Interdependent Happiness: Theoretical Importance and Measurement Validity

Hitokoto, Hidehumi; Uchida, Yukiko

doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9505-8

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“…That means people can feel happy when they can be useful to others. It is like the findings of several studies in the context of eastern culture (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2015;Kitayama, Markus & Kurokawa, 2000;Uchida, Norasakkunkit & Kitayama, 2013;Uchida & Ogihara, 2012) Objectively, it is also acknowledged by respondents if the experience of being a RUBI volunteer brings many benefits to them. Some of the perceived benefits include 1) increasing knowledge from any source and any region, 2) increasing competence, 3) gaining inner satisfaction and meaning of life, 4) social relations becoming more widespread, and 5) becoming more positive and more grateful.…”

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confidence: 57%

Psychological Well-Being of Volunteer Teacher Trainers in the Remote Area in Indonesia

Akhtar¹

2017

IJASOS- International E-Journal of Advances in Social Sciences

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Indonesia is a wide country and it consists of thousands of islands. This condition makes many regions in Indonesia do not get the proper educational facilities. In addition, the quality of teachers in the remote areas is still poor. People who concern with the condition of education in the remote areas are still rare because of the limited access and high cost to get there. However, there is one group of volunteers who care about the condition of education in the remote areas of Indonesia called RUBI (Ruang Berbagi Ilmu). RUBI is a voluntary movement of professionals that focus on improving teachers' competence in the remote areas. The purpose of this study was to explore the motivation of the volunteer and to understand how the dynamics of the volunteers in achieving psychological well-being.The research was conducted by a qualitative method using phenomenology approach. The respondents in this study were professionals who had already traveled to remote areas to become a volunteer teacher trainer. The results of this study indicated that becoming volunteer requires a lot of sacrifices, such as material and time. In addition, being a volunteer also has great challenges because they have to adapt to a new environment. However, despite these sacrifices and inconveniences, many volunteers feel addicted to get involved in this activity. There are many benefits perceived as volunteers such as 1) increasing insight and knowledge from any source and any region, 2) developing their competence, 3) gaining inner satisfaction and meaningful life, 4) becoming more widespread the social relations, and 5) becoming more positive and more grateful. In general, being volunteers in the remote area has affected the six dimensions of psychological well-being, that is self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth. The dynamics of psychological well-being of the volunteer trainers are discussed further in this paper.

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Psychological Well-Being of Volunteer Teacher Trainers in the Remote Area in Indonesia

Akhtar¹

2017

IJASOS- International E-Journal of Advances in Social Sciences

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“…Studies have shown that Japanese adults score higher on this scale compared to Japanese students, European American students (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2014) and European American adults (Hitokoto, in prep). These results may point to the fact that those living in a mainstream interdependent cultural context such as the mainstream Japanese working context (Toivonen, Norasakkunkit, & Uchida, 2011) are likely to show high levels of interdependent happiness.…”

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“…Individual endorsement of the interdependent type of happiness can be measured quantitatively using the interdependent happiness scale (IHS; Hitokoto & Uchida, 2014). Studies have shown that Japanese adults score higher on this scale compared to Japanese students, European American students (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2014) and European American adults (Hitokoto, in prep).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The first limitation is the generalizability of the findings to other collectivistic countries. In terms of adults, we sampled Japanese and Korean adults (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2014), but members of other collectivistic countries also need to be sampled because, theoretically, the interdependent self-construal is shared across collectivistic countries (Markus & Kitayama, 1991).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Interdependent Happiness Scale consisted of nine items, with a five-point Likert-Type scale (0: Completely disagree-4: Completely agree), each asking about the participant's harmonious interpersonal relationships, quiescence in life, and ordinariness (Hitokoto & Uchida, 2014). Examples of items are: "I believe that I and those around me are happy," and "I do not have any major concerns or anxieties."…”

Section: Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

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