Cultural Religiosity Moderates the Relationship between Being in Love and Subjective Well-Being

International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 2025. Vol. 108. Article 102227.

Olechowski M., Górski M., Joshanloo M., Azhar Hussain M., Wasiel A., Yeung V. W., Bond M. H., Haas B., Соболева Н. Э., Алмакаева А. М., Соколов Б. О., Krys K.

Previous research indicates that the significance of love varies considerably across cultures. In the present study, we introduce an often-overlooked cultural factor – religiosity – to explore its influence on the relationship between being in love and five dimensions of subjective well-being. We conducted two cross-cultural studies with 31,608 participants from 117 samples across 83 societies. Our findings reveal that, in more religious cultures, being in love is a weaker predictor of well-being compared to more secular cultures in four out of six models. These findings indicate that national context influences the relative importance of various emotions and experiences for well-being, underscoring the need to account for cultural context in research on love.

Ключевые слова: culture, well-being, religiosity, religiosity, culture, well-being

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