Author(s):
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á. ; Vignoles, V. L. ; Bond, M.H. ; Adamovic, M. ; Akotia, C. S. ; Albert, I. ; Appoh, L. ; Baltin, A. ; Barrientos, P.B. ; Denoux, P. ; Dominguez-Espinosa, A. ; Esteves, C. ; Kračmárová, L. K. ; Kocimska-Zych, A. ; Kosiarczyk, A. ; Kostoula, O. ; Kronberger, N. ; Kuba, K. ; Kwiatkowska, A. ; Lee, J. H. ; Vauclair, C.-M.
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/30918
Origin: Repositório ISCTE
Subject(s): Multicomponent self-construal; Religious heritage; National wealth; Economic inequality; Personal life satisfaction
Description
We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in richer countries. Connectedness to others (vs. self-containment) predicted PLS more strongly in Protestant-heritage countries. Self-expression (vs. harmony) predicted PLS more weakly (and non-significantly) in Muslim-heritage countries. In contrast, previously reported associations of self-direction (vs. reception-to-influence), consistency (vs. variability), and decontextualized (vs. contextualized) self-understanding with personal life satisfaction were not significantly moderated by these aspects of societal context. These results show the importance of considering the impact of national religious and economic context.
