Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures

1. Front Matter

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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

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.

• Close Relationships
• Culture Differences and Close Relationships
• Friendships and Happiness
• Happiness and Well-Being across Cultures
• Happiness in Different Cultures
• Individual Relationships
• Mental Health and Close Relationships
• Parental Relationships and Happiness
• Quality of Social Bonds and Happiness
• Relationships and Happiness in Asia
• Relationships and Happiness in Europe
• Relationships and Happiness in North America
• Relationships and Happiness in Sfrica
• Relationships and Happiness in South America
• Relationships and Happiness in the Middle East
• Romantic Relationships and Happiness
• Security and Social Support
• Sibling Relationships and Happiness

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

  Melikşah Demir

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

  Nebi Sümer

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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