Abstract
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. Connectedness to others (vs. self-containment) predicted PLS more strongly in Protestant-heritage countries. Self-expression (vs. harmony) predicted PLS more weakly (and non-significantly) in Muslim-heritage countries. In contrast, previously reported associations of self-direction (vs. reception-to-influence), consistency (vs. variability), and decontextualized (vs. contextualized) self-understanding with personal life satisfaction were not significantly moderated by these aspects of societal context. These results show the importance of considering the impact of national religious and economic context.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 689-712 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Self and Identity |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 27 Apr 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
The work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [P17806]; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17F17806]; Polish National Science Centre under Grant [2020/38/E/HS6/00357]; Department of Educational Studies, University of Roma Tre under biannual [DSF 2017-2018]; the Hungarian OTKA [K-135963]; Czech Science Foundation [20-08583S]; the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia [YS 17–43]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [71873133]; Brazilian National Council for Research—CNPq [PQ301298/2018-1]
Keywords
- Multicomponentself-construal
- religious heritage
- national wealth
- economic inequality
- personal life satisfaction