAMSAKHURDIA, Carla Sofia ESTEVES, Alejandra DOMÍNGUEZ-ESPINOSA, Patrick DENOUX, Salome CHARKVIANI, Arno BALTIN, Arévalo D. M. MIRA, Lily APPOH, Isabelle ALBERT, Charity S. AKOTIA und Mladen ADAMOVIC, 2021. Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries. Journal of Happiness Studies. 2021. Bd. 22, Nr. 5, S. 2197–2214. DOI 10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y

Krys, Kuba, Joonha Park, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Heyla A. Selim, Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, Brian W. Haas, et al. 2021. “Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness Is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries.” Journal of Happiness Studies 22 (5): 2197–2214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y.

Krys, Kuba, et al. “Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness Is an Individualistic Presumption : Evidence from Fifty Countries.” Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 22, no. 5, 2021, pp. 2197–214, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y.