Happiness is the Frequency, Not the Intensity, of Positive Versus Negative Affect
Happiness is the Frequency, Not the Intensity, of Positive Versus Negative Affect
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10.1007/978-90-481-2354-4_10
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2009-01-01
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Pavot, William
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Diener, Ed;Sandvik, Ed;Pavot, William
在本章中，我们认为“幸福”，或者说高度主观幸福感，与人们积极情绪的频率和持续时间联系更紧密，而不是与这些情绪的强度联系更紧密。例如，很少或从不感到欣快感的人仍然可以报告非常高的幸福感。我们假设，主观幸福感与人们感受到积极情绪和消极情绪的时间长短的关系更大，而不是与积极情绪的强度的关系更大，这有几个原因。强烈的积极情绪通常是有代价的，包括在消极的情况下倾向于产生更强烈的消极情绪。另一种假设是，准确测量情绪的强度比测量时间过程要困难得多，这使得人们感觉积极的时间更适合用自我报告的方法来研究。人们积极情绪的强度不应被忽视，而应结合积极情绪和消极情绪的时间过程（频率和持续时间）进行研究。
In this chapter we suggest that "happiness," or high subjective wellbeing, is more strongly associated with the frequency and duration of people's positive feelings, not with the intensity of those feelings. People who rarely or never feel euphoria, for instance, can nonetheless report very high levels of well-being. We hypothesize that there are several reasons that subjective well-being is more strongly associated with the amount of time people feel positive versus negative feelings rather than with the intensity of their positive feelings. Intense positive feelings often have costs, including a tendency to more intense negative feelings in negative situations. Another hypothesis is that it is more difficult to accurately measure the intensity of feelings than their time-course, and this makes the amount of time people feel positive more amenable to study with self-report methods. The intensity of people's positive emotions should not be ignored, but should be studied in combination with the time-course (frequency and duration) of positive and negative feelings.