Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well-being in the Mediterranean region

Alexander Kirchner-Häusler^{1

2}, Felix D Schönbrodt³, Ayse K Uskul^{1

2}, Vivian L Vignoles², Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón⁴, Vanessa A Castillo^{5

6}, Susan E Cross⁶, Meral Gezici-Yalçın⁷, Charles Harb^{8

9}, Shenel Husnu¹⁰, Keiko Ishii¹¹, Panagiota Karamaouna¹², Konstantinos Kafetsios¹³, Evangelia Kateri¹², Juan Matamoros-Lima⁴, Rania Miniesy¹⁴, Jinkyung Na¹⁵, Zafer Özkan¹⁶, Stefano Pagliaro¹⁷, Charis Psaltis¹⁸, Dina Rabie¹⁹, Manuel Teresi¹⁷, Yukiko Uchida²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
² Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
⁸ Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁹ Department of Psychology, Doha Institute, Doha, Qatar.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus.
¹¹ Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
¹² Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.
¹³ Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁴ Department of Economics, British University of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea.
¹⁶ Department of Psychology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
¹⁷ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
¹⁹ Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University Business School, Nottingham, UK.
²⁰ Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 36536608
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12803

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Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well-being in the Mediterranean region

Alexander Kirchner-Häusler et al. J Pers. 2024 Feb.

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. 2024 Feb;92(1):38-54.

doi: 10.1111/jopy.12803. Epub 2023 Jan 27.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
² Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
⁸ Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁹ Department of Psychology, Doha Institute, Doha, Qatar.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus.
¹¹ Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
¹² Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.
¹³ Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁴ Department of Economics, British University of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea.
¹⁶ Department of Psychology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
¹⁷ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
¹⁹ Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University Business School, Nottingham, UK.
²⁰ Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 36536608
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12803

Abstract

Objective: People's psychological tendencies are attuned to their sociocultural context and culture-specific ways of being, feeling, and thinking are believed to assist individuals in successfully navigating their environment. Supporting this idea, a stronger "fit" with one's cultural environment has often been linked to positive psychological outcomes. The current research expands the cultural, conceptual, and methodological space of cultural fit research by exploring the link between well-being and honor, a central driver of social behavior in the Mediterranean region.

Method: Drawing on a multi-national sample from eight countries circum-Mediterranean (N = 2257), we examined the relationship between cultural fit in honor and well-being at the distal level (fit with one's perceived society) using response surface analysis (RSA) and at the proximal level (fit with one's university gender group) using profile analysis.

Results: We found positive links between fit and well-being in both distal (for some, but not all, honor facets) and proximal fit analyses (across all honor facets). Furthermore, most fit effects in the RSA were complemented with positive level effects of the predictors, with higher average honor levels predicting higher well-being.

Conclusions: Our findings highlight the interplay between individual and environmental factors in honor as well as the important role honor plays in well-being in the Mediterranean region.

Keywords: Mediterranean region; fit; honor concerns; honor values; profile fit; response surface analysis; well-being.

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