Title: Fitting in and getting happy : how conformity to societal norms affects subjective well-being /
Authors: Stavrova, Olga,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Social norms.; Happiness; Well-being.; Conformity
Abstract: "Using large-scale survey data from more than 70 countries, Olga Stavrova shows that happiness to a large extent is conditional on a match between individuals' attributes and the socio-cultural characteristics of the environment they live in."--Back cover.
Contents: Happiness as a subject of scientific inquiry -- Theories of happiness: an overview -- Theoretical foundations of the social norms framework of happiness -- The case of unemployment -- The case of cohabitation and gender -- The case of religiosity -- The case of civic virtue -- Integrative discussion -- Directions for future research -- Building a bridge between sociology and social psychology.