Keep Nice and Carry on: Effect of Niceness on Well-Being

被引：2

作者：

Bialobrzeska, Olga ^{[1
,4
]}

Baba, Justyna ^{[1
]}

Bedynska, Sylwia ^{[1
]}

Cichocka, Aleksandra ^{[2
]}

Cislak, Aleksandra ^{[1
]}

Formanowicz, Magdalena ^{[1
]}

Goclowska, Malgorzata A. ^{[3
]}

Jakubik, Zuzanna ^{[1
]}

Kozakiewicz, Karolina ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SWPS Univ Social Sci & Humanities Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

[2] Univ Kent, Canterbury, England

[3] Univ Bath, Bath, England

[4] SWPS Univ Social Sci & Humanities, Ctr Res Social Relat, Dept Psychol, Ul Chodakowska 19-31, PL-03815 Warsaw, Poland

来源：

BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2023年 / 45卷 / 05期

关键词：

PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SELF-DETERMINATION; MOTIVATION; CONSEQUENCES; SATISFACTION; METAANALYSIS; VALIDATION; PSYCHOLOGY; HAPPINESS;

D O I：

10.1080/01973533.2023.2239410

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Practicing acts of kindness is beneficial to one's well-being, but is simply being nice to others also beneficial? In a correlational Study 1 (N = 497), self-reported behavioral niceness was positively correlated with happiness, self-satisfaction, relationships satisfaction, life meaning, and negatively correlated with depression. In two experimental studies, a one-day online intervention involving acting nicely (Study 2; N = 482) and recollecting one's nice behavior (Study 3; N = 317) resulted in higher mood, self-satisfaction, relationships satisfaction, and life meaning. The present findings suggest that acting in a nice manner, that is, in a warm and friendly way, toward others in everyday situations can promote one's well-being. Practicing niceness also promoted subsequent voluntary nice behavior.

引用

页码：138 / 156

页数：19

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