Conceptions of happiness and life satisfaction : an exploratory study in 14 national groups

Mohsen JOSHANLOO; Muhammad RIZWAN; Imran Ahmed KHILJI; Maria Cristina FERREIRA; Wai-Ching POON; Suresh SUNDARAM; Lok Sang HO; Victoria Wai-lan YEUNG; Gyuseog HAN; Jaechang BAE; Melikşah DEMIR; Mustapha ACHOUI; Joyce S. PANG; Ding-Yu JIANG; Sanne M. A. LAMERS; Yucel TURAN; Zarina Kh. LEPSHOKOVA; Tatiana PANYUSHEVA; Amerkhanova NATALIA; Ryosuke ASANO; Tasuku IGARASHI; Saori TSUKAMOTO

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.065

Conceptions of happiness and life satisfaction : an exploratory study in 14 national groups

Mohsen JOSHANLOO
, Muhammad RIZWAN
, Imran Ahmed KHILJI
, Maria Cristina FERREIRA
, Wai-Ching POON
, Suresh SUNDARAM
, Lok Sang HO
, Victoria Wai-lan YEUNG
, Gyuseog HAN
, Jaechang BAE
, Melikşah DEMIR
, Mustapha ACHOUI
, Joyce S. PANG
, Ding-Yu JIANG
, Sanne M. A. LAMERS
, Yucel TURAN
, Zarina Kh. LEPSHOKOVA
, Tatiana PANYUSHEVA
, Amerkhanova NATALIA
, Ryosuke ASANO

Tasuku IGARASHI, Saori TSUKAMOTO

Lingnan University

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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between 4 conceptions of happiness and life satisfaction in a sample of 2715 university students across 14 national groups. The 4 conceptions were self-transcendence, self-directed hedonism, conservation, and self-enhancement, which emerged from a principal component analysis of a 19-item scale generated for the purpose of the present study. Results of multi-level modeling showed that self-transcendence and conservation predicted life satisfaction positively and significantly. In addition, we found that self-directed hedonism and self-enhancement interacted in their effects on life satisfaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-148
Number of pages	4
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	102
Early online date	7 Jul 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.065
Publication status	Published - Nov 2016

Bibliographical note

The first author wishes to thank Dr. Ronald Fischer for his inputs in the initial stages of this research project.

Keywords

Conception of happiness
Life satisfaction
Values
Culture
Happiness

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JOSHANLOO, M., RIZWAN, M., KHILJI, I. A., FERREIRA, M. C., POON, W.-C., SUNDARAM, S., HO, L. S., YEUNG, V. W., HAN, G., BAE, J., DEMIR, M., ACHOUI, M., PANG, J. S., JIANG, D.-Y., LAMERS, S. M. A., TURAN, Y., LEPSHOKOVA, Z. K., PANYUSHEVA, T., NATALIA, A., ... TSUKAMOTO, S. (2016). Conceptions of happiness and life satisfaction : an exploratory study in 14 national groups. Personality and Individual Differences, 102, 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.065

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