Subjective Wellbeing, Homeostatically Protected Mood and Depression: A Synthesis
Subjective Wellbeing, Homeostatically Protected Mood and Depression: A Synthesis
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DOI：
10.1007/s10902-009-9167-0
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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4.6
通讯作者：
Cummins, Robert A.
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作者：
Cummins, Robert A.
本文关注主观幸福感（SWB）是由为此目的而进化的心理设备系统管理的观点。有人提出，这种管理实际上是针对自我平衡保护情绪的保护，作为SWB的主要组成部分。我们通常将HPMood视为满足、快乐和积极觉醒的结合。对这种结构的理论描述可以解释SWB数据中许多常见的观察到的经验特征。进一步提出，当内稳态失败时，由于消极挑战的压倒性性质，人们失去了与HPMood的联系，并体验到消极而不是积极影响的支配。如果这种情况是慢性的，人们就会经历我们称之为抑郁症的临床状况。
This paper concerns the idea that Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) is managed by a system of psychological devices which have evolved for this purpose. It is proposed that this management is actually directed at the protection of Homeostatically Protected Mood, as the major component of SWB. We normally experience HPMood as a combination of contentment, happiness and positive arousal. A theoretical description of this construct is offered that can account for many of the commonly observed empirical characteristics of SWB data. It is further proposed that when homeostasis fails, due to the overwhelming nature of a negative challenge, people lose contact with HPMood and experience the domination of negative rather than positive affect. If this condition is chronic, people experience the clinical condition we call depression.