Essentializing Happiness Mitigates the Changes in Subjective Well-Being Following Negative Life Events.

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Xyle Ku, Seung Eun Cha, Youngju Kim, Young Joo Jun, Incheol Choi
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Abstract

People hold different beliefs about the changeability of happiness. Some believe that happiness is biologically predetermined and thus unchangeable (essentialist beliefs), while others believe that it is malleable and can be changed (non-essentialist beliefs). Do these beliefs have a tangible impact on how individuals actually experience well-being? Here, we predict and empirically demonstrate that endorsing essentialist beliefs about happiness (EBH) can result in a self-fulfilling prophecy that buffers the changes in subjective well-being (SWB) following life events. Through a series of four studies utilizing diverse methodologies (total N = 7,364), we provide converging evidence that happiness essentialists, compared to non-essentialists, experience relatively stable levels of SWB following life events, particularly negative ones. We find that this pattern also emerges when people recall past events or anticipate hypothetical or impending future events. Together, happiness essentialism extends beyond mere belief and has real-world implications for how individuals experience fluctuations in SWB.

幸福的本质化减轻了消极生活事件后主观幸福感的变化。
人们对幸福的可改变性持有不同的信念。有些人认为幸福是由生物决定的,因此是不可改变的(本质主义信念),而另一些人则认为幸福是可塑的,是可以改变的(非本质主义信念)。这些信念是否会对个人如何实际体验幸福产生具体影响?在此,我们预测并通过实证证明,认可关于幸福的本质主义信念(EBH)会导致自我实现的预言,从而缓冲生活事件后主观幸福感(SWB)的变化。通过四项采用不同方法的系列研究(总人数 = 7364 人),我们提供了趋同的证据,证明幸福本质论者与非本质论者相比,在生活事件(尤其是负面事件)发生后,主观幸福感(SWB)水平相对稳定。我们发现,当人们回忆过去的事件或预测假设的或即将发生的未来事件时,这种模式也会出现。总之,幸福本质论超越了单纯的信仰,对个人如何经历 SWB 波动具有现实世界的影响。
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期刊介绍: The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is the official journal for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The journal is an international outlet for original empirical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology.
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