人々の幸福度の主観的な測定値の客観的な確認:アメリカ合衆国の証拠
1Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. andrew.oswald@warwick.ac.uk
まとめ
調査から得られた主観的な幸福度データは,米国の各州における客観的な生活の質指標と一致し,有意義である. この発見は,研究における自己報告の幸福感と生活満足度の使用を正当化している.
科学分野:
- 行動科学と社会科学です.
- 経済学 経済学
- 心理学 心理学とは
背景:
- 大規模な研究は,調査から得られた主観的な幸福度データを活用しています.
- これらのデータの有意義性に関する科学的証拠は限られている.
- 自ら報告した幸福感と生活満足度は,一般的な指標です.
研究 の 目的:
- 主観的な幸福データの意味を検証する.
- 主観的な幸福感と客観的な生活の質の指標の間の相関を評価する.
- 幸福と生活満足度に関する調査回答の妥当性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 2005-2008年の行動リスク因子監視システムからの大規模なランダムサンプル (130万人の米国市民) の分析.
- アメリカ合衆国全州における生活満足度の測定.
- 主観的な幸福度データと,ネオクラシック経済理論から派生した客観的な生活の質の推定値の比較.
主要な成果:
- 幸福度の主観的および客観的な測定値の間には,州ごとに有意な一致 (r = 0.6,P < 0.001) が認められた.
- 人々の報告された生活満足度のパターンは,客観的なデータから派生した,以前に推定された生活の質のパターンを反映した.
- 主観的な幸福度データは,客観的な生活の質のパターンを成功裏に追跡した.
結論:
- 調査を通じて収集された主観的な福祉データは,科学的に有意義で有効です.
- この発見は,幸福の包括的な理解のために,主観的および客観的な測定の統合を支持しています.
- この研究は,主観的なデータを検証することによって,異なる学科間の研究を統一するための潜在的な経路を提供します.
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