title: The dynamics of daily events and well-being across cultures: when less is more.
abstract: The authors examined cultural and individual differences in the relation between daily events and daily satisfaction. In a preliminary study, they established cross-cultural equivalence of 50 daily events. In the main study, participants in the United States, Korea, and Japan completed daily surveys on the 50 events and daily satisfaction for 21 days. The multilevel random coefficient model analyses showed that (a) the within-person association between positive events and daily satisfaction was significantly stronger among Asian American, Korean, and Japanese participants than among European American participants and (b) the within-person association between positive events and daily satisfaction was significantly weaker among individuals high in global life satisfaction than among those low in global life satisfaction. The findings demonstrate a weaker effect of positive events on daily well-being among individuals and cultures high in global well-being.
authors: Department of Psychology, Univesity of Virginia, VA 22904-4400, USA. soishi@virginia.edu
authors: Shigehiro
authors: S
authors: Oishi
authors: Ed
authors: E
authors: Diener
authors: Dong-Won
authors: DW
authors: Choi
authors: Chu
authors: C
authors: Kim-Prieto
authors: Incheol
authors: I
authors: Choi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*