Title: Culture and positive psychology - Wikipedia
Headings: Culture and positive psychology
Culture and positive psychology
Contents
Overview
History
Major theories
Western philosophy
Eastern philosophy
Cultural differences in the concept of well-being
Viewpoints within positive psychology
Approaches
Major empirical findings
Cultural differences and the good life
Cultural differences in well-being, meaning, and hope
Well-being
Meaning
Hope
Applications
Applications of strengths theory across cultures
Controversies
Overstatement of sample and cohort differences
Nonstandardized measurement of emotion
See also
References
Further reading

Content: Western literature generally stresses autonomy, individuality, and personal satisfaction, while Eastern work generally focuses on harmony, collective cooperation, and group satisfaction. Despite cultural differences in many concepts of interest to positive psychology, the overwhelming majority of intervention studies are conducted using samples drawn from Western cultures. Recent studies show that happiness is a relatively new concept of positive psychology and that the meaning behind positive psychology is more complex than once thought. For the purpose of study, happiness was broken down into two different factors: endogenic and exogenic. Despite the influence of exogenic factors on an individual's happiness, endogenic factors have been proven to form the foundations of happiness. With these new findings, researchers broke down the biological foundations into several categories, in order to further understand how endogenic factors play a role on an individual's happiness. The categories researchers selected to examine were genetics, endocrine glands, hormones, physical health, brain and neurotransmitters, typology, and attractiveness. It is important to note, twin studies showed that 35-50 percent of happiness is due to genetic factors. History
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, anthropologists and psychologists used race and culture as factors that influence positive and negative behaviors and attitudes. {