Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PLoS One. 2021 Apr 23;16(4):e0250252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250252. eCollection 2021.
The present study examined the daily well-being of Koreans (n = 353,340) for 11 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 20 -April 7). We analyzed whether and how life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and life meaning changed during the outbreak. First, we found that the well-being of Koreans changed daily in a cubic fashion, such that it declined and recovered during the early phase but declined substantially during the later phase (after COVID- 19 was declared world pandemic by WHO). Second, unlike other emotions, boredom displayed a distinctive pattern of linear increase, especially for younger people, suggesting that boredom might be, in part, responsible for their inability to comply with social distancing recommendations. Third, the well-being of older people and males changed less compared to younger people and females. Finally, daily well-being dropped significantly more in the hard-hit regions than in other regions. Implications and limitations are discussed.
本研究在 COVID-19 大流行期间（2020 年 1 月 20 日至 4 月 7 日）对 353340 名韩国人进行了为期 11 周的日常幸福感调查。我们分析了在疫情期间生活满意度、积极情绪、消极情绪和生活意义是否发生变化，以及如何发生变化。首先，我们发现韩国人的幸福感呈立方模式变化，即早期下降后恢复，但在世界卫生组织宣布 COVID-19 为全球大流行后（2020 年 3 月 11 日）大幅下降。其次，与其他情绪不同，无聊感呈线性增长的独特模式，尤其是对于年轻人，这表明无聊感可能部分导致了他们无法遵守社交距离建议。第三，与年轻人和女性相比，老年人和男性的幸福感变化较小。最后，受疫情严重影响地区的人们的幸福感比其他地区下降得更为明显。本文讨论了研究的意义和局限性。
