The Social and Economic Context of Peace and Happiness

• Main Authors: TOV, William, DIENER, Ed, NG, Weiting, Kesebir, Pelin, Harter, Jim
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Happiness; Peace; Cultural Psychology; Culture; well-being; trust; confidence; government; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/696; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/permalink/65SMU_INST/naremq/alma99468533502601
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Using data from the World Values Survey and the 2006 Gallup World Poll, we examined how individual well-being was related to societal perceptions relevant for peace. Across both datasets, happy people reported greater trust and confidence in the government. Moreover, this relation was moderated by s...