TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural difference in subjective wellbeing : cultural response bias as an explanation
AU - LAI, Ching Han, Lufanna
AU - CUMMINS, Robert A.
AU - LAU, Anna L. D.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - This study investigates whether the Australian-Chinese differences in subjective wellbeing (SWB) can be attributed to cultural response bias (CRB) caused by the influence of Chinese culture. Four samples are compared: Australians, first generation Chinese immigrants, second generation Chinese immigrants, and Hong Kong Chinese. It is hypothesized that the effects of CRB on means scores and variance will be the highest for Hong Kong Chinese, followed by Australian Chinese immigrants and second generation, and the lowest for Australians. These predictions were generally supported. Income is used as a covariate to test whether the predicted pattern of results remain unchanged. The result was affirmative. CRB is thus verified as contributing to the SWB difference between the Australians and Hong Kong Chinese. The implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - This study investigates whether the Australian-Chinese differences in subjective wellbeing (SWB) can be attributed to cultural response bias (CRB) caused by the influence of Chinese culture. Four samples are compared: Australians, first generation Chinese immigrants, second generation Chinese immigrants, and Hong Kong Chinese. It is hypothesized that the effects of CRB on means scores and variance will be the highest for Hong Kong Chinese, followed by Australian Chinese immigrants and second generation, and the lowest for Australians. These predictions were generally supported. Income is used as a covariate to test whether the predicted pattern of results remain unchanged. The result was affirmative. CRB is thus verified as contributing to the SWB difference between the Australians and Hong Kong Chinese. The implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Cultural response bias
KW - Subjective wellbeing
KW - Personal wellbeing index
KW - Life domains
KW - Life satisfaction as a whole
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6562
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84884975785&doi=10.1007%2fs11205-012-0164-z&partnerID=40&md5=66424af9d2b715024c5caf74d8913d2a
U2 - 10.1007/s11205-012-0164-z
DO - 10.1007/s11205-012-0164-z
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0303-8300
VL - 114
SP - 607
EP - 619
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
IS - 2
ER -