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Social Ecology Moderates the Association between Self-Esteem and Happiness
| Title: | Social Ecology Moderates the Association between Self-Esteem and Happiness |
| Authors: | Yuki, Masaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Sato, Kosuke Browse this author | | Takemura, Kosuke Browse this author | | Oishi, Shigehiro Browse this author |
| Keywords: | happiness | | self-esteem | | culture | | social ecology |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology |
| Volume: | 49 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 741 |
| End Page: | 746 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.02.006 |
| Abstract: | Previous research has found cross-cultural differences in the strength of the association between self-esteem and happiness. We propose that this difference can be explained by relational mobility, or the degree to which options exist in the given socio-ecological context for relationship formation and dissolution. In Study 1, we found that the association between self-esteem and happiness was stronger among American participants than among Japanese participants. As predicted, this cultural difference was explained by the difference in relational mobility. In Study 2, we found that the association between self-esteem and happiness was stronger among Japanese living in relationally mobile regions than among Japanese living in less mobile regions. In Study 3, we manipulated relational mobility and demonstrated that the thought of living in a relationally mobile society caused individuals to base their life satisfaction judgments on self-esteem. Overall, our research demonstrates the utility of examining cultural differences from a socio-ecological perspective. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/52734 |
| Appears in Collections: | 文学院・文学研究院 (Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 結城 雅樹
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