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Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
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Previous research indicates that the significance of love varies considerably across cultures. In the present study, we introduce an often-overlooked cultural factor – religiosity – to explore its in
fluence on the relationship between being in love and five dimensions of subjective well-being. We conducted two cross-cultural studies with 31,608 participants from 117 samples across 83 societies. Our findings reveal that, in more religious cultures, being in love is a weaker predictor of well-being compared to more secular cultures in four out of six models. These findings indicate that national context influences the relative importance of various emotions and experiences for well-being, underscoring the need to account for cultural context in research on love.
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Date:
2025
Authors:
Olechowski, Mateusz
G´orski, Maciej R.
Joshanloo, Mohsen
M. Azhar Hussain
Wasiel, Arkadiusz
Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan
Bond, Michael Harris
Haas, Brian W.
Guemaz, Farida
Boussena, Mahmoud
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Elsevier Ltd.
