Cultural dimensions,socioeconomic development,climate, and emotional hedonic level |
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| Authors: | Nekane Basabe Dario Paez Jose Valencia Jose Luis Gonzalez Bernard Rimé Ed Diener |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology , Stanford University , San Francisco , CA , USA;2. Department of Psychology , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA;3. Memory and Aging Center , University of California , San Francisco , CA , USA |
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| Abstract: | A research synthesis was conducted with four studies which correlated national mean self-ratings of affect balance (positive minus negative affect) and subjective well-being with the nations' cultural characteristics (individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, and power-distance national scores on Hofstede's dimensions), socioeconomic development (Human Development Index), and climate (absolute latitude). A meta-analysis of these collective level cross-cultural studies shows that individualism correlates positively with affect balance and subjective well-being, controlling for socioeconomic development, cultural femininity, power-distance, uncertainty avoidance, and climate. Similar results were found for individual-level data. The meaning of collective-level or national means of individual self-reports of affect balance is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Emotion regulation Executive functions Emotional behaviour Stroop Trail making Verbal fluency Working memory FTLD AD Cognitive influences on emotion |
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