Happiness, Meaning, and Psychological Richness.

Autor: Oishi S; Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 10027 Charlottesville, VA USA., Choi H; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA., Koo M; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL USA., Galinha I; Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal., Ishii K; Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan., Komiya A; Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan., Luhmann M; Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany., Scollon C; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA USA., Shin JE; Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea., Lee H; Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea., Suh EM; Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea., Vittersø J; UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway., Heintzelman SJ; Rutgers University, Newark, NJ USA., Kushlev K; Georgetown University, Washington, DC USA., Westgate EC; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA., Buttrick N; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA., Tucker J; Nike, Beaverton, OR USA., Ebersole CR; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA., Axt J; McGill University, Montreal, Canada., Gilbert E; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC USA., Ng BW; University of Richmond, Richmond, VA USA., Kurtz J; James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA USA., Besser LL; Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Affective science [Affect Sci] 2020 Jun 23; Vol. 1 (2), pp. 107-115. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 23 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-020-00011-z
Abstrakt: What kind of life do people want? In psychology, a good life has typically been conceptualized in terms of either hedonic or eudaimonic well-being. We propose that psychological richness is another neglected aspect of what people consider a good life. In study 1 (9-nation cross-cultural study), we asked participants whether they ideally wanted a happy, a meaningful, or a psychologically rich life. Roughly 7 to 17% of participants chose the psychologically rich life. In study 2, we asked 1611 Americans and 680 Koreans what they regret most in their lives; then, if they could undo or reverse the regretful event, whether their lives would have been happier, more meaningful, or psychologically richer as a result. Roughly 28% of Americans and 35% of Koreans reported their lives would have been psychologically richer. Together, this work provides a foundation for the study of psychological richness as another dimension of a good life.
Competing Interests: Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
(© The Society for Affective Science 2020.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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