Akkiraju Karthik, Rao Narasimha D
Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
Commun Psychol. 2025 Feb 19;3(1):27. doi: 10.1038/s44271-025-00210-z.
Is there a cost to our well-being from increased affluence? Drawing upon responses from 2.05 million U.S. adults from the Gallup Daily Poll from 2008 to 2017 we find that with household income above ~$63,000 respondents are more likely to experience stress. This contrasts with the trend below this threshold, where at higher income the prevalence of stress decreases. Such a turning point for stress was also found for population sub-groups, divided by gender, race, and political affiliation. Further, we find that respondents who report prior-day stress have lower life satisfaction for all income and sub-group categories compared to the respondents who do not report prior-day stress. We find suggestive evidence that among the more satisfied, healthier, socially connected, and those not suffering basic needs deprivations, this turn-around in stress prevalence starts at lower values of income and stress. We hypothesize that stress at higher income values relates to lifestyle factors associated with affluence, rather than from known well-being deprivations related to good health and social conditions, which may arise even at lower income values if conventional needs are met.
财富增加会给我们的幸福带来代价吗？利用2008年至2017年盖洛普每日民意调查中205万美国成年人的回答，我们发现，家庭收入超过约6.3万美元时，受访者更有可能经历压力。这与低于该阈值的趋势形成对比，在该阈值以下，收入越高，压力的患病率越低。在按性别、种族和政治派别划分的人口亚组中也发现了这样一个压力转折点。此外，我们发现，与没有报告前一天压力的受访者相比，报告前一天有压力的受访者在所有收入和亚组类别中的生活满意度都较低。我们发现有暗示性的证据表明，在那些更满意、更健康、社交联系更紧密且没有基本需求匮乏的人群中，压力患病率的这种转变始于较低的收入和压力水平。我们假设，较高收入水平下的压力与与富裕相关的生活方式因素有关，而不是与已知的与良好健康和社会状况相关的幸福匮乏有关，即使在满足传统需求的较低收入水平下，这些匮乏也可能出现。
