Abstract
This study investigated the relative importance of self-esteem and collective self-esteem (CSE) in predicting subjective wellbeing (SWB) for the Hong Kong Chinese and Australian Chinese, with the latter group comprising the first generation and second generation immigrants. By embedding in the homeostatic model of SWB, both self-esteem and CSE predicted SWB variance for all Chinese respondents, though it was intriguing that CSE made stronger prediction for the Australian Chinese than Hong Kong Chinese and that the amount of SWB variance contributed by CSE was the highest for the Australian second generation Chinese immigrants. These results were consistent with the higher level of collectivism measured in the Australian Chinese. Explanations are in the context of migrant status.
Highlights
It is widely agreed that individuals’ feeling of worthiness is highly related to wellbeing
The hypothesis to be tested is that: collective self-esteem (CSE) will explain unique subjective wellbeing (SWB) variance beyond the other homeostatic model factors, and the proportion of unique SWB variance contributed by CSE will be the highest for Hong Kong (HK), intermediate for AU1 and lowest for AU2
The hypothesis to be tested is that CSE will explain unique SWB variance beyond the other homeostatic model factors, and the proportion of unique SWB variance contributed by CSE will be the highest for HK, intermediate for AU1 and lowest for AU2
Summary
It is widely agreed that individuals’ feeling of worthiness is highly related to wellbeing. Another source of worthiness feeling is collective self-esteem (CSE) Such worthiness is derived from membership of social groups [4] [5] and found to have positive tie with wellbeing In view of the above, this study intends to examine the relative importance of self-esteem and CSE in predicting subjective wellbeing (SWB), respectively for the Hong Kong Chinese and Australian Chinese, by embedding in a revised homeostatic model of SWB. This model integrates the affective (content, happy and excited), cognitive
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