Do cultural values affect human well-being? Evidence from research reports
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subjective well-being
psychological well-being
individual values
cultural values

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Do cultural values affect human well-being? Evidence from research reports. (2019). Universitas Psychologica, 18(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy18-1.vcab
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Well-being is a concept that has been studied extensively in recent decades and has been associated with multiple variables. This article describes the relationship between well-being and cultural values ​​found through empirical research. A bibliographic search was carried out in the WoS and SCOPUS databases, considering cultural values ​​and well-being as keywords (valores culturales & bienestar in Spanish). The results are diverse and show the influence of the cultural context on the behavior of well-being in the different human groups, given that the levels of well-being are related differently with multiple variables, depending on the socio-cultural context where they have been studied. With this review, we hope to contribute to the understanding of cultural values ​​as mediators in the levels of well-being of the human being.

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