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Subjective and objective hierarchies and their relations to psychological well-being: A U.S./Japan comparison

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dc.contributor.authorCurhan, Katherine B.
dc.contributor.authorLevine, Cynthia S.
dc.contributor.authorMarkus, Hazel Rose
dc.contributor.authorPark, Jiyoung
dc.contributor.authorKarasawa, Mayumi
dc.contributor.authorLove, Gayle D.
dc.contributor.authorCoe, Christopher L.
dc.contributor.authorMiyamoto, Yuri
dc.contributor.authorRyff, Carol D.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T16:46:47.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T20:11:23Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T20:11:23Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-01
dc.description.abstractHierarchy can be conceptualized as objective social status (e.g., education level) or subjective social status (i.e., one's own judgment of one's status). Both forms predict well-being. This is the first investigation of the relative strength of these hierarchy-well-being relationships in the U.S. and Japan, cultural contexts with different normative ideas about how social status is understood and conferred. In probability samples of Japanese (N=1027) and U.S. (N=1805) adults, subjective social status more strongly predicted life satisfaction, positive affect, sense of purpose, and self acceptance in the U.S. than in Japan. In contrast, objective social status more strongly predicted life satisfaction, positive relations with others, and self acceptance in Japan than in the U.S. These differences reflect divergent cultural models of self. The emphasis on independence characteristic of the U.S. affords credence to one's own judgment (subjective status) and the interdependence characteristic of Japan to what others can observe (objective status).
dc.description.pages855-864
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1948550614538461
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/42284
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Psychological and Personality Science
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=psych_faculty_pubs&unstamped=1
dc.relation.urlhttps://works.bepress.com/jiyoung-park/11/download/
dc.source.beginpage855
dc.source.endpage864
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectCulture and Self
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectEmotion
dc.subjectInterdependence
dc.subjectSocial Status
dc.subjectWell-being
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.titleSubjective and objective hierarchies and their relations to psychological well-being: A U.S./Japan comparison
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digcom.contributor.authorCurhan, Katherine B.
digcom.contributor.authorLevine, Cynthia S.
digcom.contributor.authorMarkus, Hazel Rose
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:j.park@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Park, Jiyoung
digcom.contributor.authorKarasawa, Mayumi
digcom.contributor.authorLove, Gayle D.
digcom.contributor.authorCoe, Christopher L.
digcom.contributor.authorMiyamoto, Yuri
digcom.contributor.authorRyff, Carol D.
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