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Personal Value Priorities and Life Satisfaction in Europe

The Moderating Role of Socioeconomic Development

Bibliographic Data

ID7842998
AuthorsFlorencia M Sortheix (0000-0001-9383-4204, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Jan-Erik Lönnqvist (0000-0001-8292-6090, University of Helsinki)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue2
Pages282-299
Publication date2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022022113504621
OpenAlexW2108586937
LanguageEN
Citations received56
References cited49

The present study examined the relations of personal values to life satisfaction (LS) across 25 European nations. Multilevel statistics with country-level Human Development Index (HDI) as a contextual moderator tested its effect on the individual-level relations between personal values and LS. HDI moderated the relations between LS and 8 of the 10 basic values identified by Schwartz’s values theory. Across countries, high benevolence and hedonism values were associated with heightened LS, whereas high power and security values were related to lower LS. Achievement was positively related to LS in low HDI countries, but negatively in high HDI countries, whereas the opposite pattern occurred for universalism values and LS. Our results emphasize the importance of considering the broader context in which personal values are pursued when examining their implications for LS

Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Hedonism · Human development (humanity · Human Development Index · Life satisfaction · Moderation · Multilevel model · Personal development · Political science · Politics · Statistics · Universalism · World Values Survey · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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