The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences

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Gardiner, Gwendolyn; Lee, Daniel; Baranski, Erica; Funder, David; Beramendi, Maite Regina
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2023
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People in economically advantaged nations tend to evaluate their life as more positive overall and report greater well-being than people in less advantaged nations. But how does positivity manifest in the daily life experiences of individuals around the world? The present study asked 15,244 college students from 62 nations, in 42 lan- guages, to describe a situation they experienced the previous day using the Riverside Situational Q-sort (RSQ). Using expert ratings, the overall positivity of each situation was calculated for both nations and individuals. The positivity of the average situation in each nation was strongly related to the economic development of the nation as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). For individuals’ daily experiences, the economic status of their nation also predicted the positivity of their experience, even more than their family socioeconomic status. Further analyses revealed the specific characteristics of the average situations for higher HDI nations that make their experiences more positive. Higher HDI was associated with situational experiences involving humor, social- izing with others, and the potential to express emotions and fantasies. Lower HDI was associated with an increase in the presence of threats, blame, and hostility, as well as situational experiences consisting of family, religion, and money. Despite the increase in a few negative situational characteristics in lower HDI countries, the overall average experience still ranged from neutral to slightly positive, rather than negative, suggesting that greater HDI may not necessarily increase positive experiences but rather decrease negative experiences. The results illustrate how national economic status influences the lives of individuals even within a single instance of daily life, with large and powerful consequences when accumulated across individuals within each nation.
Fil: Gardiner, Gwendolyn. Bielefeld University; Alemania
Fil: Lee, Daniel. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Baranski, Erica. California State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Funder, David. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Beramendi, Maite Regina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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title The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
spellingShingle The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
Gardiner, Gwendolyn
WELL-BEING
ECONOMY
SITUATION
CROSS-CULTURAL
title_short The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
title_full The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
title_fullStr The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
title_full_unstemmed The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
title_sort The Economic Well-Being of Nations is Associated with Positive Daily Situational Experiences
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gardiner, Gwendolyn
Lee, Daniel
Baranski, Erica
Funder, David
Beramendi, Maite Regina
author Gardiner, Gwendolyn
author_facet Gardiner, Gwendolyn
Lee, Daniel
Baranski, Erica
Funder, David
Beramendi, Maite Regina
author_role author
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Baranski, Erica
Funder, David
Beramendi, Maite Regina
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv WELL-BEING
ECONOMY
SITUATION
CROSS-CULTURAL
topic WELL-BEING
ECONOMY
SITUATION
CROSS-CULTURAL
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv People in economically advantaged nations tend to evaluate their life as more positive overall and report greater well-being than people in less advantaged nations. But how does positivity manifest in the daily life experiences of individuals around the world? The present study asked 15,244 college students from 62 nations, in 42 lan- guages, to describe a situation they experienced the previous day using the Riverside Situational Q-sort (RSQ). Using expert ratings, the overall positivity of each situation was calculated for both nations and individuals. The positivity of the average situation in each nation was strongly related to the economic development of the nation as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). For individuals’ daily experiences, the economic status of their nation also predicted the positivity of their experience, even more than their family socioeconomic status. Further analyses revealed the specific characteristics of the average situations for higher HDI nations that make their experiences more positive. Higher HDI was associated with situational experiences involving humor, social- izing with others, and the potential to express emotions and fantasies. Lower HDI was associated with an increase in the presence of threats, blame, and hostility, as well as situational experiences consisting of family, religion, and money. Despite the increase in a few negative situational characteristics in lower HDI countries, the overall average experience still ranged from neutral to slightly positive, rather than negative, suggesting that greater HDI may not necessarily increase positive experiences but rather decrease negative experiences. The results illustrate how national economic status influences the lives of individuals even within a single instance of daily life, with large and powerful consequences when accumulated across individuals within each nation.
Fil: Gardiner, Gwendolyn. Bielefeld University; Alemania
Fil: Lee, Daniel. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Baranski, Erica. California State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Funder, David. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Beramendi, Maite Regina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description People in economically advantaged nations tend to evaluate their life as more positive overall and report greater well-being than people in less advantaged nations. But how does positivity manifest in the daily life experiences of individuals around the world? The present study asked 15,244 college students from 62 nations, in 42 lan- guages, to describe a situation they experienced the previous day using the Riverside Situational Q-sort (RSQ). Using expert ratings, the overall positivity of each situation was calculated for both nations and individuals. The positivity of the average situation in each nation was strongly related to the economic development of the nation as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). For individuals’ daily experiences, the economic status of their nation also predicted the positivity of their experience, even more than their family socioeconomic status. Further analyses revealed the specific characteristics of the average situations for higher HDI nations that make their experiences more positive. Higher HDI was associated with situational experiences involving humor, social- izing with others, and the potential to express emotions and fantasies. Lower HDI was associated with an increase in the presence of threats, blame, and hostility, as well as situational experiences consisting of family, religion, and money. Despite the increase in a few negative situational characteristics in lower HDI countries, the overall average experience still ranged from neutral to slightly positive, rather than negative, suggesting that greater HDI may not necessarily increase positive experiences but rather decrease negative experiences. The results illustrate how national economic status influences the lives of individuals even within a single instance of daily life, with large and powerful consequences when accumulated across individuals within each nation.
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