- Title
- Individualism, collectivism, and well-being among a sample of emerging adults in the United States
- Creator
- Nezlek, John; Humphrey, Ashley
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197888
- Identifier
- vital:18954
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211054596
- Identifier
- ISSN:2167-6968 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- An increasing body of research suggests that emerging adults living in Western societies are becoming more individualistic and such increases in individualism are associated with reduced well-being. The present study examined relationships between well-being and individualism and collectivism among 1906 emerging adults in the US, aged 18–25. We measured individualism and collectivism distinguishing horizontal and vertical dimensions of these constructs, and we measured well-being in terms of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and neuroticism. Regression analyses found that individualism was negatively related to well-being, and these relationships varied somewhat between horizontal and vertical individualism. Horizontal collectivism was positively related to all measures of well-being, and vertical collectivism was positively related to three measures. These findings increase our understanding of the roles individualism and collectivism play in the psychological well-being of emerging adults, including the importance of distinguishing horizontal and vertical dimensions of individualism and collectivism. © 2021 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Relation
- Emerging Adulthood Vol. 11, no. 2 (2023), p. 520-524
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing
- Subject
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology; Collectivism; Individualism; Social orientation; Well-being
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