A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans
A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans
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DOI：
10.1080/02699931.2010.541227
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Sheldon, Kennon M.
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作者：
Boehm, Julia K.;Lyubomirsky, Sonja;Sheldon, Kennon M.
越来越多的证据表明，福利干预措施可能是有效的。然而，目前尚不清楚增加幸福感的做法是否对来自不同文化背景的人同样有效。为了研究这个问题，研究人员随机分配了英裔美国人和主要在外国出生的亚裔美国人，让他们表达乐观、表达感激或列出他们过去的经历（对照组）。多层次分析表明，乐观和感恩条件下的参与者报告说，相对于控制条件下的参与者，他们的生活满意度有所提高。然而，在治疗条件下，英美人的生活满意度相对于亚裔美国人表现出更大的增长，而在控制条件下的两个文化群体表现出最小的改善。这些结果与个人主义文化对自我完善和个人代理的价值观支持盎格鲁美国人变得更加满意的努力相一致，而集体主义文化对自我关注和个人目标的不重视干扰了亚裔美国人追求更高幸福感的努力。
Growing evidence suggests that well-being interventions can be effective. However, it is unclear whether happiness-increasing practices are equally effective for individuals from different cultural backgrounds. To investigate this question, Anglo Americans and predominantly foreign-born Asian Americans were randomly assigned to express optimism, convey gratitude, or list their past experiences (control group). Multilevel analyses indicated that participants in the optimism and gratitude conditions reported enhanced life satisfaction relative to those in the control condition. However, Anglo Americans in the treatment conditions demonstrated larger increases in life satisfaction relative to Asian Americans, while both cultural groups in the control condition showed the least improvement. These results are consistent with the idea that the value individualist cultures place on self-improvement and personal agency bolsters the efforts of Anglo Americans to become more satisfied, whereas collectivist cultures' de-emphasis of self-focus and individual goals interferes with the efforts of Asian Americans to pursue enhanced well-being.