Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America

被引：46

作者：

Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria ^{[1
]}

Cortes Aguilar, Alexandra ^{[2
]}

Moro-Egido, Ana I. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

[2] Univ Ind Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

[3] Univ Granada, Granada, Spain

来源：

JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES | 2014年 / 15卷 / 03期

关键词：

Social comparisons; Social capital; Life satisfaction; Intensity of social interactions; RELATIVE-INCOME; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; CONTEXT; INEQUALITY; NEIGHBORS; COMMUNITY; ABSOLUTE; EUROPE; LEVEL;

D O I：

10.1007/s10902-013-9434-y

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we seek to examine the effect of social comparisons and of social capital on life satisfaction over a sample of Latin American countries. We test if, through social influence and exposure, social capital is either an enhancer or appeaser of the effect of social comparisons of material conditions in life satisfaction. Using the Latinobarmetro Survey (2007) we find, contrary to the existing literature that, the better others perform in the material dimension, the happier the individual is. We also find that social capital is among the strongest correlates of individuals' life satisfaction. Our findings suggest that social contacts may enhance the effect of social comparisons, which is more intense for those who perform worse in their reference group.

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页码：527 / 554

页数：28

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