Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures

✍ Scribed by Melikşah Demir, Nebi Sümer

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 219
Series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology 13
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume focuses explicitly on close relationships as a reliable source for individual happiness and well-being across cultures. The work in this volume addresses theoretical issues and presents new cross-cultural data in the study of close relationships and happiness. Experts from different parts of the world provide in-depth, authoritative reviews and new findings on the relationship between various types of close bonds (e.g., intimate, marital, friendship, grandparent) and happiness in a variety of cultures. An ideal resource for researchers and students of relationship science and positive psychology, this rich, clear, and up-to-date book serves as an important reference for academicians in related fields of psychology such as cross-cultural, social, and developmental.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Responsiveness as a Key Predictor of Happiness: Mechanisms and Unanswered Questions (Emre Selcuk, Ayse Busra Karagobek, Gul Gunaydin)....Pages 1-18
Interdependent Happiness: Progress and Implications (Hidefumi Hitokoto, Yukiko Uchida)....Pages 19-39
Parent-Child Relationships and Happiness Across Cultures (Meagan A. Ramsey, Karena M. Moran, Angela G. Pubal, Amy L. Gentzler)....Pages 41-54
Intimate Relationships and Happiness in Asia: A Critical Review (Hung-Kit Fok, Sheung-Tak Cheng)....Pages 55-67
Close Relationships and Happiness in South America (Agnaldo Garcia, Fábio Nogueira Pereira, Julia S. N. F. Bucher-Maluschke)....Pages 69-85
The Transition to Grandparenthood: A Chance to Promote Well-Being and Personal Growth in Later Life (Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Shirley Ben Shlomo, Liora Findler)....Pages 87-103
My Relationships Are My Estate: Relationships with Kin and Voluntary Bonds as Predictors of Happiness Among Emerging Adults (Melikşah Demir, IsaBella Vento, Rielly Boyd, Erin Hanks)....Pages 105-129
Number of Close Friends and Their Links to Life Satisfaction Over the Great Recession in Germany (Monique Landberg, Claudia Recksiedler)....Pages 131-149
The Relationships between Filial Piety, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults in Taiwan (Jinjin Yan, Wei-Wen Chen)....Pages 151-164
Cultural Aspects of Attachment Anxiety, Avoidance, and Life Satisfaction: Comparing the US and Turkey (Nebi Sümer, Orkun Yetkili)....Pages 165-184
Reconciliation Sentiment, Forgiveness, and Mental Health Among Genocide Victims (Immaculée Mukashema, Aslı Bugay, Etienne Mullet)....Pages 185-199
Cultural Orientations and Well-Being in Greece: Dyad-Level Processes (Konstantinos Kafetsios)....Pages 201-214

✦ Subjects

Psychology; Positive Psychology; Quality of Life Research; Cross Cultural Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology; Developmental Psychology

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