Table 1. Internal consistencies and correlations.

		α	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
USA
	1.Positive affect	.90	1.00
	2.Negative affect (absence)	.85	.61	1.00
	3.Life satisfaction (MIDUS)	.65	.56	.50	1.00
	4.Autonomy	.71	.30	.32	.23	1.00
	5.Environmental mastery	.78	.58	.58	.55	.52	1.00
	6.Personal growth	.75	.41	.38	.39	.43	.58	1.00
	7.Positive relations	.78	.46	.39	.45	.38	.62	.58	1.00
	8.Purpose in life	.70	.44	.44	.44	.40	.63	.69	.60	1.00
	9.Self-acceptance	.84	.60	.54	.56	.51	.76	.64	.66	.68
Japan
	1.Positive affect	.93	1.00
	2.Negative affect (absence)	.86	.46	1.00
	3.Life satisfaction (MIDUS)	.72	.61	.46	1.00
	4.Autonomy	.73	.23	.27	.24	1.00
	5.Environmental mastery	.75	.47	.48	.53	.54	1.00
	6.Personal growth	.80	.34	.32	.42	.41	.63	1.00
	7.Positive relations	.78	.43	.34	.44	.33	.61	.66	1.00
	8.Purpose in life	.58	.34	.25	.36	.32	.54	.66	.56	1.00
	9.Self-acceptance	.79	.52	.45	.54	.53	.72	.66	.63	.52
Japan
	1.Positive affect	.93	1.00
	2.Negative affect (absence)	.86	.46	1.00
	3.Life satisfaction (SWLS)	.90	.59	.33	1.00
	4.Autonomy	.73	.23	.27	.28	1.00
	5.Environmental mastery	.75	.47	.48	.50	.54	1.00
	6.Personal growth	.80	.34	.32	.38	.41	.63	1.00
	7.Positive relations	.78	.43	.34	.44	.33	.61	.66	1.00
	8.Purpose in life	.58	.34	.25	.32	.32	.54	.66	.56	1.00
	9.Self-acceptance	.79	.52	.45	.64	.53	.72	.66	.63	.52
Iran
	1.Positive affect	.88	1.00
	2.Negative affect (absence)	.82	.60	1.00
	3.Life satisfaction (SWLS)	.87	.50	.41	1.00
	4.Autonomy	.69	.21	.33	.22	1.00
	5.Environmental mastery	.73	.49	.51	.53	.46	1.00
	6.Personal growth	.70	.30	.37	.34	.38	.60	1.00
	7.Positive relations	.82	.41	.42	.41	.30	.58	.46	1.00
	8.Purpose in life	.74	.36	.48	.42	.39	.70	.71	.51	1.00
	9.Self-acceptance	.83	.56	.56	.63	.52	.73	.58	.57	.65

Note. All correlations coefficients were significant at p < .01. Alphas are from the MIDUS and MIDJA documentations of scales. SWLS = Satisfaction With Life Scale.