Concepts of happiness across time and cultures

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Autor(a) principal: Oishi, Shigehiro
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Graham, Jesse, Kesebir, Selin, Galinha, Iolanda Costa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11144/1836
Resumo: We explored cultural and historical variations in concepts of happiness. First, we analyzed the definitions of happiness in dictionaries from 30 nations to understand cultural similarities and differences in happiness concepts. Second, we analyzed the definition of happiness in Webster’s dictionaries from 1850 to present day to understand historical changes in American English. Third, we coded the State of the Union addresses given by U.S. presidents from 1790 to 2010. Finally, we investigated the appearance of the phrases happy nation versus happy person in Google Ngram Viewer from 1800 to 2008. Across cultures and time, happiness was most frequently defined as good luck and favorable external conditions. However, in American English, this definition was replaced by definitions focused on favorable internal feeling states. Our findings highlight the value of a historical perspective in the study of psychological concepts.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
title Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
spellingShingle Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
Oishi, Shigehiro
happiness
subjective well-being
culture
historical
title_short Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
title_full Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
title_fullStr Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
title_full_unstemmed Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
title_sort Concepts of happiness across time and cultures
author Oishi, Shigehiro
author_facet Oishi, Shigehiro
Graham, Jesse
Kesebir, Selin
Galinha, Iolanda Costa
author_role author
author2 Graham, Jesse
Kesebir, Selin
Galinha, Iolanda Costa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oishi, Shigehiro
Graham, Jesse
Kesebir, Selin
Galinha, Iolanda Costa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv happiness
subjective well-being
culture
historical
topic happiness
subjective well-being
culture
historical
description We explored cultural and historical variations in concepts of happiness. First, we analyzed the definitions of happiness in dictionaries from 30 nations to understand cultural similarities and differences in happiness concepts. Second, we analyzed the definition of happiness in Webster’s dictionaries from 1850 to present day to understand historical changes in American English. Third, we coded the State of the Union addresses given by U.S. presidents from 1790 to 2010. Finally, we investigated the appearance of the phrases happy nation versus happy person in Google Ngram Viewer from 1800 to 2008. Across cultures and time, happiness was most frequently defined as good luck and favorable external conditions. However, in American English, this definition was replaced by definitions focused on favorable internal feeling states. Our findings highlight the value of a historical perspective in the study of psychological concepts.
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