This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Oishi, S. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Oishi, S. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Experiencing and Remembering of Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

University of Minnesota, soishi{at}tc.umn.edu

Four studies were conducted to examine cultural differences in specific and global reports of well-being. The first two studies were designed to determine whether cultural differences in emotional experiences would emerge at the time of actual experience or at the time of retrospective judgments, using a daily diary and an experience sampling method. Using more controlled methods, Studies 3 and 4 examined the memory, conscious weighting, and nonconscious weighting hypotheses. The results indicate that although there were no cultural differences in online experiences of well-being, European Americans reported a higher degree of well-being than did Asians in retrospective reports. Studies 3 and 4 also indicate that these cultural differences were not due to explicit memory for emotional events or conscious weighting of positive versus negative information. Rather, the cultural difference in retrospective reports of well-being appears to be due to nonconscious weighting of positive versus negative information.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 10, 1398-1406 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/014616702236871


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. Oishi, S. Kesebir, and B. H. Snyder Sociology: A Lost Connection in Social Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Review, November 1, 2009; 13(4): 334 - 353. [Abstract] [PDF]

				T. Hamamura, Z. Meijer, S. J. Heine, K. Kamaya, and I. Hori Approach--Avoidance Motivation and Information Processing: A Cross-Cultural Analysis Pers Soc Psychol Bull, April 1, 2009; 35(4): 454 - 462. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. Koo and S. Oishi False Memory and the Associative Network of Happiness Pers Soc Psychol Bull, February 1, 2009; 35(2): 212 - 220. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. Campos, D. Keltner, J. M. Beck, G. C. Gonzaga, and O. P. John Culture and Teasing: The Relational Benefits of Reduced Desire for Positive Self-Differentiation Pers Soc Psychol Bull, January 1, 2007; 33(1): 3 - 16. [Abstract] [PDF]

				K. C. H. Lam, R. Buehler, C. McFarland, M. Ross, and I. Cheung Cultural Differences in Affective Forecasting: The Role of Focalism Pers Soc Psychol Bull, September 1, 2005; 31(9): 1296 - 1309. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. D. Robinson and B. S. Kirkeby Happiness as a Belief System: Individual Differences and Priming in Emotion Judgments Pers Soc Psychol Bull, August 1, 2005; 31(8): 1134 - 1144. [Abstract] [PDF]

				C. N. Scollon, E. Diener, S. Oishi, and R. Biswas-Diener Emotions Across Cultures and Methods Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, May 1, 2004; 35(3): 304 - 326. [Abstract] [PDF]

				S. Oishi and E. Diener Culture and Well-Being: The Cycle of Action, Evaluation, and Decision Pers Soc Psychol Bull, August 1, 2003; 29(8): 939 - 949. [Abstract] [PDF]