*연구과제명: Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness
-연구 기관: Department of Psychology, Dong-Eui University; Department of Psychology, Korea Military Academy; Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University; Department of Psychology, Yonsei University; Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Department of Psychology, Seoul National University (연구팀)
-저자: Youngju Kim, Xyle Ku, Jennifer Hyunji Kim, Sung-Ha Lee, Seung Eun Cha, Incheol Choi
Previous research indicates that individuals from lower social class backgrounds are prone to experiencing lower levels of subjective well-being (SWB). In the present research, we sought to examine the role of essentialist beliefs about happiness (EBH) in moderating the strength of the association between social class and SWB. We carried out investigations in four samples recruited from South Korea (total N = 6,149). In Studies 1 A, 1B, and 2, we found that the endorsement of nonessentialist (vs. essentialist) beliefs about happiness— the belief that happiness can be cultivated with effort and is not immutable or biologically determined—attenuated class-based disparities in SWB. In (preregistered) Study 3, we manipulated EBH and found a similar pattern of results. Together, our findings suggest that nonessentialist beliefs can buffer individuals of lower social class backgrounds against poor SWB, indicating that the happiness gap between the upper and lower social strata of society is not inevitable.
*연구과제명: Mitigating the Negative Effects of Lower-Class Backgrounds on Subjective Well-Being: The Role of Nonessentialist Views of Happiness
-연구 기관: Department of Psychology, Dong-Eui University; Department of Psychology, Korea Military Academy; Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University; Department of Psychology, Yonsei University; Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Department of Psychology, Seoul National University (연구팀)
-저자: Youngju Kim, Xyle Ku, Jennifer Hyunji Kim, Sung-Ha Lee, Seung Eun Cha, Incheol Choi
Previous research indicates that individuals from lower social class backgrounds are prone to experiencing lower levels of subjective well-being (SWB). In the present research, we sought to examine the role of essentialist beliefs about happiness (EBH) in moderating the strength of the association between social class and SWB. We carried out investigations in four samples recruited from South Korea (total N = 6,149). In Studies 1 A, 1B, and 2, we found that the endorsement of nonessentialist (vs. essentialist) beliefs about happiness— the belief that happiness can be cultivated with effort and is not immutable or biologically determined—attenuated class-based disparities in SWB. In (preregistered) Study 3, we manipulated EBH and found a similar pattern of results. Together, our findings suggest that nonessentialist beliefs can buffer individuals of lower social class backgrounds against poor SWB, indicating that the happiness gap between the upper and lower social strata of society is not inevitable.