Cross-cultural consistency and relativity in the enjoyment of thinking versus doing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Buttrick (0000-0002-1165-8938, Hiroshima University), Hyewon Choi (0000-0002-3732-7766), Timothy D Wilson (0000-0003-3106-1212, Hiroshima University), Oishi (0000-0002-4185-960X), Steven M Boker (0000-0003-2117-8548), Daniel T Gilbert (0000-0002-9865-4445), Sinan Alper (0000-0002-9051-0690, Hiroshima University), Mark Aveyard (0000-0003-3001-6225), Winnee Cheong, Marija V Čolić (0000-0003-4156-5641), Ilker Dalgar (0000-0003-3121-5728), Canay Doğulu (0000-0002-5906-3706), Serdar Karabati (0000-0002-4668-5274), Eunbee Kim (0009-0002-3867-4679), Goran Knežević (0000-0001-8951-3774), Asuka Komiya (0000-0002-2847-4684, Hiroshima University), Camila Ordóñez Laclé (0000-0002-8661-2483), Caio Ambrosio Lage, Ljiljana B Lazarevic (0000-0003-1629-3699), Dušanka Lazarević (0000-0003-0822-2321, State University of Physical Education and Sport), Samuel Lin (0000-0001-6824-4691, Hiroshima University), Samuel Lins, Mauricio Blanco Molina, Mauricio Blanco-Molina (0000-0001-7510-8591), Félix Neto (0000-0003-0112-880X), Ana Orlić (0000-0003-3098-8315, Hiroshima University), Boban Petrović (0000-0002-1840-3153, Institute of Criminological & Sociological Research), Massiel Arroyo Sibaja (Hiroshima University), David Torres Fernández (0000-0003-3023-5129, Hiroshima University), Wolf Vanpaemel (0000-0002-5855-3885), Wouter Voorspoels, Daniela C Wilks (0000-0001-7146-2358, Hiroshima University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | e71-e83 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/pspp0000198 |
| PMID | 30035566 |
| OpenAlex | W2883144024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
Which is more enjoyable: trying to think enjoyable thoughts or doing everyday solitary activities? Wilson et al. (2014) found that American participants much preferred solitary everyday activities, such as reading or watching TV, to thinking for pleasure. To see whether this preference generalized outside of the United States, we replicated the study with 2,557 participants from 12 sites in 11 countries. The results were consistent in every country: Participants randomly assigned to do something reported significantly greater enjoyment than did participants randomly assigned to think for pleasure. Although we found systematic differences by country in how much participants enjoyed thinking for pleasure, we used a series of nested structural equation models to show that these differences were fully accounted for by country-level variation in 5 individual differences, 4 of which were positively correlated with thinking for pleasure (need for cognition, openness to experience, meditation experience, and initial positive affect) and 1 of which was negatively correlated (reported phone usage). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |