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The Secret to Happiness : Feeling Good or Feeling Right?Maya TamirThe Hebrew UniversityShalom H. SchwartzThe Hebrew University and National ResearchUniversity Higher School of EconomicsShige OishiThe University of VirginiaMin Y. KimKeimyung UniversityWhich emotional experiences should people pursue to optimize Happiness ? According to traditional subjectivewell-being research, the more pleasant emotions we experience, the happier we are. According to Aristotle,the more we experience the emotions we want to experience, the happier we are. We tested both predictionsin a cross-cultural sample of 2,324 participants from 8 countries around the world. We assessed experiencedemotions, desired emotions, and indices of well-being and depressive symptoms. Across cultures, happierpeople were those who more often experienced emotions they wanted to experience, whether these werepleasant ( , love) or unpleasant ( , hatred). This pattern applied even to people who wanted to feel lesspleasant or more unpleasant emotions than they actually felt.
Aug 14, 2017 · index of general development (United Nations Development Pro-gramme, 2014). The Current Research Previous research on the link between well-being and feeling “right” focused exclusively on pleasant affective experiences (e.g., excitement in Oishi et al., 2003) and a small set of cultures (e.g., Japan vs. U.S.).
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