Resonant pleasure and the helper's high: Assessing strategies that link orientations to happiness with well-being

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2024.112926

Kyle D. Smith, Yoshito Kawabata

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Abstract

Using newly developed self-report measures, this research documents individual differences in two strategies based on shared positive emotions: to share pleasures and to experience a ‘Helper's High’ in service to others. The research employs these measures in models predicting happiness and satisfaction. Data from 423 participants indicated that resonant pleasure and the Helper's High formed distinct and stable strategies; correlated with specific Orientations to Happiness; reliably and independently predicted multiple measures of subjective well-being (SWB); and reliably mediated (helped to explain) links between individual differences in the Orientations and SWB. In path analyses, individual differences in Resonant Pleasure mediated the link between Pleasant Life and trait happiness and satisfaction: identifying specific social experiences and behaviors that connect pleasure-seeking with lasting SWB. Individual differences in the Helper's High mediated links between Pleasant Life, Meaningful Life, and positive affect: identifying a specific strategy that connects searches for pleasure and meaning with excitement and enthusiasm in the moment. Implications for interventions to improve SWB are discussed.

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共振快感与助人为乐：评估将幸福导向与福祉联系起来的策略

这项研究利用新开发的自我报告测量方法，记录了基于共享积极情绪的两种策略的个体差异：分享快乐和在为他人服务时体验 "助人为乐"。研究将这些测量方法应用于预测幸福感和满意度的模型中。来自 423 名参与者的数据表明，共鸣快乐和 "助人为乐 "形成了独特而稳定的策略；与特定的 "幸福取向 "相关；可靠而独立地预测了主观幸福感（SWB）的多种测量指标；可靠地调解（帮助解释）了 "幸福取向 "和 SWB 的个体差异之间的联系。在路径分析中，"共振快感 "的个体差异在 "愉悦生活 "与特质幸福感和满意度之间起到了中介作用：确定了将快乐追求与持久主观幸福感联系起来的特定社会体验和行为。帮助者高 "的个体差异在 "愉快的生活"、"有意义的生活 "和 "积极情绪 "之间起到了中介作用：确定了一种将寻求快乐和意义与当下的兴奋和热情联系起来的特定策略。讨论了干预措施对改善 SWB 的影响。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.