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Two faces of human happiness: Explicit and implicit life satisfaction
Author(s) -
Jang Daisung,
Kim DoYeong
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2009.01284.x
Subject(s) - happiness , psychology , life satisfaction , social psychology , mood , reliability (semiconductor) , implicit attitude , contrast (vision) , implicit association test , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Evidence is provided for implicit aspects of life satisfaction. In study 1 the implicit life satisfaction measure (ILS): (i) showed moderate reliability as well as convergent and incremental validity; (ii) appeared to be affected by temporary mood and social desirability to a lesser extent than explicit measures; and (iii) showed cultural invariance in contrast to explicit measures that revealed cross‐cultural differences, as found in previous research. Study 2 showed that the ILS replicated theoretically expected differences between those known to have encountered chronically negative life experiences (North Korean defectors) and those without such experiences (South Koreans). Implications of these findings for explicit and ILS are discussed.