Shiah Yung-Jong, Chang Frances, Chiang Shih-Kuang, Tam Wai-Cheong Carl
Graduate Institute of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No. 116, Heping 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 802, Taiwan.
Applied Foreign Languages, Chienkuo Technology University, Changhua City, Taiwan.
J Relig Health. 2016 Aug;55(4):1263-9. doi: 10.1007/s10943-014-9905-4.
Culture can moderate which variables most influence subjective well-being (SWB). Because religion can be conceptualized as culture, religious differences can be considered cultural differences. However, there have been few studies comparing how different religious groups evaluate SWB at any given time. This study is among the first to investigate this issue. The present study compared Buddhists, Taoists, Christians, and atheists. In addition to demographic items, 451 Chinese adults completed Chinese version of the Socially Oriented Cultural Conception of SWB Scale. Religious belief was distributed as follows: 10 % Christian, 20 % Buddhist, 25 % Taoist, and 43 % atheists. As predicted, the socially oriented cultural conception of SWB was found to be highest among Buddhists, followed in order by Taoists, atheists, and Christians. It was concluded that the various religious groups achieved SWB in different ways.
文化可以调节哪些变量对主观幸福感（SWB）影响最大。由于宗教可被视为文化，宗教差异可被视作文化差异。然而，几乎没有研究比较过不同宗教群体在任何特定时间如何评估主观幸福感。本研究是首批调查此问题的研究之一。本研究比较了佛教徒、道教徒、基督徒和无神论者。除人口统计学项目外，451名中国成年人完成了中文版的主观幸福感社会导向文化概念量表。宗教信仰分布如下：10%为基督徒，20%为佛教徒，25%为道教徒，43%为无神论者。正如预测的那样，主观幸福感的社会导向文化概念在佛教徒中最高，其次依次是道教徒、无神论者和基督徒。研究得出结论，不同宗教群体以不同方式实现主观幸福感。
