Following the research question "How much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being?", this study compares cultures across 49 countries to see how much they might differ in their emphasis on the pursuit of happiness. The authors explore the idealization of happiness rather than actual happiness and have a focus on the correlation between 'ideal happiness' and 'relational mobility'. The results show that the preference's strength of family's well-being over personal happiness is small; however, it is shown in 98% of the countries surveyed. In addition, cultures with high relational mobility show a relatively minimal preference for family over personal happiness, while cultures with low relational mobility show a moderate level. This supports the idea that there is a negative correlation between relational mobility and preference for family happiness. There is no strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that link collectivism to a greater emphasis on family over the individual.

Following the research question "How much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being?", this study compares cultures across 49 countries to see how much they might differ in their emphasis on the pursuit of happiness. The authors explore the idealization of happiness rather than actual happiness and have a focus on the correlation between 'ideal happiness' and 'relational mobility'. The results show that the preference's strength of family's well-being over personal happiness is small; however, it is shown in 98% of the countries surveyed. In addition, cultures with high relational mobility show a relatively minimal preference for family over personal happiness, while cultures with low relational mobility show a moderate level. This supports the idea that there is a negative correlation between relational mobility and preference for family happiness. There is no strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that link collectivism to a greater emphasis on family over the individual.