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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 146, Issue 2, Pages 203-221Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.146.2.203-221
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cultural fit; cultural values; subjective well-being
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The author examined the relationship between cultural values, beliefs, and subjective well-being (SWB) in the context of the cultural fit proposition with 3 diverse Chinese samples from Taiwan and Mainland China (N = 581). The author found that beliefs regarding the independent self, the interdependent self, active control, and relationship harmony as forming individual-level culture were consistently related to SWB. Furthermore, the author found that the magnitude of cultural fit was associated with SWB for certain groups of the Chinese people. It is most interesting that the direction of cultural fit regarding independent self was also important for SWB. Specifically, people who endorsed higher independent self but expected lower societal endorsement of such views were better off in SWB than those of the opposite combination.
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