Belief in a zero-sum game and subjective well-being across 35 countries

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00291-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12144-019-00291-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Belief in a zero-sum game and subjective well-being across 35 countries

Original language description

This article presents a short research report on the relationship between perceived antagonism in social relations measured using the Belief in a Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) scale, life satisfaction, and positive and negative affect. Given that individuals who believe that life is like a zero-sum game are likely to perceive their daily interactions with others as unfair, we expected that individuals with high BZSG experience more negative affect and fewer positive one, resulting in a lower satisfaction with life. In addition, we examined whether country-level BZSG may play a moderating role in these associations. Data were collected from student samples (N = 7146) in 35 countries. Multilevel modelling revealed that perceived social antagonism in social relations is negatively associated with satisfaction with life and that this relationship is mediated by both positive and negative affect at the individual level. The relation of individual BZSG and negative affect on satisfaction with life were weaker in societies with higher country-level BZSG, suggesting that the effects of BZSG may be less detrimental in these countries. These findings extend previous knowledge about predictors of life satisfaction and suggest that social beliefs might also be an important factor that influences subjective well-being. The contribution of the study is that the separate treatment of life satisfaction and positive and negative affect may be helpful in many research situations, particularly from a cross-cultural perspective.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Current Psychology

ISSN

1046-1310

e-ISSN

1936-4733

Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

3575-3584

UT code for WoS article

000673347700047

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85066620177