Spending money on others promotes happiness
Spending money on others promotes happiness
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1150952
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发表时间：
2008-03-21
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Norton, Michael I.
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作者：
Dunn, Elizabeth W.;Aknin, Lara B.;Norton, Michael I.
虽然很多研究都在调查收入对幸福感的影响，但我们认为，人们如何花钱至少与他们赚多少钱一样重要。具体来说，我们假设把钱花在别人身上可能比把钱花在自己身上对幸福感有更积极的影响。为这一假设提供了一致的证据，我们发现，在横向（在一项全国代表性的调查研究中）和纵向（在一项意外支出的实地研究中），一个人的收入中花更多的钱在别人身上预示着更大的幸福感。最后，那些被随机分配为他人花钱的参与者比那些被分配为自己花钱的人体验到了更大的幸福感。
Although much research has examined the effect of income on happiness, we suggest that how people spend their money may be at least as important as how much money they earn. Specifically, we hypothesized that spending money on other people may have a more positive impact on happiness than spending money on oneself. Providing converging evidence for this hypothesis, we found that spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both cross- sectionally ( in a nationally representative survey study) and longitudinally ( in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves.