Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures

By Kennon M. Sheldon, A. Elliot, Richard M. Ryan, Valery Chirkov, Youngmee Kim, Cindy Wu, M. Demir, Zhigang Sun. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Hope and emotional well-being: A six-year study to distinguish antecedents, correlates, and consequences (2015, background): “toward personally meaningful goals is often the cause of reductions in emotional well-being – less positive emotions and more negative emotions (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Little, Salemla-Aro, & Phillips, 2007; McKnight & Kashdan, 2009) across the globe (Sheldon et al., 2004).”
‘It’s up to you’: Experimentally manipulated autonomy support for prosocial behavior improves well-being in two cultures over six weeks (2015, neutral): “Furthermore, our results are directly supported by a previous study that showed that self-concordant goals, which largely tap autonomous motivation, were reported as frequently by Asian participants (including South Koreans) as they were by US participants (Sheldon et al., 2004).”
Autonomy, culture, and well-being: The benefits of inclusive autonomy (2007, background): “Although this possibility is suggested by research informed by both the SDT and the cross-cultural perspectives discussed earlier (Markus & Kitayama, 1991; Oishi & Diener, 2001; Ryan & Deci, 2003; Sheldon et al., 2004; Singelis & Brown, 1995), most research to date has instead emphasized apparent di”
Motivational processes in the coach‐athlete relationship: A multi‐cultural self‐determination approach (2017, neutral): “…and individualistic cultures is interesting (see Hofstede, 2001), it is important to note that the present ﬁ ndings support previous research (e.g., Sheldon et al., 2004; Taylor & Lonsdale, 2010) and indicate that self-determined motivation is associated with well-being in all of the countries…”
Unlocking the mask: a look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors (2004, neutral): “…still a need for a greater theoretical integration between authentic leadership and other process variables, such as self-concordance (Sheldon & Elliot, 1999, Sheldon et al., 2004 and Sheldon & Houser-Marko, 2001) and value congruence (Jung & Avolio, 2000, Meglino et al., 1991 and Schwartz, 1999).”
Public Participation and Institutional Fit: A Social–Psychological Perspective (2013, background): “As a result, they are more likely to adopt such institutions as their own, that is, internalize them, and become behaviorally entrenched, in the sense of having heightened intrinsic motivation (link C, Fig.”
Happiness Revisited: Ontological Well-Being as a Theory-Based Construct of Subjective Well-Being (2009, background): “In focusing on the search for the psychological strengths of human beings, rather than weaknesses, positive psychology has emerged as a reaction to a psychopathology-oriented view of human functioning ( Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi 2000 ).”
Cultural Context and Psychological Needs in Canada and Brazil (2005, background): “In the study of self-concordance, where personal goals are seen as the expression of authentic values and interests, Sheldon et al. (2004) investigated the level of autonomous goal pursuit in four countries (People’s Republic of China, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States) and discovered that…”
Applicability of Baumrind's parent typology to collective cultures: Analysis of cultural explanations of parent socialization effects (2005, background): “Sheldon et al. (2004) also found that a subjective sense of well-being in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and the US was associated with the pursuit of goals that are integrated and accepted as part of the self rather than goals that are unintegrated as part of the self or based on external…”
Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Psychological Functioning (2019, background): “…skill utilization, engaging in interesting and meaningful work are strongly correlated with various components of SWB such as positive emotions, vitality, and life satisfaction (see Church et al., 2013; Chen et al., 2015; Deci et al., 2001; Ryan & Deci, 2017, ch. 8; Sheldon et al., 2004).”
Psychological needs, motivation, and well-being: A test of self-determination theory across multiple domains (2011, background): “Previous research has confirmed that the key processes theorized by SDT are universal across cultures (e.g., Sheldon et al., 2004).”
A cross-cultural analysis of autonomy in education (2009, background): “Sheldon et al. (2004) demonstrated that, regardless of the country from which the participants came (PRC, South Korea, Taiwan, and the USA), students preferred to ‘own their goals’, mean ing that they exhibited a higher autonomous motivation relative to the controlled one for their personal goal…”
Developing Who I Am: A Self-Determination Theory Approach to the Establishment of Healthy Identities (2009, background): “A large body of research, reviewed extensively elsewhere (Deci & Ryan, 2000; Sheldon et al., 2004), has shown that goals, values, and behaviors that are more well-integrated and assimilated—that is, performed for more identified or integrated reasons as opposed to rooted in more external or introjec”
Validation of the Perceived Parental Autonomy Support Scale (P-PASS) (2015, background): “…of independence (Silk et al., 2003) may be more positive in individualistic cultures, autonomy support, defined as the promotion of volitional functioning (Soenens et al., 2007), seems to be a universal ingredient for optimal functioning (Chirkov, Ryan, Kim, & Kaplan, 2003; Sheldon et al., 2004).”