The present study examined the interplay of personality and cultural factors in the prediction of the affective(emotional stability) and the cognitive(life satisfaction) components of psychological well-being(PWB).
This study predicted that the infl...
The present study examined the interplay of personality and cultural factors in the prediction of the affective(emotional stability) and the cognitive(life satisfaction) components of psychological well-being(PWB).
This study predicted that the influence of personality on life satisfaction is mediated by emotional stability(Study 1) and that the relation between emotional stability and life satisfaction is moderated by culture(Study 2). As a consequence, they predicted that the influence of personality on life satisfaction is also moderated by culture. College student participants from 3 cultures [Korea, China, Chosun(Chinese of Korean extraction)] completed measures of autonomy, self-esteem, emotional stability, and life satisfaction. As predicted, autonomy, self-esteem influenced emotional stability in all cultures, and emotional stability was a stronger predictor of life satisfaction in democratic than in
socialistic cultures. The influence of autonomy, self-esteem on life satisfaction was largely mediated by emotional stability.
The results suggest that the influence of personality on the emotional component of PWB is pancultural, whereas the influence of personality on the cognitive component of PWB is moderated by culture. Results also suggested greater internalization of horizontal relative to vertical practices. Finally, Implications, Liminations of this study and suggestions for the future study were discussed.