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Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths acr...
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.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. Conn...
Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world
Sorokowska, A.; Kowal, M.; Saluja, S.; Aavik, T.; Alm, C.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Batres, C.; Bensafia, A.; Bizumic, B.; Boussena, M.; Buss, D. M.Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 participants. In the first study, we used a cross-cultural survey condu...
Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á.; Uskul, A. K.; Rodríguez-Bailón, R.; Willis, G. B.; Vignoles, V. L.; Kuba, K.; Adamovic, M.; Akotia, C. S.; Albert, I.; Appoh, L.Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals’ self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 264) and an experimental study (Study 2: N = 532) provided converging evidence linking perceived economic inequality with two forms of independent (vs. interdependent) self-cons...
Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45...
Sorokowski, P.; Kowal, M.; Sternberg, R. J.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Atama, C. S.Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social, or environmental factors influence experiences and expressions of love. In the present study, we explored whether countries’ modernization indexes are related ...
Family first: Evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family vers...
Kuba, K.; Yeung, J. C.; Haas, B. W.; van Osch, Y.; Kosiarczyk, A.; Kocimska-Zych, A.; Torres, T.; Selim, H. A.; Zelenski, J. M.; Bond, M. H.; Park, J.People care about their own well-being and about the well-being of their families. It is currently, however, unknown how much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being. A recent study documented that people value family happiness over personal happiness across four cultures. In this study, we sought to replicate this finding across a larger sample size (N = 12,819) and a greater number of ...
Gendered self-views across 62 countries: A test of competing models
Kosakowska-Berezecka; Bosson, J. K.; Jurek, P.; Besta, T.; Olech, M.; Vandello, J. A.; Bender, M.; Dandy, J.; Hoorens, V.; Jasinskaja-Lahti, I.Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction...
Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being: Combining life sa...
Kuba, K.; Haas, B. W.; Igou, E. R.; Kosiarczyk, A.; Kocimska-Bortnowska, A.; Kwiatkowska, A.; Lun, V. M.-C.; Maricchiolo, F.; Park, J.; Šolcová, I. P.How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being measured according to the way people in country A think about well-being? We address this issue by proposing a new culturally sensitive method to comparing societal levels of well-being. We support our reasoning with data on life satisfaction and interdependent happiness focusing on individual and family, collec...
Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfac...
Kuba, K.; Yeung, J. C.; Capaldi, C.; Lun, V. M. -C.; Torres, T.; van Tilburg, W. A. P.; Bond, M. H.; Zelenski, J. M.; Haas, B. W.; Park, J.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 th...
Tackling Humidity with Designer Ionic Liquid-Based Gas Sensing Soft Materials
Esteves, C.; Palma, S.I.C.J.; Costa, H.M.A.; Alves, C.; Santos, G.M.C.; Ramou, E.; Carvalho, A.L.; Delgado Alves, Vitor; Roque, A.C.A.Relative humidity is simultaneously a sensing target and a contaminant in gas and volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing systems, where strategies to control humidity interference are required. An unmet challenge is the creation of gas-sensitive materials where the response to humidity is controlled by the material itself. Here, humidity effects are controlled through the design of gelatin formulations in ioni...
Belief in a zero-sum game and subjective well-being across 35 countries
Różycka-Tran, J.; Piotrowski, J. P.; Zemojtel-Piotrowska, M.; Jurek, P.; Osin, E. N.; Adams, B. G.; Ardi, R.; Baltatescu, S.; Bhomi, A. B.; Bogomaz, S.This article presents a short research report on the relationship between perceived antagonism in social relations measured using the Belief in a Zero-Sum Game (BZSG) scale, life satisfaction, and positive and negative affect. Given that individuals who believe that life is like a zero-sum game are likely to perceive their daily interactions with others as unfair, we expected that individuals with high BZSG exp...