Citation

Yamaguchi A, Kim MS. J. Health Psychol. 2013; 20(1): 13-26.

Affiliation

Reitaku University, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105313496448

PMID

24058122

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to test cross-cultural predictions of the associations between goal pursuits and subjective well-being among 601 college students (200 in Japan and 401 in the United States). The results indicated that interdependence in all cultures was associated with socially oriented subjective well-being. In the United States, it was also correlated with social goal pursuit. However, independence in the United States correlated with individual-oriented subjective well-being, while in Hawaii, it also correlated with hedonic goal pursuit. Discussion of these results and their implications are provided.

Language: en