Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living

Kuba Krys; Olga Kostoula; Wijnand van Tilburg; Oriana Mosca; H.J. Lee; Fridanna Maricchiolo; Aleksandra Kosiarczyk; Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska; Claudio Torres; Hidefumi Hitokoto; Kongmeng Liew; Michael Harris Bond; Vivian Miu-Chi Lun; Vivian L. Vignoles; John M. Zelenski; Brian W. Haas; Joonha Park; C. -Melanie Vauclair; Anna Kwiatkowska; Marta Roczniewska; Nina Witoszek; Idil Isik; Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka; Alejandra Dominguez-Espinosa; Ch.J. Yeung; Maciej Górski; Mladen Adamovic; Isabelle Albert; Vassilis Pavlopoulos; Márta Fülöp; David Sirlopu; Ayu Okvitawanli; Diana Boer; Julien Teyssier; Julien Malynova; Alin Gavreliuc; Ursula Serdarevich; Charity S. Akotia; Lily Appoh; Douglas M. Arévalo Mira; Arno Baltin; Patrick Denoux; Carla Sofia Esteves; Vladimer Gamsakhurdia; Ragna B. Gardarsdóttir; David O. Igbokwe; Eric R. Igou; Natalia Kascakova; Lucie Kluzová Kracmárová; Nicole Kronberger; Pablo Eduardo Barrientos; Tamara Mohoric; Elke Murdock; Nur Fariza Mustaffa; Martin Nader; Azar Nadi; Yvette van Osch; Zoran Pavlovic; Iva Polácková Solcová; Muhammad Rizwan; Vladyslav Romashov; Espen Roysamb; Ruta Sargautyte; Beate Schwarz; Lenka Selecká; Heyla A. Selim; Maria Stogianni; Chien-Ru Sun; Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek; Cai Xing; Yukiko Uchida

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Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living

Kuba Krys^*
, Olga Kostoula^*
, Wijnand van Tilburg^*
, Oriana Mosca
, H.J. Lee
, Fridanna Maricchiolo
, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk
, Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska
, Claudio Torres
, Hidefumi Hitokoto
, Kongmeng Liew
, Michael Harris Bond
, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun
, Vivian L. Vignoles
, John M. Zelenski
, Brian W. Haas
, Joonha Park
, C. -Melanie Vauclair
, Anna Kwiatkowska
, Marta Roczniewska

Nina Witoszek, Idil Isik, Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, Alejandra Dominguez-Espinosa, Ch.J. Yeung, Maciej Górski, Mladen Adamovic, Isabelle Albert, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Márta Fülöp, David Sirlopu, Ayu Okvitawanli, Diana Boer, Julien Teyssier, Julien Malynova, Alin Gavreliuc, Ursula Serdarevich, Charity S. Akotia, Lily Appoh, Douglas M. Arévalo Mira, Arno Baltin, Patrick Denoux, Carla Sofia Esteves, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Ragna B. Gardarsdóttir, David O. Igbokwe, Eric R. Igou, Natalia Kascakova, Lucie Kluzová Kracmárová, Nicole Kronberger, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos, Tamara Mohoric, Elke Murdock, Nur Fariza Mustaffa, Martin Nader, Azar Nadi, Yvette van Osch, Zoran Pavlovic, Iva Polácková Solcová, Muhammad Rizwan, Vladyslav Romashov, Espen Roysamb, Ruta Sargautyte, Beate Schwarz, Lenka Selecká, Heyla A. Selim, Maria Stogianni, Chien-Ru Sun, Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, Cai Xing, Yukiko Uchida

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Social Psychology, Human Resource Development and Adult Education

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	874-902
Number of pages	29
Journal	Perspectives on Psychological Science
Volume	20
Issue number	5
Early online date	13 Feb 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231208367
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

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509017 Social studies of science
501002 Applied psychology
501021 Social psychology
501 Psychology
501006 Experimental psychology
605004 Cultural studies
503 Educational Sciences
503005 Vocational education
503009 Adult education

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Krys, K., Kostoula, O., van Tilburg, W., Mosca, O., Lee, H. J., Maricchiolo, F., Kosiarczyk, A., Kocimska-Bortnowska, A., Torres, C., Hitokoto, H., Liew, K., Bond, M. H., Lun, V. M.-C., Vignoles, V. L., Zelenski, J. M., Haas, B. W., Park, J., Vauclair, C. .-M., Kwiatkowska, A., ... Uchida, Y. (2025). Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 20(5), 874-902. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231208367

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