The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy?

Oishi, Shigehiro; Diener, Ed; Lucas, Richard E.

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2350-6_8

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“…Notably, we found that the relationship between the number of reported financial stressors and interpersonal events on the same day varied by income. These results complement previous findings that suggest a non-linear relationship between income and ratings of subjective well-being (Oishi et al, 2007). Individuals with the lowest incomes (under $25,000 per year) and those with moderately high levels of income (between $50,000 and $125,000 per year) reported greater changes to the negative side of their interpersonal lives on days of higher financial strain than those with modest ($25,000 to $50,000 per year) or high incomes (above $125,000 per year).…”

Section: The Role Of Context In Financial Stresssupporting

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Associations between financial stress and interpersonal events: A daily diary study of middle-aged adults and their life circumstances.

Sturgeon

Okun

2014

Psychology and Aging

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This study examined the relationships between daily negative financial events and positive and negative interpersonal events, as well as the moderating effects of life circumstances, for a sample of 182 adults between the age of 40 and 65 providing 30 days of diary data collected between 2008 and 2011. There was a significant and positive relationship between daily negative interpersonal events and daily levels of both negative interpersonal events and positive interpersonal events; these relationships varied by income, employment status, parenting roles, and the experience of major financial challenges over the previous year. The moderating effect

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Section: The Role Of Context In Financial Stresssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Potential quadratic and cubic effects of income were also tested, as prior research has suggested that the relationship between income and emotional well-being may be best represented in a nonlinear fashion (Oishi, Diener, & Lucas, 2007).…”

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Associations between financial stress and interpersonal events: A daily diary study of middle-aged adults and their life circumstances.

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Okun

2014

Psychology and Aging

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“…However, research is accumulating to suggest that OT administration can be less beneficial or even detrimental in some contexts (e.g., Campbell, 2008;Shamay-Tsoory et al, 2009;De Dreu et al, 2010) and when administered at higher concentrations (e.g., Cardoso et al, 2013). Similarly, it has been argued that high levels of positive emotions can be detrimental in some contexts (Gruber et al, 2011;Oishi et al, 2006). The current study examined whether combining acute increases in OT and positive emotions together would result in a similar, potentially detrimental, pattern.…”

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“…Indeed, there are studies that underscore the limits of beneficial effects of very high levels of positive emotion (see Gruber et al, 2011;Oishi et al, 2006). For example, while moderate levels of positive emotion can promote creativity, very high levels do not (Davis, 2008).…”

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“…For example, while moderate levels of positive emotion can promote creativity, very high levels do not (Davis, 2008). Further, moderate levels of happiness are associated with more successful achievement outcomes than very high levels of happiness (Oishi et al, 2006). Similarly, recent dose response work has found that at with higher dosages of intranasal OT there is less attenuation of cortisol reactivity to physical stress and less effective enhancement of the positive valence engendered by social memories (Cardoso et al, 2014).…”

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Combining oxytocin administration and positive emotion inductions: Examining social perception and analytical performance

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Woolley

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Hormones and Behavior

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oIntranasal administration of the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has, in some studies, been associated with positive effects on social perception and cognition. Similarly, positive emotion inductions can improve a range of perceptual and performance-based behaviors. In this exploratory study, we examined how OT administration and positive emotion inductions interact in their associations with social and analytical performance. Participants (N = 124) were randomly assigned to receive an intranasal spray of OT (40 IU) or placebo and then viewed one of three videos designed to engender one of the following emotion states: social warmth, pride, or an affectively neutral state. Following the emotion induction, participants completed social perception and analytical tasks. There were no significant main effects of OT condition on social perception tasks, failing to replicate prior research, or on analytical performance. Further, OT condition and positive emotion inductions did not interact with each other in their associations with social perception performance. However, OT condition and positive emotion manipulations did significantly interact in their associations with analytical performance. Specifically, combining positive emotion inductions with OT administration was associated with worse analytical performance, with the pride induction no longer benefiting performance and the warmth induction resulting in worse performance. In sum, we found little evidence for main or interactive effects of OT on social perception but preliminary evidence that OT administration may impair analytical performance when paired with positive emotion inductions.

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Stress and well‐being in autistic adults: Exploring the moderating role of coping

Muniandy,

Richdale,

Lawson

2023

Autism Research

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The wider stress literature points to negative associations between stress and well‐being. Similarly, the use of engagement coping strategies and disengagement coping strategies in the face of stress are related to improved and reduced well‐being respectively. However, in the autistic population stress and coping research is limited to date, and the extent to which coping may moderate the relationship between stress and well‐being is not known. Using data from an Australian online study, we explored the potential moderating (i.e. buffering or exacerbating) role of coping in the relationship between stress and well‐being in a sample of autistic adults (N = 86). Our findings indicated that increased stress was associated with lower well‐being. Further, moderation analyses showed that while both engagement coping (e.g. problem solving, positive appraisal) and disengagement coping (e.g., self‐distraction, being in denial) strategies had significant positive and negative direct effects on well‐being respectively; engagement coping also moderated the relationship between stress and well‐being, buffering the impact of stress on well‐being. Our results illustrate the different underlying mechanisms by which coping strategies may be associated with stress and well‐being. They also highlight the potential protective role of engagement coping strategies, which can be incorporated into the promotion and maintenance of well‐being in autistic adults.

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The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy?

Cited by 125 publications

References 70 publications

Associations between financial stress and interpersonal events: A daily diary study of middle-aged adults and their life circumstances.

Associations between financial stress and interpersonal events: A daily diary study of middle-aged adults and their life circumstances.

Combining oxytocin administration and positive emotion inductions: Examining social perception and analytical performance

Stress and well‐being in autistic adults: Exploring the moderating role of coping

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