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

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Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15260/22:73609975
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332" target="_blank" >10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
<a href="/en/project/GA20-08583S" target="_blank" >GA20-08583S: Midlife experience: transitions, crises, and growth</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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