Zheng Xuegang, Leng Jie, Ma Hang, Hu Ping
Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China.
Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China.
J Affect Disord. 2024 Mar 15;349:414-419. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.006. Epub 2024 Jan 7.
Social comparison is an inevitable aspect of human life, often leading to personal relative deprivation, wherein individuals experience a sense of unfair treatment when they perceive themselves as being at a disadvantage in comparison to others. Earlier research has observed a phenomenon called "lying flat" associated with personal relative deprivation, characterized by a lack of motivation for self-improvement. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether this pattern is suitable for the domains of health-promoting lifestyles given that health-promoting is driven by self-improvement motivation.
In three studies conducted in China, an understudied non-Western society, we investigated the association between personal relative deprivation and health-promoting lifestyles by utilizing diverse measures and samples.
Findings from Study 1 (N = 12,465) indicated a negative relationship between personal relative deprivation and health-promoting behavior. This effect was particularly prominent among older individuals (Study 2, N = 11,378). Study 3 (N = 234) indirectly explored the possibility that a decreased priority given to health goals explains the reduced adoption of health-promoting behaviors when experiencing personal relative deprivation.
First, all health-promoting lifestyles are self-reported. Second, the mechanism between PRD and health-promoting lifestyles was not directly examined.
Overall, this research confirms the physical "lying flat" phenomenon, highlighting that personal relative deprivation contributes to unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. Moreover, our findings also suggest that the lower significance placed on health goals relative to other life goals may serve as an underlying reason for this phenomenon.
社会比较是人类生活中不可避免的一个方面，常常导致个人相对剥夺感，即当个体认为自己与他人相比处于劣势时，会体验到一种不公平待遇的感觉。早期研究观察到一种与个人相对剥夺感相关的“躺平”现象，其特征是缺乏自我提升的动力。鉴于促进健康是由自我提升动机驱动的，本研究的目的是调查这种模式是否适用于促进健康的生活方式领域。
在中国这个研究较少的非西方社会进行的三项研究中，我们通过使用不同的测量方法和样本，调查了个人相对剥夺感与促进健康的生活方式之间的关联。
研究1（N = 12465）的结果表明，个人相对剥夺感与促进健康的行为之间存在负相关关系。这种影响在老年人中尤为显著（研究2，N = 11378）。研究3（N = 234）间接探讨了在经历个人相对剥夺感时，对健康目标的重视程度降低是否解释了促进健康行为采用减少的可能性。
第一，所有促进健康的生活方式均为自我报告。第二，未直接考察个人相对剥夺感与促进健康的生活方式之间的机制。
总体而言，本研究证实了身体上的“躺平”现象，强调个人相对剥夺感会导致不健康的饮食和身体活动不足。此外，我们的研究结果还表明，相对于其他生活目标，对健康目标的重视程度较低可能是这一现象的潜在原因。
