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Perceiving societal pressure to be happy is linked to poor well-being, especial...
Dejonckheere, E.; Rhee, J. J.; Baguma, P. K.; Barry, O.; Becker, M.; Bilewicz, M.; Castelain, T.; Costantini, G.; Dimdins, G.; Espinosa, A.Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this societal commitment seems laudable, overly emphasizing positivity (versus negativity) may create an unattainable emotion norm that ironically compromises individual well-being. In this multi-national study (40 countries; 7443 participants), we investigate how societal pressure to be happy and not sad predicts emotio...
A 32‐society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on...
Tanjitpiyanond, P.; Jetten, J.; Peters, K.; Ashokkumar, A.; Barry, O.; Billet, M.; Becker, M.; Booth, R. W.; Castro, D.; Chinchilla, J.; Costantini, G.There is a growing body of work suggesting that social class stereotypes are amplified when people perceive higher levels of economic inequality—that is, the wealthy are perceived as more competent and assertive and the poor as more incompetent and unassertive. The present study tested this prediction in 32 societies and also examines the role of wealth-based categorization in explaining this relationship. We f...