Happiness can mean something different to anyone, if you really think about it. Happiness can also be a cultural thing. Just think about it. A Bible as a gift would make a hard-core religious person quite happy. If you give one to an atheist, it would not have the same effect. What makes you happy may not make someone else happy. Within this framework of thought a form of SWB can be derived which is universal to all people. According to Baumgardner (2009), “Self-determination theory (SDT) states that well being and happiness result from the fulfillment of three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness.”...Eudaimonic theories of well-being support a universal basis for SWB by positing basic needs believed to be shared by all human beings (e.g., Ryan & Deci, 2000; Ryff, 1989; Ryff & Keyes, 1995). According to self-determination theory, for example,...are inherent in all humans (Ryan & Deci 2000)....measuring SWB is important because without it the concept of SWB would be relativistic and meaningless. As well, there would be no means for accurately measuring the SWB of any group of people....The use of SDT to determine SWB presents cross-cultural differences that complicate.
One approach guided by our cultural theory of SWB is to look at different ways of accomplishing SWB for people living as an independent and in communist societies. At first, culture chooses, activates, explains, upholds, and strengthens one separate view of the self over another. The independent and interdependent self then represent culture at the individual level. They form and direct the individual’s behaviors to reflect the core underlying cultural concerns. In the interpersonal realm, people with independent self tend to believe in active, primary control, whereas people with interdependent self are more inclined to emphasize secondary control and relationship harmony
Now, I do not want to seem like I am a racist or making generalizations here, but it...