The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We argue that the importance of family relationships for individual well-being varies across societies as a function of a society’s degree of cultural heterogeneity. To examine the role of family relationships, we analyzed the responses from 13,009 participants in 50 societies on their life satisfaction across societies varying in their levels of historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity creates differences in the frequency of interacting with unfamiliar groups, which leads families to become more central to their members’ satisfaction with life. Multi-level analyses showed that historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity moderated the pattern such that greater historical or contemporary cultural heterogeneity of society promoted a stronger positive relation between family relationship satisfaction and individual life satisfaction. Our results also revealed that the moderating role of historical cultural heterogeneity was more reliable than that of contemporary cultural heterogeneity. These findings demonstrate the importance of societal demography in shaping people’s psychological processes in different historical periods, suggesting a universal, trans-historical cultural process.
Source: Journal of Happiness Studies
Authors: Liman Man Wai Li, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Michael Harris Bond, June Chun Yeung, Eric Raymond Igou, Brian W. Haas, Stanislava Stoyanova, Fridanna Maricchiolo, John M. Zelenski, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Yukiko Uchida, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, David Sirlopú, Joonha Park, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Colin A. Capaldi, Mladen Adamovic, Charity S. Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Lily Appoh, Douglas Arevalo, Arno Baltin, Patrick Denoux, Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Márta Fülöp, Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir, Alin Gavreliuc, Diana Boer, David O. Igbokwe, İdil Işık, Natalia Kascakova, Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová, Olga Kostoula, Nicole Kronberger, Anna Kwiatkowska, J. Hannah Lee, Xinhui Liu, Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Arina Malyonova, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin, Tamara Mohorić, Oriana Mosca, Elke Murdock, Nur Fariza Mustaffa, Martin Nader, Azar Nadi, Ayu Okvitawanli, Yvette van Osch, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Zoran Pavlović, Muhammad Rizwan, Vladyslav Romashov, Espen Røysamb, Ruta Sargautyte, Beate Schwarz, Heyla A. Selim, Ursula Serdarevich, Maria Stogianni, Chien-Ru Sun, Julien Teyssier, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, Claudio Torres, Vivian L. Vignoles, Cai Xing, Kuba Krys
Institutions: Education University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Limerick, University of Georgia, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Roma Tre University, Carleton University, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Kyoto University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology, San Sebastián University, Uniwersytet SWPS, King's College London, University of Ghana, University of Luxembourg, Nord University, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, Tallinn University, Université de Toulouse, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Unidade de Investigação em Gestão e Economia, Tbilisi State University, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, West University of Timişoara, University of Koblenz and Landau, Universität Koblenz, Baze University, Bahçeşehir University, Palacký University Olomouc, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Indiana University Northwest, Omsk State University, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, University of Rijeka, University of Cagliari, International Islamic University Malaysia, Icesi University, University of Brawijaya, Tilburg University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Belgrade, National University of Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Vilnius University, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, King Saud University, National University of the West, Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, National Chengchi University, University of Essex, Universidade de Brasília, University of Sussex, Renmin University of China
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,390
Awards: G1243708396, Psychologizing Indexes of Societal Progress: Accounting for Cultural Diversity of well-being, Midlife experience: transitions, crises, and growth, The effects on self-esteem and subjective well-being scale scores of correcting for modesty norm response bias in cross-cultural surveys, G336390145, G3626962838, G404710409, G4539897318, G5064654007, G5497369908, G6048382673, G6347524933, G781090188, 女性の産後育児支援の多様性及び母子のwell-beingへの影響の日中韓比較研究
OpenAlex ID: W4401397194