کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
891144 914025 2013 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The influence of fear of happiness beliefs on responses to the satisfaction with life scale
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The influence of fear of happiness beliefs on responses to the satisfaction with life scale
چکیده انگلیسی

General life satisfaction scales are widely used to examine the degree to which people are satisfied with their lives. Previous research indicates that part of the variability in life satisfaction scores does not genuinely reflect individuals’ life conditions, and that there are factors biasing people’s responses to these scales. The present study provided initial evidence showing that the fear of happiness (a belief that happiness may have negative consequences) influenced people’s responses to the items of a life satisfaction scale in an Iranian university student sample. Implications of the results are discussed.


► There are factors biasing individuals’ responses to life satisfaction scales.
► Some people believe that happiness may cause bad things to happen.
► Being afraid of happiness biases individuals’ responses to life satisfaction items.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Personality and Individual Differences - Volume 54, Issue 5, April 2013, Pages 647–651
نویسندگان
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