Flourishing and prosocial behaviors: A multilevel investigation of national corruption level as a moderator

PloS One
Saleh MoradiJohn A Hunter

Abstract

The current psychology literature defines flourishing as leading an authentic life that directs one towards the highest levels of both feeling good and functioning well. Numerous studies show that flourishing relates to a wide array of advantageous personal outcomes. However, the same literature says very little about the social outcomes of flourishing, even though an individual's pursuit of well-being does not happen in isolation of others. With the present research, we seek to address this void. Specifically, we argue that flourishing, in its psychological conceptualization, does not provide strong moral guidance. As such, flourishing is amoral when it comes to social outcomes such as prosocial behaviors. Drawing on social learning theory, we argue that flourishers' prosociality is at least somewhat contingent on the moral guidance of their society. To assess this, we tested society's corruption level as a moderator in the relation between flourishing and prosocial behavior. To that end, we conducted two studies using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), which were collected in 2006 (N1 = 50,504) from 23 countries and in 2012 (N2 = 56,835) from 29 countries. We generally find that corruption at the national level moder...Continue Reading

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Nov 9, 2021·Frontiers in Nutrition·Saleh Moradi, Joanne Hort

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