The Challenge of Staying Happier
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What is it?
We know what Hedonic Adaptation is right? I wrote about it. Remember that email with title Eating Popcorn with Chopsticks?!
This new study is a method to prevent it. It is called the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention (HAP).
The HAP model specifies two routes by which the well-being gains derived from a positive life change are eroded—
The first involving bottom-up processes (i.e., declining positive emotions generated by the positive change) and the second involving top-down processes (i.e., increased aspirations for even more positivity).
The model also specifies two moderators that can forestall these processes—continued appreciation of the original life change and continued variety in change-related experiences.
The authors formally tested the predictions of the HAP model in a 3-month three-wave longitudinal study of 481 students.
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What do I need to know?
A limitation of our study is that our participants comprised only U.S. undergraduates. Although the HAP model is intended to apply to people of all ages and cultures, such generalisability needs to be established.
For example, recent research suggests that positive emotions may be less important for happiness in Asian samples (Leu, Wang, & Koo, in press). Thus, the strengths of the paths predicted by the HAP model, as well as the role of moderators, might differ across cultural groups. This issue needs to be examined by future investigators
References & Studies: -
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221858054_The_Challenge_of_Staying_Happier
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