Causal Attributions of Happiness and Critical Events

How Beliefs About People's Happiness Are Affected by Moments of Crisis and Joy

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ID5338748
AuthorsFrancisco Olivos (0000-0001-6395-6593), Pablo Olivos-Jara (0000-0001-6259-4658, University of Castilla-La Mancha), Emilio Moyano-Díaz (0000-0003-2433-9271, University of Talca)
Year2023
Volume54
Issue1-2
Pages110-122
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
PublisherHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000484
OpenAlexW4289525039
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited60

This study extends the literature on people's understanding of happiness by asking whether positive and negative events could affect the causal attributions of what makes others happy. Using a factorial survey applied to a representative and probabilistic sample of Chileans, we examined three central causal attributions deeply rooted in Latin American folk culture. The results show that the positive family causal attribution of others' happiness is reinforced by both negative and positive events that happened to the observer. Moreover, the attributions of health and income are unchanged. Finally, we discussed how this study contributes to understanding people's causal attributions by examining how they are modified by critical events that affect the observer

Affect (linguistics) · Attribution · Causality (physics) · Happiness · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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