People in relationally mobile cultures report higher well-being.

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI:10.1037/emo0001439

Liuqing Wei, Alexander Scott English, Thomas Talhelm, Yan Zhang, Xuyun Tan, Jiong Zhu, Junxiu Wang

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Abstract

In cultures with high relational mobility, relationships are free and flexible. People can make new friends easily, and they have the freedom to leave unsatisfying relationships. In cultures with low relational mobility, relationships are more fixed, and people have less freedom to leave relationships. We argue that people experience higher well-being if they have the freedom to exit toxic relationships and find new partners easily. In Study 1, we ran a controlled comparison by testing people all within the same nation. We measured well-being and relational mobility in a representative sample of 22,669 people across China. People reported greater well-being in relationally mobile prefectures. Study 2 found this same relationship across 74,657 people in 34 cultures. Study 3 used a cross-lagged design to give more insight into the direction of the relationship. The results showed that relational mobility predicted later subjective well-being, but not the opposite direction. Overall, these data suggest the cultural environments of relational mobility make people happy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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在关系流动的文化中，人们的幸福感更高。

在关系流动性高的文化中，人际关系是自由和灵活的。人们可以很容易地结交新朋友，也有离开不满意关系的自由。在关系流动性低的文化中，人际关系较为固定，人们离开关系的自由度较低。我们认为，如果人们能够自由地脱离有毒的人际关系，并轻松地找到新的伴侣，那么他们就会获得更高的幸福感。在研究 1 中，我们对同一国家的人进行了对照比较。我们测量了中国 22669 个代表性样本的幸福感和关系流动性。结果显示，在关系流动性较强的省份，人们的幸福感更高。研究 2 在 34 种文化中的 74 657 人中发现了同样的关系。研究 3 采用了交叉滞后设计，以便更深入地了解这种关系的方向。结果表明，关系流动性可以预测以后的主观幸福感，但不是相反。总之，这些数据表明，关系流动性的文化环境能使人幸福。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Emotion PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

325

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Emotion publishes significant contributions to the study of emotion from a wide range of theoretical traditions and research domains. The journal includes articles that advance knowledge and theory about all aspects of emotional processes, including reports of substantial empirical studies, scholarly reviews, and major theoretical articles. Submissions from all domains of emotion research are encouraged, including studies focusing on cultural, social, temperament and personality, cognitive, developmental, health, or biological variables that affect or are affected by emotional functioning. Both laboratory and field studies are appropriate for the journal, as are neuroimaging studies of emotional processes.