Well-Being Orientations and Time Perspective Across Cultural Tightness–Looseness Latent Classes in Africa

Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Fadiji, Angelina Wilson; Brouwers, Symen A.

doi:10.1007/s10902-019-00151-5

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“…The scale contains nine items such as “Seeking to pursue excellence or a personal ideal?” (Eudaimonic motives) and “Seeking pleasure?” (Hedonic motives) [ 9 ]. In the research of Huta and Ryan [ 9 ], the results of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) indicated that there existed a two-factor structure in this scale, and similar results have been found in some other studies [ 15 , 16 ]. Moreover, eudaimonic has often been defined in terms of meaning, Huta [ 17 ] added an item of “Seeking to contribute to others or the surrounding world?” and developed the revised version of the scale (i.e., the 10-item HEMA-R).…”

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Validation of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised Scale in Chinese Adults

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Jia

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The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised scale (HEMA-R) is one of the most extensively used instruments to assess how people pursue well-being. The main aims of the present research were to translate HEMA-R into Chinese and test its construct and predictive validity as well as measurement invariance across gender. In Study 1, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis with data containing 1090 Chinese undergraduates, and replicated the two-factor model which has been found in other studies. Furthermore, the measurement invariance across gender was supported throughout the multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. Study 2 replicated these results and further found the HEMA-R had satisfactory predictive validity in measures of well-being, social support and smartphone addiction. All the findings indicate that the HEMA-R is reliable and valid to measure hedonic and eudaimonic motives, and it could be applied generally across gender in Chinese adults.

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Validation of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised Scale in Chinese Adults

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“…In a region of the world characterised by uncertainty, where there is also a cultural orientation of being comfortable with unstructured situations, having tolerance for ambiguity (i.e. low uncertainty avoidance; Allik & McCrae, 2004;Hofstede, 2011) and being present and past time-oriented (Mbiti, 1990(Mbiti, , 1991, more collectivistic (Wissing & Temane, 2008) and culturally tight (Khumalo et al, 2020), it may not be the individual but the greater social ecology, which sets the demarcations of the goaloriented journey to be embarked on. According to Bishop and Willis (2014, p. 782) 'hopeful thinking is necessary for the construction of a positive self-identity and positive sense of self-worth', but what if it only serves as a pragmatic mechanism towards everyday goals.…”

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“…Given the possible differences in socio-cultural characteristics of (South) Africans such as time perspective, uncertainty avoidance, individualism-collectivism and cultural tightnesslooseness (Khumalo, Wilson, & Brouwers, 2020), the implementation of ESEM could yield a unique/emic dimensional solution of hope. No studies applying ESEM Asparouhov & Muthen, 2009) could be located.…”

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Factor structure of the Dispositional Hope Scale amongst South Africans: An exploratory structural equation modelling study

Khumalo

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2022

African Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Snyder’s model of hope conceptualises and operationalises hope as a cognitive, trait-like bi-dimensional future-oriented construct consisting of pathways thinking and agency thinking for goal achievement. The present study implemented exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the Dispositional Hope Scale, using data from two South African student samples (n = 383, 48% female, 21.70 years average age and n = 251, 68% female, 20.55 years average age), with the aim to examine its factor structure in an African context. The results showed that a six item unidimensional solution of hope fit the data best. This model characterises hope as the ability to make plans, informed by past experiences and to spontaneously manoeuvre around obstacles as any situation may call for it. This finding has implications for the measurement of hope and development of emic operational models in an African context.

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“…These societal contexts represent the global north and have been found to be mostly loose (i.e., high tolerance toward non-conformance to, otherwise ambiguous, norms) and individualistic (i.e., individual is unique and independent of groups) cultures (Gelfand et al, 2011; Uz, 2015). India, in contrast, is in the global south and culturally characterized as tight (Fulmer et al, 2014; Gupte, 2013; Khumalo et al, 2020). In fact, it is third tightest of 33 countries (Gelfand et al, 2011).…”

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“…Tight cultures are also highly religious and have strong beliefs in higher powers. India is influenced by Hindu religious practices and beliefs, as well as conformity and stricter hierarchical relationships compared to Western countries (Fulmer et al, 2014; Gelfand et al, 2011; Gupte, 2013; Khumalo et al, 2020). India is also considered collectivistic (i.e., individuals think of themselves connected to the group); such cultures often navigate present situations by reflecting on past events (Fulmer et al, 2014; Hofstede, 2001).…”

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Ruminating on the past may be bad for you, or is it? Implications of past negative time perspective on job-related stress

2022

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Past negative time perspective (PNTP), characterized by rumination on painful past experiences, is generally considered harmful to a person’s well-being. However, there is reason to suspect that a PNTP may not make matters worse if a high PNTP is consistent with culture, as in the case of India. Drawing on the person–culture matching hypothesis, we test the moderating effects of PNTP on the relationship between role stressors and both psychological strain and organizational outcomes among Indian employees in India ( n = 253). Two smaller comparison groups of Asian Indians and US-born Americans in the USA were also evaluated to anchor the understanding of the Indians’ score on PNTP. This comparison is particularly important given that pressures of globalization on India’s culture have created a sustained sense of uncertainty for Indians. Results indicate that the mean score on PNTP is greater for Indians than for US-born Americans ( n = 56) and US-Indians ( n = 69). Furthermore, having a low PNTP intensified the adverse outcomes due to stressors, whereas a high PNTP had no further impact. Findings suggest that although having an overall PNTP is not ideal, not reflecting on past negative events to cope with current stressors could also be problematic within the Indian context where PNTP is normative. Thus, in a PNTP country, a person’s high PNTP has no more adverse effect as stressors increase.

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Well-Being Orientations and Time Perspective Across Cultural Tightness–Looseness Latent Classes in Africa

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Validation of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised Scale in Chinese Adults

Validation of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised Scale in Chinese Adults

Factor structure of the Dispositional Hope Scale amongst South Africans: An exploratory structural equation modelling study

Ruminating on the past may be bad for you, or is it? Implications of past negative time perspective on job-related stress

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