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01.11.2013

Cross-Cultural Difference in Subjective Wellbeing: Cultural Response Bias as an Explanation

verfasst von: Lufanna C. H. Lai, Robert A. Cummins, Anna L. D. Lau

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 2/2013

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This study investigates whether the Australian-Chinese differences in subjective wellbeing (SWB) can be attributed to cultural response bias (CRB) caused by the influence of Chinese culture. Four samples are compared: Australians, first generation Chinese immigrants, second generation Chinese immigrants, and Hong Kong Chinese. It is hypothesized that the effects of CRB on means scores and variance will be the highest for Hong Kong Chinese, followed by Australian Chinese immigrants and second generation, and the lowest for Australians. These predictions were generally supported. Income is used as a covariate to test whether the predicted pattern of results remain unchanged. The result was affirmative. CRB is thus verified as contributing to the SWB difference between the Australians and Hong Kong Chinese. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Titel: Cross-Cultural Difference in Subjective Wellbeing: Cultural Response Bias as an Explanation
verfasst von: Lufanna C. H. Lai
Robert A. Cummins
Anna L. D. Lau
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0164-z

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