Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage
Ángel Sánchez‐Rodríguez, V. Vignoles, M. Bond, Mladen Adamovic, C. Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Lily Appoh, A. Baltin, P. E. Barrientos, P. Denoux, A. Domínguez-Espinosa, C. Esteves, M. Fülöp, V. Gamsakhurdia, Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir, A. Gavreliuc, Diana Hanke-Boer, Brian W. Haas, D. Igbokwe, İ̇dil Işık, Natalia Kascakova, L. Klůzová Kráčmarová, Agata Kocimska-Zych, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, O. Kostoula, Nicole Kronberger, Kuba Krys, A. Kwiatkowska, J. Lee, Xinhui Liu, Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Arina Malyonova, F. Maricchiolo, Arévalo Mira, T. Mohorić, Oriana Mosca, Elke Murdock, Nur Fariza Mustaffa, V. M. Lun, Martin Nader, Azar Nadi, A. Okvitawanli, Yvette van Osch, Joonha Park, V. Pavlopoulos, Z. Pavlović, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, E. Igou, Muhammad Rizwan, V. Romashov, E. Røysamb, R. Sargautytė, Beate Schwarz, Heyla A. Selim, Ursula Serdarevich, David Sirlopú, Maria Stogianni, S. Stoyanova, Chien-Ru Sun, Julien Teyssier, Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg, Cláudio V. Torres, Y. Uchida, C. Vauclair, C. Xing, J. Zelenski
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ABSTRACT We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in richer countries. Connectedness to others (vs. self-containment) predicted PLS more strongly in Protestant-heritage countries. Self-expression (vs. harmony) predicted PLS more weakly (and non-significantly) in Muslim-heritage countries. In contrast, previously reported associations of self-direction (vs. reception-to-influence), consistency (vs. variability), and decontextualized (vs. contextualized) self-understanding with personal life satisfaction were not significantly moderated by these aspects of societal context. These results show the importance of considering the impact of national religious and economic context.
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Work on self and identity has a special place in the study of human nature, as self-concerns are arguably at the center of individuals" striving for well-being and for making sense of one"s life. Life goals develop and are influenced by one"s view of what one is like, the way one would ideally like to be (or would like to avoid being), as well as one"s perceptions of what is feasible. Furthermore, conceptions of self and the world affect how one"s progress towards these goals is monitored, evaluated, redirected, re-evaluated, and pursued again. Thus, the “self” as a construct has far-reaching implications for behavior, self-esteem, motivation, experience of emotions and the world more broadly, and hence for interpersonal relationships, society, and culture.