Culture, Personality and Well-Being

Culture, Personality and Well-Being

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English | July 14, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032259843 | 317 pages| Epub PDF (True) | 13 MB
This book presents an integrative, interdisciplinary examination of how cultural, psychological, and structural factors shape human well‑being, with a distinctive emphasis on the social contexts of Latin America and Spain. The book opens by reviewing the evolution of well‑being research and highlights the need for culturally grounded concepts and measurements. It then explores how national cultural values—particularly autonomy, egalitarianism, and emotion norms—relate to subjective well‑being, while illustrating the complexity of Latin American cultural profiles.

Several chapters analyze identity and social structure, showing how ethnic–racial identity, social class, and inequality influence psychological outcomes through mechanisms such as discrimination, socialization, perceived control, and coping. Social relationships emerge as a central dimension of well‑being, with evidence on social capital, social support, and social identity nstrating their strong protective and regulatory effects.