CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIMENSION
INDULGENCE
- Freely satisfy basic needs and behavior
- Cannot easily be motivated with material reward
- Enjoys moment rather than uses time to compare with others
- Objects need to fulfill purpose not status
- Higher percentage of people declaring themselves very happy
- A perception of personal life control
- Higher Importance of leisure
- More likely to remember positive emotions
- In countries with educated populations, higher birthrates
- More people actively involved in sports
- In countries with enough food, higher percentages of obese people
- In wealthy countries, lenient sexual norms
- Maintaining order in the nation is not given a high priority
- Cannot easily be motivated with material reward
- Enjoys moment rather than uses time to compare with others
- Objects need to fulfill purpose not status
- Higher percentage of people declaring themselves very happy
- A perception of personal life control
- Higher Importance of leisure
- More likely to remember positive emotions
- In countries with educated populations, higher birthrates
- More people actively involved in sports
- In countries with enough food, higher percentages of obese people
- In wealthy countries, lenient sexual norms
- Maintaining order in the nation is not given a high priority
RESTRAINT
- Fewer very happy people
- A perception of helplessness: what happens to me is not my own doing
- Freedom of speech is not a primary concern
- Lower importance of leisure
- Less likely to remember positive emotions
- In countries with educated populations, lower birthrates
- Fewer people actively involved in sports
- In countries with enough food, fewer obese people
- In wealthy countries, stricter sexual norms
- Higher number of police officers per 100,000 population
- A perception of helplessness: what happens to me is not my own doing
- Freedom of speech is not a primary concern
- Lower importance of leisure
- Less likely to remember positive emotions
- In countries with educated populations, lower birthrates
- Fewer people actively involved in sports
- In countries with enough food, fewer obese people
- In wealthy countries, stricter sexual norms
- Higher number of police officers per 100,000 population
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