Wadsworth Tim, Pendergast Philip M
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
J Health Soc Behav. 2014 Jun;55(2):196-214. doi: 10.1177/0022146514533347. Epub 2014 May 27.
Previous research has established the negative influence of obesity on subjective well-being. In the present work, the authors use multilevel modeling and Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System data (N = 1,319,340) to examine how this relationship is influenced by the prevalence of obesity in the contexts in which individuals are living and how such relationships vary by gender. The results suggest that some of the influence of obesity on life satisfaction is the result of relative comparison. Implications for both our understanding of the growing "obesity epidemic" and the study of subjective well-being are discussed.
先前的研究已经证实了肥胖对主观幸福感的负面影响。在本研究中，作者使用多层次建模和行为风险因素监测系统数据（N = 1,319,340）来检验这种关系如何受到个体生活环境中肥胖患病率的影响，以及这种关系如何因性别而异。结果表明，肥胖对生活满意度的一些影响是相对比较的结果。本文讨论了这一结果对我们理解日益严重的“肥胖流行”以及主观幸福感研究的启示。
