把幸福视为本质化减轻了生活中负面事件后主观幸福感的变化
Xyle Ku1, Seung Eun Cha2, Youngju Kim1
1Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|October 11, 2024
概括
相信幸福是固定的 (基本主义信仰) 可以创造一个自我实现的预言. 这种信念缓冲生活事件后主观幸福感 (SWB) 的变化,导致更稳定的幸福水平.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 个人对幸福的可塑性持有不同的信念.
- 有些人认为幸福是生物决定的 (本质主义),而另一些人则认为幸福是可以改变的 (非本质主义).
研究的目的:
- 调查关于幸福可变性的信念是否会影响主观幸福 (SWB).
- 确定关于幸福的本质主义信仰 (EBH) 是否作为影响SWB稳定的自我实现预言.
主要方法:
- 这项研究涉及4项不同类型的研究,共7364名参与者.
- 方法包括检查生活事件后的SWB变化,回忆过去的事件和预测未来的事件.
主要成果:
- 与非实质主义者相比,支持EBH的个人经历了更稳定的SWB,特别是在负面的生活事件之后.
- 在过去,现在和未来的事件评估中观察到SWB稳定性的缓冲效应.
结论:
- 关于幸福的本质主义信仰对SWB波动有着切实的现实世界的影响.
- 幸福本质主义影响着个人如何导航,并在一生中体验他们的幸福感的变化.
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