Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness

Autores
Fave, Antonella Delle; Brdar, Ingrid; Wissing, Marié P.; Araujo, Ulisses; Castro Solano, Alejandro; Freire, Teresa; Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío; Jose, Paul; Martos, Tamás; Nafstad, Hilde E.; Nakamura, Jeanne; Singh, Kamlesh; Soosai Nathan, Lawrence
Año de publicación
2016
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inglés
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artículo
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In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and United States. They completed the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation (EHHI), reporting, among other information, their own definition of happiness. Answers comprised definitions referring to a broad range of life domains, covering both the contextual-social sphere and the psychological sphere. Across countries and with little variation by age and gender, inner harmony predominated among psychological definitions, and family and social relationships among contextual definitions. Whereas relationships are widely acknowledged as basic happiness components, inner harmony is substantially neglected. Nevertheless, its cross-national primacy, together with relations, is consistent with the view of an ontological interconnectedness characterizing living systems, shared by several conceptual frameworks across disciplines and cultures. At the methodological level, these findings suggest the potential of a bottom-up, mixed method approach to contextualize psychological dimensions within culture and lay understanding.
Fil: Fave, Antonella Delle. Università degli Studi di Milano; Italia
Fil: Brdar, Ingrid. University of Rijeka; Croacia
Fil: Wissing, Marié P.. North-West University; Sudáfrica
Fil: Araujo, Ulisses. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Palermo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Freire, Teresa. Universidade do Minho; Portugal
Fil: Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México
Fil: Jose, Paul. Victoria University of Wellington; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Martos, Tamás. Semmelweis University; Hungría
Fil: Nafstad, Hilde E.. University of Oslo; Noruega
Fil: Nakamura, Jeanne. Claremont Graduate University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Singh, Kamlesh. Indian Institute of Technology; India
Fil: Soosai Nathan, Lawrence. Madurai Kamaraj University; India
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ADULTHOOD
CULTURE
HAPPINESS
INNER HARMONY
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
LAY DEFINITIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
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title Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
spellingShingle Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
Fave, Antonella Delle
ADULTHOOD
CULTURE
HAPPINESS
INNER HARMONY
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
LAY DEFINITIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
title_short Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
title_full Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
title_fullStr Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
title_full_unstemmed Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
title_sort Lay definitions of happiness across nations: The primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fave, Antonella Delle
Brdar, Ingrid
Wissing, Marié P.
Araujo, Ulisses
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Freire, Teresa
Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío
Jose, Paul
Martos, Tamás
Nafstad, Hilde E.
Nakamura, Jeanne
Singh, Kamlesh
Soosai Nathan, Lawrence
author Fave, Antonella Delle
author_facet Fave, Antonella Delle
Brdar, Ingrid
Wissing, Marié P.
Araujo, Ulisses
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Freire, Teresa
Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío
Jose, Paul
Martos, Tamás
Nafstad, Hilde E.
Nakamura, Jeanne
Singh, Kamlesh
Soosai Nathan, Lawrence
author_role author
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Wissing, Marié P.
Araujo, Ulisses
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Freire, Teresa
Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío
Jose, Paul
Martos, Tamás
Nafstad, Hilde E.
Nakamura, Jeanne
Singh, Kamlesh
Soosai Nathan, Lawrence
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ADULTHOOD
CULTURE
HAPPINESS
INNER HARMONY
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
LAY DEFINITIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
topic ADULTHOOD
CULTURE
HAPPINESS
INNER HARMONY
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
LAY DEFINITIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and United States. They completed the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation (EHHI), reporting, among other information, their own definition of happiness. Answers comprised definitions referring to a broad range of life domains, covering both the contextual-social sphere and the psychological sphere. Across countries and with little variation by age and gender, inner harmony predominated among psychological definitions, and family and social relationships among contextual definitions. Whereas relationships are widely acknowledged as basic happiness components, inner harmony is substantially neglected. Nevertheless, its cross-national primacy, together with relations, is consistent with the view of an ontological interconnectedness characterizing living systems, shared by several conceptual frameworks across disciplines and cultures. At the methodological level, these findings suggest the potential of a bottom-up, mixed method approach to contextualize psychological dimensions within culture and lay understanding.
Fil: Fave, Antonella Delle. Università degli Studi di Milano; Italia
Fil: Brdar, Ingrid. University of Rijeka; Croacia
Fil: Wissing, Marié P.. North-West University; Sudáfrica
Fil: Araujo, Ulisses. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Castro Solano, Alejandro. Universidad de Palermo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Freire, Teresa. Universidade do Minho; Portugal
Fil: Hernández Pozo, María Del Rocío. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México
Fil: Jose, Paul. Victoria University of Wellington; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Martos, Tamás. Semmelweis University; Hungría
Fil: Nafstad, Hilde E.. University of Oslo; Noruega
Fil: Nakamura, Jeanne. Claremont Graduate University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Singh, Kamlesh. Indian Institute of Technology; India
Fil: Soosai Nathan, Lawrence. Madurai Kamaraj University; India
description In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored lay definitions of happiness across nations and cultural dimensions, analyzing their components and relationship with participants' demographic features. Participants were 2799 adults (age range = 30-60, 50% women) living in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and United States. They completed the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation (EHHI), reporting, among other information, their own definition of happiness. Answers comprised definitions referring to a broad range of life domains, covering both the contextual-social sphere and the psychological sphere. Across countries and with little variation by age and gender, inner harmony predominated among psychological definitions, and family and social relationships among contextual definitions. Whereas relationships are widely acknowledged as basic happiness components, inner harmony is substantially neglected. Nevertheless, its cross-national primacy, together with relations, is consistent with the view of an ontological interconnectedness characterizing living systems, shared by several conceptual frameworks across disciplines and cultures. At the methodological level, these findings suggest the potential of a bottom-up, mixed method approach to contextualize psychological dimensions within culture and lay understanding.
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