Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Pers Soc Psychol Rev. 2011 Aug;15(3):290-314. doi: 10.1177/1088868310391271. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
Subjective well-being (SWB) comprises a global evaluation of life satisfaction and positive and negative affective reactions to one's life. Despite the apparent simplicity of this tripartite model, the structure of SWB remains in question. In the present review, the authors identify five prominent structural conceptualizations in which SWB is cast variously as three separate components, a hierarchical construct, a causal system, a composite, and as configurations of components. Supporting evidence for each of these models is reviewed, strengths and weaknesses are evaluated, and commonalities and discrepancies among approaches are described. The authors demonstrate how current ambiguities concerning the tripartite structure of SWB have fundamental implications for conceptualization, measurement, analysis, and synthesis. Given these ambiguities, it is premature to propose a definitive structure of SWB. Rather, the authors outline a research agenda comprising both short-term and longer-term steps toward resolving these foundational, yet largely unaddressed, issues concerning SWB.
主观幸福感（SWB）包括对生活满意度的总体评价以及对生活的积极和消极情感反应。尽管这个三分模型看起来很简单，但 SWB 的结构仍然存在疑问。在本综述中，作者确定了五个突出的结构概念化，其中 SWB 被不同地描述为三个独立的成分、一个层次结构、一个因果系统、一个综合体以及组件的配置。作者回顾了每种模型的支持证据，评估了它们的优缺点，并描述了这些方法之间的共同点和差异。作者还展示了当前关于 SWB 三分结构的模糊性如何对概念化、测量、分析和综合产生根本影响。鉴于这些模糊性，提出 SWB 的明确结构还为时过早。相反，作者概述了一个研究议程，包括解决这些基本但尚未得到解决的 SWB 问题的短期和长期步骤。
