Passion for Social Causes: The Benefits of Unpleasant Experiences for Psychological Well-being

为了改善心理健康，了解心理健康的条件是很重要的。传统上，幸福被概念化为高度的积极影响(例如；（如快乐）和低负面影响（如愤怒）。然而，Juhl等人（2017）提出，有一些以负面影响为特征的情况可能有利于幸福感，因为它们也有助于满足基本的心理需求（例如，生活中的意义，自尊，和社会联系）。此外，他们还提出了一系列典型的与消极情感相关的、能够满足心理需求的情景，并将其总结为“情感-消极需求-满足模型”。一个潜在的情感消极，但需要满足的情况是“对社会事业和信仰的热情”。这种广义的情况包括社会运动、集体行动、抗议和宗教/政治信仰。在这种情况下，激情可以表现为愤怒和沮丧。然而，这些情况可能会让人们肯定自己的信仰（满足对意义的需求），占据道德高地（满足对自尊的需求），并与他人团结一致（满足对社会联系的需求）。目前还没有研究直接检验过这个模型。在一系列的研究中，我将测试(1)对社会事业的热情是否确实是一种同时以消极情感和对意义、自尊和社会联系的需求的满足为特征的情况；(2)人们是否愿意将自己置于这种情感消极的情况中，作为满足这些需求的一种方式；(3)这种消极的情况是否缓冲了威胁这些需求的消极心理影响。

To improve psychological well-being, it is important to understand the conditions under whichpsychological well-being thrives. Traditionally, well-being has been conceptualized as high positive affect(e.g., happiness) and low negative affect (e.g., anger). However, Juhl et al. (2017) proposed that thereare some situations characterized by negative affect that can be good for well-being because they alsohelp fulfil basic psychological needs (e.g., meaning in life, self-esteem, and social connectedness).Further, they propose a list of situations typically associated with negative affect that can fulfilpsychological needs and summarized their claims in the Affectively-Negative Need-Fulfilment Model.One potential affectively-negative, yet need-fulfilling, situation is 'Passion for Social Causes and Beliefs'.This broadly defined situation includes social movements, collective action, protests, andreligious/political beliefs. Passion in such contexts can manifest in anger and frustration. However, thesesituations may allow people to affirm their beliefs (meeting the need for meaning), take the moral highground (meeting the need for self-esteem), and stand in solidarity with others (meeting the need forsocial connectedness).No research has directly tested this model. In a series of studies, I will test (1) whether passion for socialcauses is indeed a situation that is simultaneously characterized by negative affect and by the fulfilmentof the needs for meaning, self-esteem, and social connectedness, (2) whether people willingly placethemselves in such affectively-negative situations as a way to meet these needs and (3) whether suchnegative situations buffer the negative psychology impact of threats to these needs.