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Yukiko Uchida
Researcher at Kyoto University
Publications - 134
Citations - 4411
Yukiko Uchida is an academic researcher from Kyoto University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Happiness & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 101 publications receiving 3512 citations. Previous affiliations of Yukiko Uchida include Koshien University & University of Michigan.
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Cultural Constructions of Happiness: Theory and Empirical Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent cross-cultural evidence on happiness and well-being is presented, where the authors identify substantial cultural variations in (1) cultural meanings of happiness, motivations underlying happiness, and predictors of happiness.
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Happiness and unhappiness in east and west: themes and variations.
Yukiko Uchida,Shinobu Kitayama +1 more
TL;DR: The authors systematically analyzed American and Japanese participants' spontaneously produced descriptions of the two emotions and observed that whereas Americans associated positive hedonic experience of happiness with personal achievement, Japanese associated it with social harmony.
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Learning What Feelings to Desire: Socialization of Ideal Affect Through Children's Storybooks
TL;DR: Across cultures, exposure to exciting storybooks altered children's preferences for excited activities and their perceptions of happiness, suggesting that cultural differences in ideal affect may be due partly to differential exposure to calm and exciting story books.
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Is Perceived Emotional Support Beneficial? Well-Being and Health in Independent and Interdependent Cultures
TL;DR: The evidence underscores the central significance of culture as a moderator of the effectiveness of perceived emotional support in midlife with respect to multiple indicators of well-being and physical health.
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Going for the Gold: Models of Agency in Japanese and American Contexts
TL;DR: Differences in the construction of agency are reflected in and fostered by common cultural products (e.g., television accounts), and are confirmed in the analysis of media coverage of the 2000 and 2002 Olympics.