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Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living
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SYSNO ASEP 0583551 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV Záznam nebyl označen do RIV Poddruh J Článek ve WOS Název Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living Tvůrce(i) Krys, K. (PL)
Kostoula, O. (AT)
van Tilburg, W.A.P. (GB)
Mosca, O. (IT)
Lee, J. H. (US)
Maricchiolo, F. (IT)
Kosiarczyk, A. (PL)
Kocimska-Bortnowska, A. (PL)
Torres, C. (BR)
Hitokoto, H. (JP)
Liew, K. (JP)
Bond, M.H. (HK)
Lun, V.M.-C. (HK)
Vignoles, V.L. (GB)
Zelenski, J.M. (CA)
Haas, B.W. (US)
Park, J. (JP)
Vauclair, C.-M. (PT)
Kwiatkowska, A. (PL)
Roczniewska, M. (PL)
Witoszek, N. (NO)
Işık, İ. (TR)
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. (PL)
Domínguez-Espinosa, A. (MX)
Yeung, J.C. (PL)
Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie (PSU-E) ORCID, RID, SAI
Poláčková Šolcová, Iva (PSU-E) RID, ORCID, SAICelkový počet autorů 71 Zdroj.dok. Perspectives on Psychological Science. - : Sage - ISSN 1745-6916
únor (2024)Poč.str. 29 s. Forma vydání Online - E Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. GB - Velká Británie Klíč. slova culture ; society ; subjective well-being ; happiness ; life satisfaction Vědní obor RIV AN - Psychologie Obor OECD Psychology (including human - machine relations) CEP LX22NPO5101 GA MŠMT - Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy Způsob publikování Open access Institucionální podpora PSU-E - RVO:68081740 UT WOS 001162372900001 DOI 10.1177/17456916231208367 Anotace Psychological science tends to treat subjective well-being and happiness synonymously. We start from the assumption that subjective well-being is more than being happy to ask the fundamental question: What is the ideal level of happiness? From a cross-cultural perspective, we propose that the idealization of attaining maximum levels of happiness may be especially characteristic of Western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies but less so for others. Searching for an explanation for why “happiness maximization” might have emerged in these societies, we turn to studies linking cultures to their eco-environmental habitat. We discuss the premise that WEIRD cultures emerged in an exceptionally benign ecological habitat (i.e., faced relatively light existential pressures compared with other regions). We review the influence of the Gulf Stream on the Northwestern European climate as a source of these comparatively benign geographical conditions. We propose that the ecological conditions in which WEIRD societies emerged afforded them a basis to endorse happiness as a value and to idealize attaining its maximum level. To provide a nomological network for happiness maximization, we also studied some of its potential side effects, namely alcohol and drug consumption and abuse and the prevalence of mania. To evaluate our hypothesis, we reanalyze data from two large-scale studies on ideal levels of personal life satisfaction—the most common operationalization of happiness in psychology—involving respondents from 61 countries. We conclude that societies whose members seek to maximize happiness tend to be characterized as WEIRD, and generalizing this across societies can prove problematic if adopted at the ideological and policy level. Pracoviště Psychologický ústav Kontakt Štěpánka Halamová, Halamova@praha.psu.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 222 096 Rok sběru 2025 Elektronická adresa https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916231208367
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