Predictors of Differences in Subjective Well-Being Across 97 Nations

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Life Goals and Well-Being: Are Extrinsic Aspirations Always Detrimental to Well-Being? (2009, unknown): “In line with these interpretations are findings that there do exist some collectivistic, non-rich countries in Latin America, characterized by high life satisfaction and perceptions of high personal freedom and life control (Minkov, 2009) Since collectivistic countries are on average poorer than ind”
Hofstede’s Fifth Dimension (2012, background): “Minkov (2007, 2008, 2009) has shown that when the Likert-type scale has 4 points, it is precisely these percentages that yield the strongest correlations with external variables measuring real-life phenomena, such as educational achievement, suicide rates, and so forth; therefore, they are the most…”
Cross-Cultural Validation of Fear of Happiness Scale Across 14 National Groups (2014, methodology): “This index has been created using data from three sources: the World Happiness Database (Veenhoven, 2009), Minkov (2009), and the World Values Survey.”
The Impact of Social Capital on Subjective Well-Being: A Regional Perspective (2015, background): “Even though there is obviously a great deal of analytical overlap in both concepts, they are generally assumed to emphasise different aspects of SWB (Diener 1994; Minkov 2009; Ryan and Deci 2001).”