Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.

While cross-cultural research on subjective well-being and its multiple drivers is growing, the study of happiness among Indigenous peoples continues to be under-represented in the literature. In this work, we measure life satisfaction through open-ended questionnaires to explore levels and drivers...

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Autores principales:	Victoria Reyes-García, Sandrine Gallois, Aili Pyhälä, Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Eric Galbraith, Sara Miñarro, Lucentezza Napitupulu
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:64ced21bfd304d3382a209af8cd682602021-12-02T20:04:03ZHappy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0251551https://doaj.org/article/64ced21bfd304d3382a209af8cd682602021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251551https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203While cross-cultural research on subjective well-being and its multiple drivers is growing, the study of happiness among Indigenous peoples continues to be under-represented in the literature. In this work, we measure life satisfaction through open-ended questionnaires to explore levels and drivers of subjective well-being among 474 adults in three Indigenous societies across the tropics: the Tsimane' in Bolivian lowland Amazonia, the Baka in southeastern Cameroon, and the Punan in Indonesian Borneo. We found that life satisfaction levels in the three studied societies are slightly above neutral, suggesting that most people in the sample consider themselves as moderately happy. We also found that respondents provided explanations mostly when their satisfaction with life was negative, as if moderate happiness was the normal state and explanations were only needed when reporting a different life satisfaction level due to some exceptionally good or bad occurrence. Finally, we also found that issues related to health and-to a lesser extent-social life were the more prominent explanations for life satisfaction. Our research not only highlights the importance to understand, appreciate and respect Indigenous peoples' own perspectives and insights on subjective well-being, but also suggests that the greatest gains in subjective well-being might be achieved by alleviating the factors that tend to make people unhappy.Victoria Reyes-GarcíaSandrine GalloisAili PyhäläIsabel Díaz-ReviriegoÁlvaro Fernández-LlamazaresEric GalbraithSara MiñarroLucentezza NapitupuluPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0251551 (2021)
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description	While cross-cultural research on subjective well-being and its multiple drivers is growing, the study of happiness among Indigenous peoples continues to be under-represented in the literature. In this work, we measure life satisfaction through open-ended questionnaires to explore levels and drivers of subjective well-being among 474 adults in three Indigenous societies across the tropics: the Tsimane' in Bolivian lowland Amazonia, the Baka in southeastern Cameroon, and the Punan in Indonesian Borneo. We found that life satisfaction levels in the three studied societies are slightly above neutral, suggesting that most people in the sample consider themselves as moderately happy. We also found that respondents provided explanations mostly when their satisfaction with life was negative, as if moderate happiness was the normal state and explanations were only needed when reporting a different life satisfaction level due to some exceptionally good or bad occurrence. Finally, we also found that issues related to health and-to a lesser extent-social life were the more prominent explanations for life satisfaction. Our research not only highlights the importance to understand, appreciate and respect Indigenous peoples' own perspectives and insights on subjective well-being, but also suggests that the greatest gains in subjective well-being might be achieved by alleviating the factors that tend to make people unhappy.
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author	Victoria Reyes-García Sandrine Gallois Aili Pyhälä Isabel Díaz-Reviriego Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Eric Galbraith Sara Miñarro Lucentezza Napitupulu
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title	Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.
title_short	Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.
title_full	Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.
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Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies.

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