Krys, KubaChun Yeung, JuneCapaldi,Colin A.Miu-Chi Lun, VivianTorres, ClaudioTilburg, Wijnand A. P. vanHarris Bond, MichaelZelenski, John M.Haas, Brian W.Park, JoonhaMaricchiolo, FridannaVauclair, Christin-MelanieKosiarczyk, AleksandraKocimska-Zych, AgataKwiatkowska, AnnaAdamovic, MladenPavlopoulos, VassilisFülöp, MártaSirlopu, DavidOkvitawanli, AyuBoer, DianaTeyssier, JulienMalyonova, ArinaGavreliuc, AlinUchida, YukikoSerdarevich, UrsulaAkotia, CharityAppoh, LilyArévalo Mira, D.M.Baltin, ArnoDenoux, PatrickDominguez-Espinosa, AlejandraEsteves, Carla SofiaGamsakhurdia, VladimerGarðarsdóttir, Ragna B.Igbokwe, David O.Igou, Eric R.Işık, İdilKascakova, NataliaKlůzová Kračmárová, Lucie2024-01-052024-01-052022The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17:1, 117-130https://repositorio.udd.cl/handle/11447/8278Nicole Kronberger, J. Hannah Lee, Xinhui Liu, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos, Tamara Mohorić, Nur Fariza Mustaffa, Oriana Mosca, Martin Nader, Azar Nadi, Yvette van Osch, Zoran Pavlović, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, Muhammad Rizwan, Vladyslav Romashov, Espen Røysamb, Ruta Sargautyte, Beate Schwarz, Lenka Selecká, Heyla A. Selim, Maria Stogianni, Chien-Ru Sun, Cai Xing & Vivian L. VignolesIn this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal emotional environment’: the emotional climate of a society (operationalized as the degree to which positive and negative emotions are expressed in a society). Using data collected from 12,888 participants across 49 countries, we show how societal emotional environments vary across countries and cultural clusters, and we consider the potential importance of these differences for well-being. Multilevel analyses supported a ‘doubleedged sword’ model of negative emotion expression, where expression of negative emotions predicted higher life satisfaction for the expresser but lower life satisfaction for society. In contrast, partial support was found for higher societal life satisfaction in positive societal emotional environments. Our study highlights the potential utility and importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotion expression, and adopting both individual and societal perspectives in well-being research. Individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others.14 p.enSocietal emotional environmentSocietal wellbeingEmotion regulationEmotion expressionLife satisfactionCultureLatin AmericaArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332