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Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures

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Editors:
  1. Melikşah Demir

    1. Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA

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  2. Nebi Sümer

    1. Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

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  • Focuses on the associations between various types of close relationships and happiness in different cultures
  • Presents reviews and empirical studies of multiple close relationships and their associations with mental well-being and happiness
  • Provides important directions for future research on the role of close relationships in happiness and life satisfaction

Part of the book series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology (CAPP, volume 13)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Responsiveness as a Key Predictor of Happiness: Mechanisms and Unanswered Questions

    • Emre Selcuk, Ayse Busra Karagobek, Gul Gunaydin
    Pages 1-18

  3. Interdependent Happiness: Progress and Implications

    • Hidefumi Hitokoto, Yukiko Uchida
    Pages 19-39

  4. Parent-Child Relationships and Happiness Across Cultures

    • Meagan A. Ramsey, Karena M. Moran, Angela G. Pubal, Amy L. Gentzler
    Pages 41-54

  5. Intimate Relationships and Happiness in Asia: A Critical Review

    • Hung-Kit Fok, Sheung-Tak Cheng
    Pages 55-67

  6. Close Relationships and Happiness in South America

    • Agnaldo Garcia, Fábio Nogueira Pereira, Julia S. N. F. Bucher-Maluschke
    Pages 69-85

  7. The Transition to Grandparenthood: A Chance to Promote Well-Being and Personal Growth in Later Life

    • Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Shirley Ben Shlomo, Liora Findler
    Pages 87-103

  8. My Relationships Are My Estate: Relationships with Kin and Voluntary Bonds as Predictors of Happiness Among Emerging Adults

    • Melikşah Demir, IsaBella Vento, Rielly Boyd, Erin Hanks
    Pages 105-129

  9. Number of Close Friends and Their Links to Life Satisfaction Over the Great Recession in Germany

    • Monique Landberg, Claudia Recksiedler
    Pages 131-149

  10. The Relationships between Filial Piety, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults in Taiwan

    • Jinjin Yan, Wei-Wen Chen
    Pages 151-164

  11. Cultural Aspects of Attachment Anxiety, Avoidance, and Life Satisfaction: Comparing the US and Turkey

    • Nebi Sümer, Orkun Yetkili
    Pages 165-184

  12. Reconciliation Sentiment, Forgiveness, and Mental Health Among Genocide Victims

    • Immaculée Mukashema, Aslı Bugay, Etienne Mullet
    Pages 185-199

  13. Cultural Orientations and Well-Being in Greece: Dyad-Level Processes

    • Konstantinos Kafetsios
    Pages 201-214
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About this book

This volume focuses explicitly on close relationships as a reliable source for individual happiness and well-being across cultures. The work in this volume addresses theoretical issues and presents new cross-cultural data in the study of close relationships and happiness. Experts from different parts of the world provide in-depth, authoritative reviews and new findings on the relationship between various types of close bonds (e.g., intimate, marital, friendship, grandparent) and happiness in a variety of cultures. An ideal resource for researchers and students of relationship science and positive psychology, this rich, clear, and up-to-date book serves as an important reference for academicians in related fields of psychology such as cross-cultural, social, and developmental.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA

    Melikşah Demir

  • Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Nebi Sümer

About the editors

Melikşah Demir is an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ, USA). He earned his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Developmental Psychology at Wayne State University. His main research interests are friendship and happiness. His past work focuses on how and why various friendships experiences are associated with happiness in different cultures. His current research program addresses methodological issues in the assessment of friendship and includes the validation of new constructs tapping into various aspects of subjective experience within friendships (specifically, perceived friendship uniqueness and inspiration in the friendship). He is currently serving as an associate editor for the journal Emerging Adulthood. 


Nebi Sümer is a Professor of Psychology at Middle East Technical University
(METU) in Ankara, Turkey. He received his Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from HacettepeUniversity in Ankara, and Doctoral degree in Social Psychology from Kansas State University. He was a visiting Fulbright professor at Cornell University in 2011-2012. Sümer is a social developmental psychologist with research interests in close relationships, aberrant driver behaviors, and the effects of unemployment. His research on close relationships mainly focuses on the cultural aspects of attachment across the lifespan, maternal sensitivity, and parenting behaviors. He has been involved in several national and international projects funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) and European Commission. Sümer has also held a number of academic administrative positions including Department Chair, Vice President of METU Northern Cyprus Campus, and served as a consultant and scientific committee member in many national and international organizations, such as the Turkish National Police Traffic Safety Research Center and European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations. He is a member of Turkey’s Science Academy Association.



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