Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Centro de Estudos sobre Risco e Saúde, Campus Carreiros, Av. Itália, Km 8, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Unidade Saúde, Rua Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, 96200-190 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
An Acad Bras Cienc. 2022 Jun 13;94(2):e20210364. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210364. eCollection 2022.
Although there is evidence of an inverse relationship between stress and happiness, less is known about the interrelationship between income, happiness and stress. The purpose of this research brief was to investigate whether and how income and stress shape the distribution of happiness. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the city of Rio Grande, Southern Brazil, with 1,168 individuals aged 18 years or older. The data were collected in 2016 and analyzed in 2019. Wealthiest people tended to be happier and less stressed. Less-stressed people had higher levels of happiness, which remain stable regardless of their income. Most-stressed individuals had lower prevalence of happiness throughout all income subgroups. Happiness levels among both rich and poor respondents decreased as stress levels increased. Nonetheless, this reduction was more pronounced among the poorest respondents. Concluding, stress plays an important role in the relationship between income and happiness. Although there is some evidence that money can exert influence on happiness, it seems that this association is highly dependent of individuals' stress levels.
尽管有证据表明压力与幸福感呈负相关，但人们对收入、幸福感和压力之间的相互关系知之甚少。本研究简报的目的是调查收入和压力是否以及如何影响幸福感的分布。这项基于人群的横断面研究在巴西南部的里奥格兰德市进行，共有 1168 名年龄在 18 岁或以上的个体参与。数据于 2016 年收集，并于 2019 年进行分析。最富有的人往往更快乐，压力也更小。压力较小的人幸福感水平更高，无论收入如何，这种幸福感都保持稳定。压力最大的人在所有收入群体中幸福感的发生率都较低。无论贫富，受访者的幸福感水平随着压力水平的升高而降低。尽管如此，这种下降在最贫困的受访者中更为明显。综上所述，压力在收入和幸福感之间的关系中起着重要作用。尽管有证据表明金钱可以对幸福感产生影响，但这种关联似乎高度依赖于个体的压力水平。
