Schumaker J F, Shea J D, Monfries M M, Groth-Marnat G
Department of Psycho-Social Health Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia.
J Psychol. 1993 Jan;127(1):65-71. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1993.9915543.
We examined the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction in 121 residents of Fukoku, Japan, and 139 residents of Melbourne, Australia, using the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1983) and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980). Australian subjects reported significantly less loneliness and significantly greater life satisfaction than Japanese subjects. A high inverse correlation was found between loneliness and life satisfaction in Australian subjects, with a much smaller inverse relationship observed among the Japanese, suggesting that loneliness in Japanese subjects did not emotionally translate into life dissatisfaction as it did in Australian subjects. Instead, the experience of loneliness in Japanese individuals may remain largely independent of general life satisfaction.
我们使用生活满意度量表（迪纳、埃蒙斯、拉森和格里芬，1983年）以及修订版的加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独感量表（拉塞尔、佩普劳和卡特罗纳，1980年），对日本富国市的121名居民和澳大利亚墨尔本的139名居民的孤独感与生活满意度之间的关系进行了研究。澳大利亚受试者报告的孤独感明显低于日本受试者，生活满意度则明显高于日本受试者。在澳大利亚受试者中，孤独感与生活满意度之间存在高度负相关，而在日本受试者中观察到的负相关关系则小得多，这表明日本受试者的孤独感在情感上并不像澳大利亚受试者那样转化为生活不满。相反，日本个体的孤独体验可能在很大程度上与总体生活满意度无关。
