The purpose of the current study is to examine how cultural values are linked to well being among African Americans and the generational differences that moderate those links. It is hypothesized that a) that the older generation of African Americans will score higher on allocentrism than idiocentrism, younger generation of African Americans will score higher on indiocentrism than on allocentrism, b) the older generation of African Americans will score lower on well-being than younger generations of African Americans,c) allocentrism will be a stronger predictor of well-being than indiocentrism, d) the link between allocentrism and well-being will be stronger for younger generation African Americans than for older generation African Americans. Participants (n=1,226) completed an online survey of cultural values, and well being. Of those participants the focus was the 353 African American participants. The results identified ways in which allocentrism and idiocentrism assist or hinder well being across generations of African Americans.
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