Folk Theories of Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Conceptions of Happiness in Germany and South Africa

By Jan Pflug. 2009

143 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. D. Vella‐Brodrick
2. I. Brdar
3. M. Wissing
4. T. Freire
5. Ethan A. McMahan
6. D. Estes
7. A. Zalewska
8. A. Bojanowska

In Social Psychology

1. Ethan A. McMahan
2. A. Zalewska
3. A. Bojanowska
4. D. Estes
5. D. Vella‐Brodrick
6. A. Delle Fave
7. I. Brdar
8. M. Wissing

Citations in the corpus

• Eastern Conceptualizations of Happiness: Fundamental Differences with Western Views (2013, unknown): “For example, the majority of previous qualitative studies have found that the success of interpersonal relationships is an important factor in people’s lay understanding of happiness across western and eastern cultures (e.g., Delle Fave et al. 2011; Pflug 2009).”
• Lay Understanding of Happiness and the Experience of Well-Being: Are Some Conceptions of Happiness More Beneficial than Others? (2016, background): “Research indicates that individual conceptions of happiness are to some extent universal (Pflug 2009) but that culture and society are both important in determining how people perceive happiness (Delle Fave et al. 2013b; Joshanloo 2012), suggesting that concepts of happiness are culture-specific.”
• Hedonic Versus Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being: Evidence of Differential Associations With Self-reported Well-being (2011, result): “Contemporary research within psychology further indicates that laypeople may also hold conceptions of well-being that are similar to those advocated by professionals (e.g., King and Napa 1998; McMahan and Estes 2010; Ng et al. 2003; Pflug 2009; Tseng 2007).”
• The Eudaimonic and Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings (2011, result): “Pflug (2009) did the same with German and South African students.”
• Everyday Understandings of Happiness, Good Life, and Satisfaction: Three Different Facets of Well-being (2017, background): “Some of these studies (Kim et al. 2007; Galati et al. 2006; Lu and Gilmour 2004; Pflug 2009; Delle Fave et al. 2011) have made use of open-ended questions, thus refraining from imposing researcher-defined conceptualizations onto participants.”