Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context Perspectives on the Psychol

This collection of multi-disciplinary essays explores the nature of personal autonomy, considering its developmental origins, its expression within relationships, its importance within groups and organizational functioning, and its role in promoting the d

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Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Volume 1 Series Editor: ANTONELLA DELLE FAVE Università degli studi di Milano, Italy

Editorial Board: MARTIN E.P. SELIGMAN Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont Graduate University, USA BARBARA L. FREDRICKSON University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

ALAN WATERMAN The College of New Jersey, USA ROBERT A. EMMONS University of California, Davis, USA

The aim of the Cross Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology book series is to spread a universal and culture-fair perspective on good life promotion. The series will advance a deeper understanding of the cross-cultural differences in well-being conceptualization. A deeper understanding can affect psychological theories, interventions and social policies in various domains, from health to education, from work to leisure. Books in the series will investigate such issues as enhanced mobility of people across nations, ethnic conflicts and the challenges faced by traditional communities due to the pervasive spreading of modernization trends. New instruments and models will be proposed to identify the crucial components of well-being in the process of acculturation. This series will also explore dimensions and components of happiness that are currently overlooked because happiness research is grounded in the Western tradition, and these dimensions do not belong to the Western cultural frame of mind and values.

For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8420

Valery I. Chirkov · Richard M. Ryan · Kennon M. Sheldon Editors

Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context Perspectives on the Psychology of Agency, Freedom, and Well-Being

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Editors Dr. Valery I. Chirkov Department of Psychology University of Saskatchewan Campus Drive 9 S7N 5A5 Saskatoon SK, Canada [email protected]

Richard M. Ryan Department of Psychology Psychiatry & Education University of Rochester Rochester, New York NY 14627, USA [email protected]

Dr. Kennon M. Sheldon Department of Psychology University of Missouri McAlester Hall 112 Columbia MO 65211, USA [email protected]

ISSN 2210-5417 e-ISSN 2210-5425 ISBN 978-90-481-9666-1 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9667-8 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9667-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

1 Introduction: The Struggle for Happiness and Autonomy in Cultural and Personal Contexts: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . Valery I. Chirkov, Kennon M. She