Third Live Better article published: "Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe"

In July, the article "Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe" was published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. I am credited as a co-author of the article based on data gathering in Norway as well as input to the content and framing of the article. This is the third article from the Live Better research consortium where I am credited as co-author.

Reference:

Á. Sánchez-Rodríguez, M. R. Górski, M. Joshanloo, K. Krys, M. Tønnessen, L. M. W. Li, P. Akaliyski, B. W. Haas, M. A. Hussain, F. Guemaz, M. Boussena, N. Iter, O. Vlasenko, V. M-C. Lun, V. L. Vignoles, N. A. Aminnuddin, İ. Işık, L. Ngom-Dieng, M. Fülöp, D. Igbokwe, M. Adamovic, R. B.a Garðarsdottir, N. Soboleva, J. Teyssier, F. K. Glückstad, J. Park, J. Zelenski, V. W. L. Yeung, J. Chun Yeung, E. K. Yau, J.-W. Yang, B. Yakhlef, C. Xing, A. Wasiel, C.-M. Vauclair, W. van Tilburg, V. Turjacanin, K. T. T. Trà, C. Torres, C.-R. Sun, B. Sokolov, R. Sobhie, D. Sirlopú, H. Selim, A. M. Rocha, M. Rizwan, I. Polacková Solcová, Z. Pavlovic, E. Palikot, M. Olechowski, A. Okvitawanli, D. Ochoa, K. Nowak, M. Nader, K. Myslinska-Szarek, E. Murdock, O. Mosca, M. Mosanya, F. Mokadem, L. Mohammed, A. Malyonova, A. Malyonov, H. Lee, M. A. Lauri, N. Kronberger, A. Kocimska-Bortnowska, M. Kluzowicz, N. Kascakova, M. A. Imran, E. R. Igou, K. Henk, R. Hasanov, B. Gjoneska, A. Gavreliuc, M. Garvanova, V. Gamsakhurdia, A. Espinosa, A. D. Espinosa, J. Deltour, V. Costin, A. Bolatov, A. Baltin, R. Bakyono-Nabaloum, R. Asif, L. Appoh, P. Anic, L. Andrade, A. Almakaeva, M. Al-Zoubi, G. Akello and M. H. Bond (2025). Mind the Gap: Perceived economic inequality and the well-being gap around the globe. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251345937  

"Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being" published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations

The article "Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being" has now been published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations. This is my fifth scientific publication in 2025, and the second Live Better-article I am a co-author of (on the basis of data collection in Norway).

Full reference:

Mateusz Olechowski, Maciej R. Górski, Mohsen Joshanloo, M. Azhar Hussain, Arkadiusz Wasiel, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Michael Harris Bond, Brian W. Haas, Farida Guemaz, Mahmoud Boussena, Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Nuha Iter, Olha Vlasenko, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Liman Man Wai Li, Nur Amali Aminnuddin, İdil Işık, Dieynaba Gabriel Ndiaye, Márta Fülöp, David Igbokwe, Mladen Adamovic, Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Natalia Soboleva, Julien Teyssier, Fumiko Kano Glückstad, Joonha Park, Plamen Akaliyski, Grace Akello, Charity Akotia, Marwan Al-Zoubi, Isabelle Albert, Anna Almakaeva, Laura Andrade, Lily Appoh, Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira, Rasmata Bakyono-Nabaloum, Arno Baltin, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin, Diana Boer, Vlad Costin, Alejandra Domínguez Espinosa, Agustin Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Alin Gavreliuc, Biljana Gjoneska, Rafail Hasanov, Eric Raymond Igou, Mostak Ahamed Imran, Naved Iqbal, Natalia Kascakova, Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová, Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska, Aleksandra Kosiarczyk, Olga Kostoula, Nicole Kronberger, Anna Kwiatkowska, Mary Anne Lauri, J. Hannah Lee, Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha, Alexander Malyonov, Arina Malyonova, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Linda Mohammed, Tamara Mohorić, Fatma Mokadem, Magdalena Mosanya, Oriana Mosca, Elke Murdock, Nur Fariza Mustaffa, Katarzyna Myślińska-Szarek, Martin Nader, Azar Nadi, Danielle Ochoa, Ayu Okvitawanli, Ewa Palikot, Patrick Denoux, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Zoran Pavlović, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, Muhammad Rizwan, Ana Maria Rocha, Vladyslav Romashov, Espen Røysamb, Adil Samekin, Ruta Sargautyte, Beate Schwarz, Heyla Selim, Ursula Serdarevich, David Sirlopú, Rosita Sobhie, Boris Sokolov, Maria Stogianni, Stanislava Stoyanova, Moritz Streng, Chien-Ru Sun, Morten Tønnessen, Claudio Torres, Kiều Thị Thanh Trà, Vladimir Turjačanin, Yukiko Uchida, Yvette van Osch, Wijnand van Tilburg, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Jorge Vergara-Morales, Vivian L. Vignoles, Cai Xing, Belkacem Yakhlef, Eric Kenson Yau, June Chun Yeung, John Zelenski, Kuba Krys (2025): Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108: 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102227 

New title for third Live Better article

I have previously mentioned that I am listed as a co-author of an article that was work-titled "Expression of Positive Emotions Links to Independent Selfhoods, Globally with Minor Exceptions Only: Findings from Two Macro-Psychological Studies". The article now has a new title: "Does Expressing Positive Emotions Reflect Independent or Interdependent Models of Selfhood? Searching for Latin American ‘Expressive Interdependence’ in Two Global Studies." The article has now been submitted to Psychological Science.

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Third Live Better manuscript

#39,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to my wasted growth articles, primarily the first one, with some 600 words written, data for a table updated, and one table made. Total number of writing days this Spring is up to 39,5.

#38,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some 200 words written on the first of my wasted growth articles, and data for a table updated. Total number of article writing days this Spring is up to 38,5.

#32

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to working on my "wasted growth" articles, with some 100 words written. I recovered two important data files (Excel), and updated two tables with the most recent HDI data.

Number of writing days so far this Spring is up to 32.