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내재 이론(Lay theory)은 개인이 지니고 있는 사회적 세상에 대한 암묵적 가정으로 개인의 경험과 행동에 영향을 미친다. 내재 이론과 행복 경험 간의 관계를 조사한 선행 연구들은 행복과 관련된 다양한 내재 이론들이 행복의 개인차와 관련되어 있음을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 행복의 시간적, 공간적 분포에 대한 믿음이 개인의 행복 수준과 어떻게 관련되어있는지 알아보았다. 연구 1에서는 행복의 공간적 분포와 시간적 분포에 대한 전반적 믿음을 자기보고 설문을 통해 측정하고 행복감과의 관련성을 살펴보았다. 연구 2와 연구 3에서는 사람들이 타인의 행복을 지각하는 양상을 공간적 차원과 시간적 차원에서 각각 측정하고 주관적 안녕감과의 관련성을 살펴보았다. 연구 1-3의 결과, 행복이 시간적, 공간적으로 불균등하게 분포되어 있다는 믿음이 강한 사람들이 행복감을 덜 경험하고, 삶의 만족도가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 연구 4에서는 경제적 부의 분포에 대한 믿음이 삶의 만족도와 관련이 없음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 행복의 불균등 분포에 대한 믿음이 개인의 행복 수준과 부적으로 관련되어있음을 보여주며, 이러한 관련성은 자원 분포에 대한 일반적 믿음보다는 행복에 영역 특정적임을 시사한다.
Lay theory is implicit assumptions about the social world that individuals hold, which influences personal experiences and behaviors. Previous research on the relationship between lay theories and happiness suggested various lay theories are associated with individual differences in experiencing happiness. In the present study, we investigated how the belief in the temporal and spatial distribution of happiness is related to individuals’ happiness. In Study 1, belief in happiness distribution was measured by self-reported survey and then correlated with participants’ self-reported feeling of happiness, In Study 2 and Study 3, participants performed behavioral tasks in which they predicted others’ levels of happiness on spatial and temporal dimensions. Participants’ beliefs on the happiness distribution were estimated based on their responses in the tasks and were correlated with subjective well-being measures. Results of Study 1-3 revealed that participants who believed happiness is not equally distributed across space and time tended to feel lower level of happiness and have lower life satisfaction. In Study 4, we found that belief in the economic distribution is not related to life satisfaction or other subjective well-being measures. Our findings suggest that belief in unequal distribution of happiness is negatively linked to individuals’ level of happiness and this relationship may not be domain-general but be specific to the domain of happiness.
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