Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2023
Abstract
While the extent to which individuals engage in and enjoy cognitive abilities, commonly known as need for cognition (NFC), has been suggested to promote adaptive behaviors associated with well-being, there has not been a systematic examination of the strength of the relationship between NFC and well-being. This meta-analysis sought to examine the association between NFC and well-being. Based on 108 effect sizes extracted from 52 samples (50 records), a small to medium positive relationship (r = .20, 95% CI [.16, .23], p r|s = [.07, .45]). Exploratory moderation analyses showed that age moderated the relationship between NFC and well-being, whereby the positive relationship was stronger in younger samples. The gender proportion of the sample also moderated the relationship between NFC and well-being for certain specific measures of well-being, whereby the positive relationship between NFC and well-being was stronger among females.
Keywords
Meta-analysis, Need for cognition, Well-being, Ill-being
Discipline
Cognition and Perception | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Motivation and Emotion
First Page
1
Last Page
25
ISSN
0146-7239
Identifier
10.1007/s11031-023-10047-w
Publisher
Springer
Citation
LUA, Verity Y. Q., OOI, Wei Ming, SITI A'ISYAH BINTE MOHD NAJIB, , TAN, Christine Yin Ting, MAJEED, Nadyanna M., LEUNG, Angela K. Y., & HARTANTO, Andree.(2023). Think your way to happiness? Investigating the role of need for cognition in well-being through a three-level meta-analytic approach. Motivation and Emotion, , 1-25.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10047-w