基于社会比较的物质主义价值观与幸福感研究

Research on materialistic values and happiness based on social comparison

随机采集4所高校450名大学生有关物质主义价值观的调查数据,探讨物质主义价值观和幸福感的关系以及不同收入水平在社会比较作用下的表现。研究发现,“财富意味着成功”是当下物质主义价值观最明显的特征,物质主义价值观与社会比较存在显著正相关关系(r=0.14,P<0.01),与幸福感呈显著负相关关系(r=-0.13,P<0.01),社会比较在物质主义价值观和幸福感之间起到部分中介作用。社会物质富裕的同时需要兼顾社会比较带来的公平建设问题,创新物质评价体系,提升不同阶层间的相对幸福感。

A materialism survey was conducted in four universities to explore the relationship between materialism values and happiness,and to investigate the performance of people with different income levels under the effect of social comparison.It was found that the thinking of“wealth means success”was the most obvious characteristic of materialism;there was significant positive correlation(r=0.14,P<0.01)between materialistic values and social comparison orientation,while there was significant negative correlation(r=0.13,P<0.01)between materialistic values and happiness;and social comparison orientation played a partial intermediary role between materialism values and happiness.Therefore,some suggestions were proposed,including taking the equity construction issues caused by social comparison into account when we get social material prosperity,innovating material evaluation system,and improving the relative happiness of different classes.