跨文化背景下的人类繁荣。来自美国、中国、斯里兰卡、柬埔寨和墨西哥的证据。
Human Flourishing in Cross Cultural Settings. Evidence From the United States, China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Mexico.
作者信息
Wȩziak-Białowolska Dorota, McNeely Eileen, VanderWeele Tyler J
机构信息
Sustainability and Health Initiative (SHINE), Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Human Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
出版信息
Front Psychol. 2019 May 29;10:1269. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01269. eCollection 2019.
This paper investigates human flourishing in five culturally distinct populations. Empirical differences in human flourishing were examined using the recently proposed Flourish Index (FI) and Secure Flourish Index (SFI). Five domains for human flourishing are proposed for FI: (D1) happiness and life satisfaction; (D2) physical and mental health; (D3) meaning and purpose; (D4) character and virtue; and (D5) close social relationships. Specification of SFI was augmented by an additional financial and material stability domain (D6). Psychometric properties of FI and SFI were examined using data from the SHINE Well-Being Survey. Between June 2017 and March 2018, a total of 8,873 respondents participated in the study - in the US (4083 participants), Sri Lanka (1284 participants), Cambodia (587 participants), China (419 participants), and Mexico (2500 participants). US participants were customers of a financial institution, while non-US participants were clothing industry workers in the supply chain of a global brand. Exploratory and confirmatory factor models were used to validate the proposed indices. An exploratory approach informed analysis for item groupings. Confirmatory factor models were used to investigate the hierarchical structure of the indices. Configural, metric, and partial scalar measurement invariance were established, which not only supported the universal character of the indices but also validated use of the indices for culturally distinct populations. Findings from our study enrich our knowledge about human flourishing in five culturally distinct populations. With the exception of happiness and life satisfaction, respondents in the US, despite enjoying the highest financial and material stability, scored the lowest in all other domains of human flourishing. Respondents in China excelled in close social relationship and health domains. In addition to life satisfaction and happiness, character and virtue were relatively high in Cambodia. Respondents in Mexico, despite having the lowest scores in financial and material stability, had the greatest meaning and purpose to their lives. Respondents in Sri Lanka were the least happy and satisfied with life.
本文研究了五个文化背景不同的人群中的人类幸福状况。使用最近提出的幸福指数(FI)和安全幸福指数(SFI)来检验人类幸福状况的实证差异。为幸福指数(FI)提出了人类幸福的五个领域:(D1)幸福与生活满意度;(D2)身心健康;(D3)意义与目的;(D4)品格与美德;以及(D5)亲密的社会关系。安全幸福指数(SFI)的指标通过增加一个额外的财务和物质稳定性领域(D6)得到扩充。使用来自SHINE幸福感调查的数据检验幸福指数(FI)和安全幸福指数(SFI)的心理测量特性。在2017年6月至2018年3月期间,共有8873名受访者参与了该研究——美国(4083名参与者)、斯里兰卡(1284名参与者)、柬埔寨(587名参与者)、中国(419名参与者)和墨西哥(2500名参与者)。美国的参与者是一家金融机构的客户,而非美国的参与者是一个全球品牌供应链中的服装行业工人。探索性和验证性因素模型被用于验证所提出的指数。一种探索性方法为项目分组分析提供了依据。验证性因素模型被用于研究指数的层次结构。建立了构型、度量和部分标量测量不变性,这不仅支持了指数的普遍性,也验证了这些指数在文化背景不同的人群中的使用。我们研究的结果丰富了我们对五个文化背景不同的人群中人类幸福状况的认识。除了幸福和生活满意度外,美国的受访者尽管享有最高的财务和物质稳定性,但在人类幸福的所有其他领域得分最低。中国的受访者在亲密社会关系和健康领域表现出色。除了生活满意度和幸福外,柬埔寨的受访者在品格和美德方面得分相对较高。墨西哥的受访者尽管在财务和物质稳定性方面得分最低,但他们对生活的意义和目的感最强。斯里兰卡的受访者对生活最不幸福和满意。