Cross-Cultural Comparison of Personality Traits, Attachment Security, and Satisfaction With Relationships as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being in India, Sweden, and the United States

Galinha, Iolanda Costa; García-Martín, Miguel Ángel; Oishi, Shigehiro; Wirtz, Derrick; Esteves, Francisco

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“…These findings confirm previous literature suggesting wealth and personal relationships are the most powerful predictors of SWB (Cummins, 2000(Cummins, , 2010(Cummins, , 2019Tomyn et al, 2017). A study conducted by Galinha, Garcia-Martin, Oishi, Wirtz, and Esteves (2016) found that satisfaction with relationships is a significant predictor of SWB in India. These predictors help victims to deal with the external adversities in the wake of such recurrent flood events.…”

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The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Among Recurrent Flood Victims: Development and Testing of an Integrated Model

Baruah¹,

Hussain²

2021

The European Journal of Counselling Psychology

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The Indian subcontinent is vulnerable to natural disasters, predominantly devastating floods. The north-eastern region of India, especially the state of Assam, is endowed with many natural water resources, making the area highly flood-prone. However, very few studies have investigated the population's subjective well-being (SWB) in these areas despite such recurrent adversity. An integrated model of SWB is proposed and tested by combining the SWB homeostasis theory and the theory of conservation of resources. The integrated model indicated both subjective as well as objective variables as significant predictors of the SWB. A sample of 306 participants was randomly selected from two severely flood-affected areas in the state of Assam in India using a cross-sectional survey study design. Structural equation modeling was used to test two hypothesized integrated models (a direct and mediational path model). The results indicated that SWB homeostasis is maintained within the normative range of 60-65 points when measured on a 100-point continuum. Analysis of the direct path model showed that education, safe shelter, personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness), object and condition resources, psychological buffers (optimism and perceived control), and negative affect significantly predicted SWB. The mediational path model indicated that optimism is a significant mediator between personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism), positive affect, resources (object resources and condition resources), and SWB. The study findings may have implications for counselling in addressing internal psychological buffers such as optimism and perceived control for maintaining the SWB of the disaster victims.

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The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Among Recurrent Flood Victims: Development and Testing of an Integrated Model

Baruah¹,

Hussain²

2021

The European Journal of Counselling Psychology

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“…Cuestionamientos sobre lo que hace felices a las personas, lo qué significa llevar una buena vida, o los medios y motivos para alcanzar estados de plenitud, son recurrentes en el estudio de la psicología (Abello-Llanos et al, 2009;Díaz et al, 2006;Diener, 1984Diener, , 2000Garaigordobil, Aliri & Fontaneda, 2009;García, 2002;Larsen & Eid, 2008). Difícilmente existe una respuesta universal para las cuestiones planteadas, al menos una vigente en diferentes épocas, siendo el bienestar un proceso sensible a los cambios históricos y culturales (Díaz et al, 2006;Diener, 1984;García, 2002;Larsen & Eid, 2008), toda vez que las evaluaciones que cada individuo realiza de su bienestar resulta de comparaciones entre las expectativas y lo que se tiene, y estas expectativas cambian para diferentes aspectos y etapas de la vida (Diener, Oishi, & Lucas, 2003;Galinha, Garcia-Martin, Oishi, Wirtz, & Esteves, 2016).…”

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Relación del Bienestar Subjetivo de los trabajadores con su Compromiso hacia la organización

Herrera

Torres

2019

CES Psico

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El compromiso organizacional (CO) de los trabajadores es entendido como una actitud o estado de ánimo que deriva en comportamientos como la intención de permanecer en la organización, la identificación con sus valores y la percepción de tener una deuda moral con la misma por los beneficios recibidos. Estudios previos muestran que el CO impacta positivamente el bienestar subjetivo de los trabajadores (BS), entendido este último como la evaluación cognitiva y afectiva que hacen las personas de la satisfacción sobre su propia vida. Otros estudios afirman que es el BS el que predice el CO. El objetivo del presente estudio fue especificar la dirección de esta relación, para lo cual se aplicó el Instrumento de Compromiso Organizacional para evaluar el CO y el módulo básico del Bienestar Autorreportado (BIARE) para evaluar el BS, a 230 trabajadores de una organización educativa pública de nivel superior en México. Mediante modelos de ecuaciones estructurales se contrastaron las hipótesis de relaciones en uno y otro sentido entre ambas variables con una tercera hipótesis con relaciones recíprocas entre ambas. Se identificó como mejor modelo el que presenta relaciones recíprocas y positivas entre el CO y el BS (Ji2=65.627; gl=18; p=0.000; RMR=.074; RMSEA=.111 [IC 90%= .083, .141]; GFI=.931; CFI=.915). Se concluye que un incremento en el CO genera un incremento en el BS de los trabajadores, y la relación positiva entre ambas variables es recíproca. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados para la relación de los trabajadores con su contexto laboral.

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“…As a second limitation of our study, we point at the potential influence of cultural norms on ending social relations. Comparative research on ideas and attitudes towards social relations points, for instance, at cultures in which saving face and upholding good face to face relations ships (no matter what) is an important value (Argyle et al , 1986; Galinha et al , 2016). These differences between cultures may have important consequences for the generalization of our findings on social tie deletion, in particular our findings on deleting private ties.…”

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Clean up your network: how a strike changed the social networks of a working team

Thommes

Akkerman

2018

TPM

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Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of an intra-team conflict on the social relations within a team. The team conflict was triggered by a strike action which separated the team in two groups, the strikers and the worker, who continued to work. After the strike was settled, all had to work again cooperatively. This paper analyses how the strike action affects work and private social networks among workers. Design/methodology/approach The authors combine a qualitative ethnographic approach with quantitative network data. Findings The authors find that the strike action led to a separation between the former group of strikers and non-strikers. While the subgroups become more cohesive and their social network density increased, the links between both groups diminished. Research limitations/implications This study reveals that strikes and the accompanying separation of the workforce can improve social relations within the team, if individuals behaved alike during the conflict. Practical implications For managers, the results raise questions concerning typical managerial behaviour during strikes, as managers frequently trigger separation by trying to convince some individuals to continue to work. Instead, groups may even improve their performance after a strike, if they were allowed to behave alike by all joining the strike or refraining. Originality/value This study is the first to analyse social relations after a conflict. The authors combine qualitative and quantitative data and show the evolution of a social network after a strike. Moreover, they separate private communication flows and work-related communication and show that both networks do not necessarily evolve equally after a conflict.

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Cross-Cultural Comparison of Personality Traits, Attachment Security, and Satisfaction With Relationships as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being in India, Sweden, and the United States

Cited by 15 publications

References 46 publications

The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Among Recurrent Flood Victims: Development and Testing of an Integrated Model

The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Among Recurrent Flood Victims: Development and Testing of an Integrated Model

Relación del Bienestar Subjetivo de los trabajadores con su Compromiso hacia la organización

Clean up your network: how a strike changed the social networks of a working team

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