The declared and the intention: An etic-emic study on the prevalence of ethical values regarding happiness in contemporary Amerindian culture. Puno, Peru

Quispe J.A.A.; Cariapaza L.M.M.; Del Carpio M.R.V.; Villa H.H.N. · Encuentros (Maracaibo) (2025) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17399086

Resumen

This study examines the self-reported prevalence of values and qualities associated with happiness among university students in the Andean region of the Puno Altiplano, Peru, and triangulates the results with statistically measured components of criminal and domestic violence. The aim was to provide evidence of the ethico-emic tension in modern indigenous thought in the Puno Altiplano and to reflect on the culture’s difficulty in expressing its most relevant problematic traumas. A mixed-methods approach with a descriptive-analytical design and non-experimental methodology was employed, using semi-structured interviews and surveys with a three-point scale. The results indicate that the prevalence of self-reported values shows a direct relationship with the indigenous concept of happiness (“good living” or Sumak Kawsay). Honesty, capability, perseverance, empathy, solidarity, consistency, and progressivity were also declared as absolute values. In contrast to the criminal and domestic violence data from ENDES 2024, which does not express behaviors in absolute values, but rather latent violence and axiological relativization.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional del Altiplano