Culture and subjective well-being / edited by Ed Diener and Eunkook M. Suh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diener, Ed, editor.

Suh, Eunkook M., editor.

Series:

Well-being and quality of life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Happiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 355 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2000]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Analyzes SWB in relation to money, age, gender, democracy, and other factors.

Contents:

1 Measuring Subjective Well-being to Compare the Quality of Life of Cultures / Ed Diener, Eunkook M. Suh 3

2 Cultural Syndromes and Subjective Well-being / Harry C. Triandis 13

3 Individual Psychological Culture and Subjective Well-being / Charlotte Ratzlaff, David Matsumoto, Natalia Kouznetsova, Jacques Raroque, Rebecca Ray 37

II Cultural Differences in the Definition and Causes of Well-being 61

4 Self, the Hyphen between Culture and Subjective Well-being / Eunkook M. Suh 63

5 Goals as Cornerstones of Subjective Well-being: Linking Individuals and Cultures / Shigehiro Oishi 87

6 The Pursuit of Happiness and the Realization of Sympathy: Cultural Patterns of Self, Social Relations, and Well-being / Shinobu Kitayama, Hazel Rose Markus 113

III Societal Conditions 163

7 Genes, Culture, Democracy, and Happiness / Ronald Inglehart, Hans-Dieter Klingemann 165

8 Money and Happiness: Income and Subjective Well-Being Across Nations / Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi 185

9 National Differences in Micro and Macro Worry: Social, Economic, and Cultural Explanations / Shalom H. Schwartz, Gila Melech 219

10 Freedom and Happiness: A Comparative Study in Forty-four Nations in the Early 1990s / Ruut Veenhoven 257

IV Individual Differences 289

11 Age and Sex Differences in Subjective Well-being across Cultures / Richard E. Lucas, Carol L. Gohm 291

12 Perceived Control and Subjective Well-being across Nations and across the Life Span / Alexander Grob 319.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Culture and subjective well-being.

ISBN:

9780262316194

0262316196

Access Restriction:

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