Life satisfaction set point: Stability and change
Life satisfaction set point: Stability and change
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.158
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Diener, E
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作者：
Fujita, F;Diener, E
作者利用来自德国一项具有全国代表性的大型长期跟踪研究中17年的数据，检验了生活满意度（LS）是否存在一个随时间稳定的设定点，尽管它可能会因生活事件在短期内受到扰动。作者发现，从最初5年到最后5年，24%的受访者在生活满意度方面有显著变化，而且随着测量间隔时间的增加，稳定性下降。最初5年的平均生活满意度与最后5年的5年平均生活满意度的相关系数为0.51。身高、体重、身体质量指数、收缩压和舒张压以及人格特质都比生活满意度更稳定，而收入的稳定性与生活满意度大致相当。在研究的最初5年到最后5年期间，近9%的样本在10分制量表上的平均变化达到3分或更多。
Using data from 17 years of a large and nationally representative panel study from Germany, the authors examined whether there is a set point for life satisfaction (LS)-stability across time, even though it can be perturbed for short periods by life events. The authors found that 24% of respondents changed significantly in LS from the first 5 years to the last 5 years and that stability declined as the period between measurements increased. Average LS in the first 5 years correlated .51 with the 5-year average of LS during the last 5 years. Height, weight, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and personality traits were all more stable than LS, whereas income was about as stable as LS. Almost 9% of the sample changed an average of 3 or more points on a 10-point scale from the first 5 to last 5 years of the study.