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

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dc.abstract.enIn 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 ‘double-edged 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.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorKrys, Kuba
dc.contributor.authorYeung, June Chun
dc.contributor.authorCapaldi, Colin A.
dc.contributor.authorLun Miu-Chi, Vivian
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorvan Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.
dc.contributor.authorBond, Michael Harris
dc.contributor.authorZelenski, John M.
dc.contributor.authorHaas, Brian W.
dc.contributor.authorPark, Joonha
dc.contributor.authorMaricchiolo, Fridanna
dc.contributor.authorVauclair, Christin-Melanie
dc.contributor.authorKosiarczyk, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorKocimska-Zych, Agata
dc.contributor.authorKwiatkowska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorAdamovic, Mladen
dc.contributor.authorPavlopoulos, Vassilis
dc.contributor.authorFülöp, Márta
dc.contributor.authorSirlopu, David
dc.contributor.authorOkvitawanli, Ayu
dc.contributor.authorBoer, Diana
dc.contributor.authorTeyssier, Julien
dc.contributor.authorMalyonova, Arina
dc.contributor.authorGavreliuc, Alin
dc.contributor.authorUchida, Yukiko
dc.contributor.authorSerdarevich, Ursula
dc.contributor.authorAkotia, Charity
dc.contributor.authorAppoh, Lily
dc.contributor.authorMira, Arévalo
dc.contributor.authorBaltin, Arno
dc.contributor.authorDenoux, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorDominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Carla Sofia
dc.contributor.authorGamsakhurdia, Vladimer
dc.contributor.authorGarðarsdóttir, Ragna B.
dc.contributor.authorIgbokwe, David O.
dc.contributor.authorIgou, Eric R.
dc.contributor.authorIşık, İdil
dc.contributor.authorKascakova, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorKlůzová Kračmárová, Lucie
dc.contributor.authorKronberger, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorLee, J. Hannah
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xinhui
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos, Pablo Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorMohorić, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorMustaffa, Nur Fariza
dc.contributor.authorMosca, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorNader, Martin
dc.contributor.authorNadi, Azar
dc.contributor.authorvan Osch, Yvette
dc.contributor.authorPavlović, Zoran
dc.contributor.authorPoláčková Šolcová, Iva
dc.contributor.authorRizwan, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorRomashov, Vladyslav
dc.contributor.authorRøysamb, Espen
dc.contributor.authorSargautyte, Ruta
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Beate
dc.contributor.authorSelecká, Lenka
dc.contributor.authorSelim, Heyla A.
dc.contributor.authorStogianni, Maria
dc.contributor.authorSun, Chien-Ru
dc.contributor.authorXing, Cai
dc.contributor.authorVignoles, Vivian L.
dc.date.access2021-06-30
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-04T08:19:00Z
dc.date.available2024-12-04T08:19:00Z
dc.date.created2020-11-23
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.accesstimebefore_publication
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical117-130
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume17
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332
dc.identifier.eissn1743-9779
dc.identifier.issn1743-9760
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1135
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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dc.subject.enSocietal emotional environment
dc.subject.ensocietal well-being
dc.subject.enemotion regulation
dc.subject.enemotion expression
dc.subject.enlife satisfaction
dc.subject.enculture
dc.subject.enLatin America
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titleSocietal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study
dc.title.journalThe Journal of Positive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle