Pfund Gabrielle N, Willroth Emily C, Mroczek Daniel K, Hill Patrick L
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; MO, USA.
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Chicago, IL, USA.
Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2024 Apr;15(3):275-287. doi: 10.1177/19485506231166048. Epub 2023 Apr 25.
Using data from Midlife in the United States (=3,767), this study investigates how believing having money or occupational prestige is important for a good life is associated with different aspects of well-being. Actual income was positively associated with sense of purpose, personal growth, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, and life satisfaction, negatively associated with negative affect, and was not associated with autonomy, positive relations with others, or positive affect. Meanwhile, perceiving having enough money or extra money as important for a good life predicted well-being across all nine well-being indicators. Occupational prestige was positively associated with sense of purpose, autonomy, personal growth, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, and life satisfaction, while perceiving having occupational prestige as important was negatively associated with autonomy, personal growth, self-acceptance, positive relations with others, and positively with negative affect. The discussion focuses on how desiring money or prestige can influence well-being beyond having-or not having-those desires.
本研究利用来自“美国中年”项目（n = 3767）的数据，调查了认为拥有金钱或职业声望对美好生活很重要与幸福感的不同方面之间的关联。实际收入与生活目标感、个人成长、自我接纳、环境掌控和生活满意度呈正相关，与消极情绪呈负相关，与自主性、与他人的积极关系或积极情绪无关。与此同时，认为拥有足够的钱或额外的钱对美好生活很重要，这在所有九个幸福感指标上都能预测幸福感。职业声望与生活目标感、自主性、个人成长、自我接纳、环境掌控和生活满意度呈正相关，而认为拥有职业声望很重要与自主性、个人成长、自我接纳、与他人的积极关系呈负相关，与消极情绪呈正相关。讨论聚焦于渴望金钱或声望如何能在拥有或不拥有这些渴望之外影响幸福感。
