University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Aug;46:101343. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101343. Epub 2022 Mar 26.
Living in a consumerist society can afford material abundance, but these gains can bring psychological costs. A developed literature suggests experiential purchases (such as trips or outdoor recreation) represent a more promising route to enduring consumer happiness than the consumption of material goods. The satisfaction from experiences extends across a rather broad time course, including the anticipation of experiential consumption, in-the-moment consumption, and retrospection. This review discusses the underlying reasons for why these effects occur, additional downstream consequences of consuming experiences, and potential directions for future work. This extensive program of research provides a simple lesson people can apply to improve wellbeing in daily life: shifting spending in the direction of doing rather than having would likely be psychologically wise.
生活在消费主义社会中可以带来物质上的富足，但这些收获可能会带来心理代价。现有文献表明，体验式消费（如旅行或户外活动）比物质消费更能让人获得持久的幸福感。体验带来的满足感会持续相当长的一段时间，包括对体验式消费的期待、当下的消费和回顾。本文讨论了这些效应产生的根本原因，体验式消费的其他后续影响，以及未来研究的可能方向。这一广泛的研究计划提供了一个简单的启示，人们可以在日常生活中应用这一启示来提高幸福感：将消费方向从“拥有”转向“体验”可能在心理上更为明智。
