The current study examines the relationship between achievement goals (mastery-approach, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and mastery-avoidance goals) and flourishing (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) in three countries with comparable human development but with different cultural values: USA, Japan, and the Netherlands. Previous research provided an indication for the relationships between achievement goals and well-being but does not allow to draw conclusions on these relationships across cultures. We used a comparable sample of adults (N = 919) of the three countries to examine differences between those countries in the relationship between achievement goals and well-being. Results showed that the relationships between mastery-approach goals and well-being were the same for the three countries while different relationships were found for performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals. These findings could be partly explained by the cultural value of competitiveness and collectivism.

目前的研究考察了三个人类发展相似但文化价值观不同的国家（美国、日本和荷兰）的成就目标（掌握方法、绩效方法、绩效回避和掌握回避目标）与繁荣（情感、社会和心理健康）之间的关系。以前的研究为成就目标和幸福感之间的关系提供了指示，但不允许对跨文化的这些关系得出结论。我们使用了三个国家的成年人 （N = 919） 的可比样本来研究这些国家之间在成就目标和幸福感之间关系方面的差异。结果显示，三个国家掌握方法目标与幸福感之间的关系相同，而绩效方法和绩效回避目标之间的关系不同。这些发现可以部分解释为竞争和集体主义的文化价值。