Cultural constructions of happiness: the
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Yukiko Uchida; Vinai Norasakkunkit; Shinobu Kitayama
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Article
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2004
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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In a review of recent cross-cultural evidence on happiness and well-being, the authors identified substantial cultural variations in (1) cultural meanings of happiness, (2) motivations underlying happiness, and (3) predictors of happiness. Specifically, in North American cultural contexts, happiness