Does Higher Education Increase Hedonic and Eudaimonic Happiness?
Does Higher Education Increase Hedonic and Eudaimonic Happiness?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10902-016-9833-y
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Nikolaev, Boris
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作者：
Nikolaev, Boris
越来越多的研究表明，高等教育与主观幸福感（SWB）之间的关系要么不显着，要么呈负相关。然而，大多数这些研究都使用生活满意度作为主观幸福感的指标。在这项研究中，我利用澳大利亚家庭收入和劳动力动态调查的纵向数据，研究了高等教育与三种不同的主观幸福感衡量标准之间的联系：生活满意度及其不同的子领域（评估性）、积极和消极情感（享乐性）以及参与和目的（幸福性）。得出了三个实质性结果：（1）受过高等教育的人更有可能表现出更高水平的幸福感和享乐性主观幸福感，即他们认为自己的生活更有意义，体验到更多的积极情绪和更少的消极情绪； (2) 受过高等教育的人对大多数生活领域（财务、就业机会、邻里、当地社区、家里的孩子）感到满意，但他们对自己拥有的空闲时间的满意度较低； （3）高等教育的积极作用不断增强，但增速有所下降；与获得大学学位相比，获得研究生学位所带来的社会幸福感要低得多（微乎其微）。
An increasing number of studies suggest that the relationship between higher education and subjective well-being (SWB) is either insignificant or negative. Most of these studies, however, use life satisfaction as a proxy for SWB. In this study, using longitudinal data from the Household Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia survey, I examine the link between higher education and three different measures of subjective well-being: life satisfaction and its different sub-domains (evaluative), positive and negative affect (hedonic), and engagement and purpose (eudaimonic). Three substantial results emerge: (1) people with higher education are more likely to report higher levels of eudaimonic and hedonic SWB, i.e., they view their lives as more meaningful and experience more positive emotions and less negative ones; (2) people with higher education are satisfied with most life domains (financial, employment opportunities, neighborhood, local community, children at home) but they report lower satisfaction with the amount of free time they have; (3) the positive effect of higher education is increasing, but at a decreasing rate; the SWB gains from obtaining a graduate degree are much lower (on the margin) compared to getting a college degree.