Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries

Magdalena Śmieja; Alicja Walczak; Jakub Cacek; Maciej R. Górski; Michael Harris Bond; Biljana Gjoneska; M. Azhar Hussain; Mohsen Joshanloo; Ewa Szumowska; Julien Teyssier; Victoria Wai Lan Yeung; Brian W. Haas; Farida Guemaz; Mahmoud Boussena; Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez; Nuha Iter; Olha Vlasenko; Vivian Miu Chi Lun; Liman Man Wai Li; Nur Amali Aminnuddin; İdil Işık; Laina Ngom-Dieng; Márta Fülöp; David Igbokwe; Mladen Adamovic; Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir; Natalia Soboleva; Fumiko Kano Glückstad; Joonha Park; Plamen Akaliyski; Grace Akello; Marwan Al-Zoubi; Anna Almakaeva; Petra Anić; Lily Appoh; Arno Baltin; Patrick Denoux; Alejandra Domínguez Espinosa; Vladimer Gamsakhurdia; Magdalena Garvanova; Alin Gavreliuc; Eric Raymond Igou; Natalia Kascakova; Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska; Nicole Kronberger; J. Hannah Lee; Alexander Malyonov; Arina Malyonova; Fatma Mokadem; Oriana Mosca; et al.

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102232

Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries

Magdalena Śmieja^*
, Alicja Walczak
, Jakub Cacek
, Maciej R. Górski
, Michael Harris Bond
, Biljana Gjoneska
, M. Azhar Hussain
, Mohsen Joshanloo
, Ewa Szumowska
, Julien Teyssier
, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung
, Brian W. Haas
, Farida Guemaz
, Mahmoud Boussena
, Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez
, Nuha Iter
, Olha Vlasenko
, Vivian Miu Chi Lun
, Liman Man Wai Li
, Nur Amali Aminnuddin

İdil Işık, Laina Ngom-Dieng, Márta Fülöp, David Igbokwe, Mladen Adamovic, Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Natalia Soboleva, Fumiko Kano Glückstad, Joonha Park, Plamen Akaliyski, Grace Akello, Marwan Al-Zoubi, Anna Almakaeva, Petra Anić, Lily Appoh, Arno Baltin, Patrick Denoux, Alejandra Domínguez Espinosa, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Magdalena Garvanova, Alin Gavreliuc, Eric Raymond Igou, Natalia Kascakova, Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska, Nicole Kronberger, J. Hannah Lee, Alexander Malyonov, Arina Malyonova, Fatma Mokadem, Oriana Mosca, et al.

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	102232
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	108
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102232
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

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Śmieja, M., Walczak, A., Cacek, J., Górski, M. R., Bond, M. H., Gjoneska, B., Hussain, M. A., Joshanloo, M., Szumowska, E., Teyssier, J., Yeung, V. W. L., Haas, B. W., Guemaz, F., Boussena, M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Iter, N., Vlasenko, O., Lun, V. M. C., Li, L. M. W., ... et al. (2025). Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, Article 102232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102232

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