What Is More Important for National Well-Being: Money or Autonomy? A Meta-Analysis of Well-Being, Burnout, and Anxiety Across 63 Societies

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-184

  Fischer, Ronald ^a   Boer, Diana ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture; Individualism; Multilevel meta analysis; Subjective well being; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79959485908     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023663     Document Type: Article

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