更高的收入与更大的生活满意度有关,以及更多的压力
Karthik Akkiraju1, Narasimha D Rao2,3
1Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. karthik.akkiraju@yale.edu.
Communications psychology
|February 19, 2025
概括
家庭收入超过63,000美元的增加与美国成年人更高的压力水平相关,影响了整体福祉和生活满意度. 这项研究探讨了财富和心理健康之间的复杂关系.
科学领域:
- 社会经济对健康的影响.
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 公共卫生调查 公共卫生调查
背景情况:
- 财富的增长可能会给个人幸福带来意想不到的代价.
- 了解收入和压力之间的关系对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 以前的研究表明,收入通常与幸福感的提高有关,但这可能不适用于所有人.
研究的目的:
- 调查财富增加对心理健康的潜在负面影响.
- 为了确定压力患病率发生变化的收入门.
- 检查这种关系在不同的人口群体中是如何变化的.
主要方法:
- 从盖洛普每日民意调查 (2008-2017) 分析了205万名美国成年人的回答.
- 统计检查家庭收入与报告的压力水平之间的相关性.
- 按性别,种族和政治归属进行分层分析,以确定子组趋势.
主要成果:
- 观察到一个转折点是家庭收入约为63,000美元,超过这一点,压力患病率就会增加.
- 这种收入压力关系的逆转在各种人口亚组中是一致的.
- 与没有报告压力的个人相比,报告压力的人在所有收入水平上表现出更低的生活满意度.
结论:
- 超过一定的收入水平,富裕可能与增加的压力有关,可能是由于生活方式因素.
- 诸如健康,社会联系和未满足的基本需求等因素可能会影响收入压力关系.
- 这些发现表明,社会经济地位,生活方式和心理健康之间存在复杂的相互作用.
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