A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15260/25:73634600

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-025-10462-w" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-025-10462-w</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10462-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11482-025-10462-w</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countries. We utilized machine learning (random forests approach) to examine how well an array of 18 different societal and cultural-level indicators were associated with country-level happiness idealization. We found robust and consistent evidence that greater cultural religiosity was associated with reduced idealization of happiness across four different types of happiness, including life satisfaction and interdependent happiness. These findings demonstrated that how much happiness is pursued varies considerably according to sociocultural context and highlights the role of cultural religiosity in shaping how people think about high levels of happiness.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness

Popis výsledku anglicky

Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countries. We utilized machine learning (random forests approach) to examine how well an array of 18 different societal and cultural-level indicators were associated with country-level happiness idealization. We found robust and consistent evidence that greater cultural religiosity was associated with reduced idealization of happiness across four different types of happiness, including life satisfaction and interdependent happiness. These findings demonstrated that how much happiness is pursued varies considerably according to sociocultural context and highlights the role of cultural religiosity in shaping how people think about high levels of happiness.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Applied Research Quality Life

ISSN

1871-2584

e-ISSN

1871-2576

Svazek periodika

20

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

1289-1313

Kód UT WoS článku

001514030700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105007319762