The Cultural Construction of Self and Well-Being: A Tale of Two Cities

被引:34
作者
Plaut, Victoria C. [1 ]
Markus, Hazel Rose [2 ]
Treadway, Jodi R. [3 ]
Fu, Alyssa S. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Law, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Univ Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA
关键词
culture; well-being; self; mutual constitution; region; LIFE SATISFACTION; UNITED-STATES; INDIVIDUALISM; INDEPENDENCE; COLLECTIVISM; AMERICAN; EMOTIONS; HEALTH;
D O I
10.1177/0146167212458125
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Does local context (e. g., city of residence) matter for self and well-being? We theorized that it does because local contexts diverge in prevalent historically-derived ideas, norms, and products. Through historical analysis, studies of norms (tightness-looseness; Study 1) and cultural products (content analyses of newspaper headlines, venture capital firm websites, hospital websites; Studies 2-4), and studies assessing individuals' self and well-being (Studies 5-7), we compared Boston and San Francisco-similar cities on many metrics. We find that self and well-being are, in some important part, local. Reflecting themes of "old and established," Boston's history and cultural products emphasize tradition, status, and community, and social norms are relatively tight; accordingly feelings and selves are socially contingent. In contrast, reflecting themes of " new and free," San Francisco's history and cultural products emphasize unlimited possibility, egalitarianism, and innovation, and social norms are relatively loose; accordingly feelings and selves are relatively less contingent on others.
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页码:1644 / 1658
页数:15
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