1 Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
2 School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Psychol Sci. 2018 Sep;29(9):1451-1462. doi: 10.1177/0956797618774252. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
In the present study, we aimed to replicate and extend findings by Mehl, Vazire, Holleran, and Clark (2010) that individuals with higher well-being tend to spend less time alone and more time interacting with others (e.g., greater conversation quantity) and engage in less small talk and more substantive conversations (e.g., greater conversation quality). To test the robustness of these effects in a larger and more diverse sample, we used Bayesian integrative data analysis to pool data on subjective life satisfaction and observed daily conversations from three heterogeneous adult samples, in addition to the original sample ( N = 486). We found moderate associations between life satisfaction and amount of alone time, conversation time, and substantive conversations, but no reliable association with small talk. Personality did not substantially moderate these associations. The failure to replicate the original small-talk effect is theoretically and practically important, as it has garnered considerable scientific and lay interest.
在本研究中，我们旨在复制和扩展 Mehl、Vazire、Holleran 和 Clark（2010）的研究结果，即幸福感较高的个体往往独处时间较少，与他人互动时间较多（例如，交谈量更大），闲聊时间较少，实质性对话时间较多（例如，交谈质量更高）。为了在更大、更多样化的样本中检验这些影响的稳健性，我们使用贝叶斯综合数据分析，汇总了来自三个不同成年样本的主观生活满意度和观察到的日常对话数据，除了原始样本（N=486）。我们发现生活满意度与独处时间、交谈时间和实质性对话之间存在中等程度的关联，但与闲聊没有可靠关联。人格并不能显著调节这些关联。未能复制原始的闲聊效应在理论和实践上都很重要，因为它引起了相当多的科学和非科学兴趣。
