Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study

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

doi:10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23331

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Title:	Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study
Authors:	Krys, Kuba Yeung, June Chun Capaldi, Colin A. Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi Torres, Claudio van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P. Bond, Michael Harris Zelenski, John M. Haas, Brian W. Park, Joonha Maricchiolo, Fridanna Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra Kocimska-Zych, Agata Kwiatkowska, Anna Adamovic, Mladen Pavlopoulos, Vassilis Fülöp, Márta Sirlopu, David Okvitawanli, Ayu Boer, Diana Teyssier, Julien Malyonova, Arina Gavreliuc, Alin Uchida, Yukiko Serdarevich, Ursula Akotia, Charity Appoh, Lily Mira, D.M., Arévalo Baltin, Arno Denoux, Patrick Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra Esteves, Carla Sofia Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B. Igbokwe, David O. Igou, Eric R. Işık, İdil Kascakova, Natalia Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie Kronberger, Nicole Lee, J. Hannah Liu, Xinhui Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo Mohorić, Tamara Mustaffa, Nur Fariza Mosca, Oriana Nader, Martin Nadi, Azar van Osch, Yvette Pavlović, Zoran Poláčková Šolcová, Iva Rizwan, Muhammad Romashov, Vladyslav Røysamb, Espen Sargautyte, Ruta Schwarz, Beate Selecká, Lenka Selim, Heyla A. Stogianni, Maria Sun, Chien-Ru Xing, Cai Vignoles, Vivian L.
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332 10.21256/zhaw-23331
Published in:	The Journal of Positive Psychology
Volume(Issue):	17
Issue:	1
Page(s):	117
Pages to:	130
Issue Date:	2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1743-9760 1743-9779
Language:	English
Subjects:	Life-satisfaction; Cross-cultural comparison; Well-being; Multi-level analysis
Subject (DDC):	158: Applied psychology
Abstract:	In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘doubleedged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23331
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., Yeung, J. C., Capaldi, C. A., Lun, V. M.-C., Torres, C., van Tilburg, W. A. P., Bond, M. H., Zelenski, J. M., Haas, B. W., Park, J., Maricchiolo, F., Vauclair, C.-M., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Zych, A., Kwiatkowska, A., Adamovic, M., Pavlopoulos, V., Fülöp, M., Sirlopu, D., et al. (2021). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), 117–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332

Krys, K. et al. (2021) ‘Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study’, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), pp. 117–130. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332.

K. Krys et al., “Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study,” The Journal of Positive Psychology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 117–130, 2021, doi: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332.

KRYS, Kuba, June Chun YEUNG, Colin A. CAPALDI, Vivian Miu-Chi LUN, Claudio TORRES, Wijnand A. P. VAN TILBURG, Michael Harris BOND, John M. ZELENSKI, Brian W. HAAS, Joonha PARK, Fridanna MARICCHIOLO, Christin-Melanie VAUCLAIR, Aleksandra KOSIARCZYK, Agata KOCIMSKA-ZYCH, Anna KWIATKOWSKA, Mladen ADAMOVIC, Vassilis PAVLOPOULOS, Márta FÜLÖP, David SIRLOPU, Ayu OKVITAWANLI, Diana BOER, Julien TEYSSIER, Arina MALYONOVA, Alin GAVRELIUC, Yukiko UCHIDA, Ursula SERDAREVICH, Charity AKOTIA, Lily APPOH, D.M., Arévalo MIRA, Arno BALTIN, Patrick DENOUX, Alejandra DOMINGUEZ-ESPINOSA, Carla Sofia ESTEVES, Vladimer GAMSAKHURDIA, Ragna B. GARÐARSDÓTTIR, David O. IGBOKWE, Eric R. IGOU, İdil IŞIK, Natalia KASCAKOVA, Lucie KLŮZOVÁ KRAČMÁROVÁ, Nicole KRONBERGER, J. Hannah LEE, Xinhui LIU, Pablo Eduardo BARRIENTOS, Tamara MOHORIĆ, Nur Fariza MUSTAFFA, Oriana MOSCA, Martin NADER, Azar NADI, Yvette VAN OSCH, Zoran PAVLOVIĆ, Iva POLÁČKOVÁ ŠOLCOVÁ, Muhammad RIZWAN, Vladyslav ROMASHOV, Espen RØYSAMB, Ruta SARGAUTYTE, Beate SCHWARZ, Lenka SELECKÁ, Heyla A. SELIM, Maria STOGIANNI, Chien-Ru SUN, Cai XING und Vivian L. VIGNOLES, 2021. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2021. Bd. 17, Nr. 1, S. 117–130. DOI 10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332

Krys, Kuba, June Chun Yeung, Colin A. Capaldi, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Claudio Torres, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, Michael Harris Bond, et al. 2021. “Societal Emotional Environments and Cross-Cultural Differences in Life Satisfaction : A Forty-Nine Country Study.” The Journal of Positive Psychology 17 (1): 117–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332.

Krys, Kuba, et al. “Societal Emotional Environments and Cross-Cultural Differences in Life Satisfaction : A Forty-Nine Country Study.” The Journal of Positive Psychology, vol. 17, no. 1, 2021, pp. 117–30, https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332.