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Psychology
Cross-cultural research

Background:

Mental well-being is a complex construct with diverse representations.
Understanding its underlying structure is crucial for comprehensive insight.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the structural representation of well-being variables in a 2-dimensional psychological space.
To identify underlying dimensions of mental flourishing across cultures and genders.

Main Methods:

Utilized multi-dimensional scaling on data from the United States, Japan, and Iran.
Analyzed 9 hedonic and eudaimonic well-being variables.

Main Results:

Identified two interpretable dimensions of mental well-being across diverse groups.
Confirmed the known eudaimonic-hedonic well-being dimension.
Discovered a novel dimension: existential relatedness versus Epicurean independence.

Conclusions:

The findings introduce a new framework for understanding mental well-being.
Existential relatedness involves interconnectedness; Epicurean independence emphasizes self-reliance and absence of negative affect.
Results have implications for future well-being research and policy development.