Avowed Happiness in Confucian Asia: Ascertaining Its Distribution, Patterns, and Sources

Autor/inn/en	Shin, Doh Chull; Inoguchi, Takashi
Titel	Avowed Happiness in Confucian Asia: Ascertaining Its Distribution, Patterns, and Sources
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 92 (2009) 2, S.405-427 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-008-9354-0
Schlagwörter	Asians; Foreign Countries; Philosophy; Psychological Patterns; Asian Culture; Statistical Analysis; Achievement; Life Satisfaction; Cultural Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Income; Socioeconomic Influences; Democratic Values; Quality of Life; Social Indicators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Philosophie; Statistische Analyse; Performance; Leistung; Lebensvollendung; Kultureller Unterschied; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Einkommen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Lebensqualität; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator
Abstract	This study reviewed three philosophical accounts of happiness, and then tested those accounts with the Asiabarometer surveys conducted in six Confucian societies during the summer of 2006. Statistical analyses of these surveys reveal that East Asians tend to experience happiness to a greater extent when they experience enjoyment together with achievement and/or satisfaction. The preponderance of such multi-dimensional conceptions in all those societies poses a direct challenge to a single dimensional account of happiness in the West. The analyses also reveal that positive assessments of interpersonal relationships matter more than the amount of knowledge or wealth in living a happy life in Confucian societies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10