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Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being
Prioritizing friendship is associated with many health and well-being benefits. However, to date, there have been relatively few studies that have examined cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes. In other words, is prioritizing friendships more beneficial in some c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7848226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536962 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570839 |
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author | Lu, Peiqi Oh, Jeewon Leahy, Katelin E. Chopik, William J. |
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description | Prioritizing friendship is associated with many health and well-being benefits. However, to date, there have been relatively few studies that have examined cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes. In other words, is prioritizing friendships more beneficial in some contexts than others? In the current study, we examined how culture- and country-level factors were associated with the importance people place on friendships and the benefits derived from this importance. The sample comprised of 323,200 participants (M = 40.79 years, SD = 16.09 years) from 99 countries from the World Values Survey. Multilevel analyses revealed that women, people with higher levels of education, and people living in countries that are more economically equal and high in indulgence placed more value on friendships. Prioritizing friendships in life was associated with better health and well-being, but these associations depended on many cultural factors. The findings are discussed in the context of the ways in which friendships can enrich health and well-being across different settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-78482262021-02-02 Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being Lu, Peiqi Oh, Jeewon Leahy, Katelin E. Chopik, William J. Front Psychol Psychology Prioritizing friendship is associated with many health and well-being benefits. However, to date, there have been relatively few studies that have examined cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes. In other words, is prioritizing friendships more beneficial in some contexts than others? In the current study, we examined how culture- and country-level factors were associated with the importance people place on friendships and the benefits derived from this importance. The sample comprised of 323,200 participants (M = 40.79 years, SD = 16.09 years) from 99 countries from the World Values Survey. Multilevel analyses revealed that women, people with higher levels of education, and people living in countries that are more economically equal and high in indulgence placed more value on friendships. Prioritizing friendships in life was associated with better health and well-being, but these associations depended on many cultural factors. The findings are discussed in the context of the ways in which friendships can enrich health and well-being across different settings. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7848226/ /pubmed/33536962 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570839 Text en Copyright © 2021 Lu, Oh, Leahy and Chopik. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Lu, Peiqi Oh, Jeewon Leahy, Katelin E. Chopik, William J. Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title | Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title_full | Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title_fullStr | Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title_full_unstemmed | Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title_short | Friendship Importance Around the World: Links to Cultural Factors, Health, and Well-Being |
title_sort | friendship importance around the world: links to cultural factors, health, and well-being |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7848226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536962 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570839 |
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