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Family first: evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures

dc.contributor.authorKrys, Kuba
dc.contributor.authorChun Yeung, June
dc.contributor.authorHaas, Brian W.
dc.contributor.authorvan Osch, Yvette
dc.contributor.authorKosiarczyk, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorKocimska-Zych, Agata
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorSelim, Heyla A.
dc.contributor.authorZelenski, John M.
dc.contributor.authorBond, Michael Harris
dc.contributor.authorPark, Joonha
dc.contributor.authorLun, Vivian Miu Chi
dc.contributor.authorMaricchiolo, Fridanna
dc.contributor.authorVauclair, Christin Melanie
dc.contributor.authorPoláčková Šolcová, Iva
dc.contributor.authorSirlopú, David
dc.contributor.authorXing, Cai
dc.contributor.authorVignoles, Vivian L.
dc.contributor.authorvan Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.
dc.contributor.authorTeyssier, Julien
dc.contributor.authorSun, Chien Ru
dc.contributor.authorSerdarevich, Ursula
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Beate
dc.contributor.authorSargautyte, Ruta
dc.contributor.authorRøysamb, Espen
dc.contributor.authorRomashov, Vladyslav
dc.contributor.authorRizwan, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorPavlović, Zoran
dc.contributor.authorPavlopoulos, Vassilis
dc.contributor.authorOkvitawanli, Ayu
dc.contributor.authorNadi, Azar
dc.contributor.authorNader, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMustaffa, Nur Fariza
dc.contributor.authorMurdock, Elke
dc.contributor.authorMosca, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorMohorić, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorMalyonova, Arina
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xinhui
dc.contributor.authorLee, J. Hannah
dc.contributor.authorKwiatkowska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKronberger, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorKlůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie
dc.contributor.authorKascakova, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorIşık, İdil
dc.contributor.authorIgou, Eric R.
dc.contributor.authorIgbokwe, David O.
dc.contributor.authorHanke-Boer, Diana
dc.contributor.authorGavreliuc, Alin
dc.contributor.authorGarðarsdóttir, Ragna B.
dc.contributor.authorFülöp, Márta
dc.contributor.authorGamsakhurdia, Vladimer
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Carla Sofia
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorDenoux, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorCharkviani, Salome
dc.contributor.authorBaltin, Arno
dc.contributor.authorArevalo, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorAppoh, Lily
dc.contributor.authorAkotia, Charity
dc.contributor.authorAdamovic, Mladen
dc.contributor.authorUchida, Yukiko
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-30T07:50:52Z
dc.date.available2024-04-30T07:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-22
dc.description.abstractPeople care about their own well-being and about the well-being of their families. It is currently, however, unknown how much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being. A recent study documented that people value family happiness over personal happiness across four cultures. In this study, we sought to replicate this finding across a larger sample size (N = 12,819) and a greater number of countries (N = 49). We found that the strength of the idealization of family over personal happiness preference was small (average Cohen’s ds =.20, range −.02 to.48), but present in 98% of the studied countries, with statistical significance in 73% to 75%, and variance across countries <2%. We also found that the size of this effect did vary somewhat across cultural contexts. In Latin American cultures highest on relational mobility, the idealization of family over personal happiness was very small (average Cohen’s ds for Latin America =.15 and.18), while in Confucian Asia cultures lowest on relational mobility, this effect was closer to medium (ds >.40 and.30). Importantly, we did not find strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that associate collectivism with greater prioritization of the family versus the individual; country-level individualism–collectivism was not associated with variation in the idealization of family versus individual happiness. Our findings indicate that no matter how much various populists abuse the argument of “protecting family life” to disrupt emancipation, family happiness seems to be a pan-culturally phenomenon. Family well-being is a key ingredient of social fabric across the world, and should be acknowledged by psychology and well-being researchers and by progressive movements too.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00220221221134711pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85149537802
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44844
dc.identifier.wos000956272100001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectCulturept_PT
dc.subjectFamilypt_PT
dc.subjectHappinesspt_PT
dc.subjectInterdependent happinesspt_PT
dc.subjectLife satisfactionpt_PT
dc.subjectRelational mobilitypt_PT
dc.subjectWell-beingpt_PT
dc.titleFamily first: evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different culturespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage339pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage323pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume54pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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