The Dynamics of Daily Events and Well-Being Across Cultures: When Less Is More

Purpose The voluntary simplification (VS) movement has stemmed from Western societies and gained momentum in the 1980s, but the trend has failed to become a primary perspective for most consumers. The accompanying concepts of conscious consumption, minimalism and accepting that sometimes “less is more” are still vivid in the digital era. The purpose of this study is to provide a deep and recent understanding of the consumer comments about minimalism in Turkey and examine their associations with the prominent themes in the VS literature. Design/methodology/approach Consumer comments posted on online platforms were analyzed by content analysis and word frequency analysis. Findings Consumer comments were in parallel to the themes in the VS literature and were classified under personal growth, material simplicity, sustainability, proper technology usage and self-sufficiency categories. Personal growth, material simplicity and sustainability were the first three dimensions mentioned. The prominent sub-themes that emerge from data were psychological well-being, inner peace, freedom, meaningful experiences and getting rid of belongings. A word frequency analysis pointed out that “life” and “owning” were the evident words in the personal growth category, “purchasing things” were mostly mentioned in the material simplicity category and “plastic litter” and “excessive consumption” were the prominent concerns in the sustainability category. Originality/value VS required further research in different national contexts. Besides, an analysis of the dimensions of VS was needed. This study contributes by providing recent and rich findings from a developing country, connecting them with the VS themes in the literature and suggesting a conceptual framework enriched by sub-themes that emerged from data.

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Humor Daily Events and Well-Being: The Role of Gelotophobia and Psychological Work Climate

10.5772/intechopen.96631 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ana Junça Silva ◽

António Caetano ◽

Rita Rueff Lopes

Keyword(s):

Positive Affect ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Climate ◽

Psychological Climate ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

Daily Events ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

This study aims to: (1) analyze the relationship between humor-daily events and well-being; (2) test the mediating role of positive affect in this relationship; (3) analyze the moderating role of gelotophobia between humor-daily events and positive affect, and; (4) explore the moderating role of psychological climate between positive affect and well-being. To test these goals, we conducted a quasi-experimental study with 93 participants. We used regressions and bootstrapping analyses to test the moderated mediation model. The relationship between the humor-daily events and well-being was mediated by positive affect and this relation was moderated by psychological work, such that this relationship was stronger when a positive psychological work climate was identified. Gelotophobia did not moderate the relationship between humor daily-events and positive affect, however, it significantly and negatively predicted positive affect. This paper adds considerable evidence of the relationship between humor-related daily events and its impact on well-being. Psychological work climate strengthens the association between positive affect and well-being, after humor daily events.

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When less is more: Downsizing, sense of place, and well-being in late life

Journal of Environmental Psychology ◽

10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101478 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 71 ◽

pp. 101478

Author(s):

Kyrsten Costlow ◽

Patricia A. Parmelee ◽

Shinae L. Choi ◽

Beverly Roskos

Keyword(s):

Sense Of Place ◽

Late Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Less Is More

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Reactions to daily events as a function of familiarity with an environment

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.636 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 811-822 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

John B. Nezlek

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Negative Events ◽

Positive Events ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Daily Events ◽

Academic Year

Undergraduate participants provided measures of their psychological well‐being and described the positive and negative events that occurred each day, once during the first and second semesters of an academic year. For four of the five measures of daily well‐being, reactivity to negative events decreased from the first to second semester, whereas for four of the five measures of well‐being, reactivity to positive events did not change over the year. These results suggest that familiarity with an environment moderates reactivity to negative daily events. As people become more familiar with an environment, negative events may elicit smaller decreases in well‐being. In contrast, increases in well‐being elicited by positive events appear to be unrelated to familiarity with the environment. More broadly, these differences suggest that the reactivity to positive and negative events reflect the operation of different processes. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Taking Stock of Happiness and Meaning in Everyday Life

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550616678455 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 641-651 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Jongan Choi ◽

Rhia Catapano ◽

Incheol Choi

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Well Being ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Interaction Partners ◽

Daily Events ◽

Momentary Happiness ◽

Over Time

The present study examines momentary experiences of happiness and meaning, two components of well-being, by using an experience sampling method. Participants included 603 Korean adults, who generated 24,430 responses over the course of 2–4 weeks. Results revealed that reported levels of happiness and meaning fluctuated substantially over the course of a day and that contextual factors, such as daily activities, social interaction partners, day of week, and time of day, along with demographic variables, were significant predictors of momentary happiness and meaning. In addition, we observe that people often experienced happiness and meaning independently of each other during a single daily event. In sum, momentary experiences of happiness and meaning were dynamic, related but distinct, and varied by individuals across daily events and over time.

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The Influence of Daily Events on Emotion Regulation and Well-Being in Daily Life

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167220980882 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 014616722098088

Author(s):

David B. Newman ◽

John B. Nezlek

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Daily Life ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Well Being ◽

Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽

Total N ◽

Daily Events ◽

Regulation Strategies ◽

Positive And Negative Emotions

We examined within-person relationships among daily events, emotion regulation strategies, and well-being in daily life. Each day for 2 to 3 weeks, participants in two studies (total N = 445) reported the extent to which they reappraised and suppressed their positive and negative emotions, the types of events they experienced, and their well-being. Using multilevel modeling, we found that the extent to which people reappraised positive and negative emotions and suppressed negative emotions was positively related to the number/importance of daily positive events, whereas the suppression of positive emotions was negatively related. Furthermore, the positive relationships between well-being and reappraisal of positive and negative emotions and the suppression of negative emotions were stronger as the number of negative events increased. These results demonstrate that most emotion regulation strategies are employed when the day is going well but are most beneficial for people’s well-being when the day is not going well.

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