QUOTE(Catalin @ 14 Aug 2007, 08:44 AM)
Studiile sociologice serioase, nu alea pe care le citeaza Helmuth, arata ca cele doua sunt foarte puternic corelate pozitiv.
Esti praf.
Studiile de care vorbesc eu apartin unor somitati mondiale recunoscute in domeniile economic, psihologic etc. Nu mai spun ca au aparut in publicatii de specualitate de mare tinuta intelectuala:
Multe din articolele in care se vorbeste de concluziile studiilor specialistilor in domeniu vizavi de relatia bani-fericire specifica chiar ele unde anume au aparut respectivele studii. Si, cum era si normal, lucrarile unor somitati de talie mondiala precum cele citate de mine, au aparut intr-adevar in reviste stiintifice cat se poate de serioase. De multe ori se specifica chiar si in articolele aparute in mass-media nemele publicatiilor de specialitate in care ele au aparut:
Uite un exemplu:
"Link between income and happiness is mainly an illusion
by Eric Quińones · Posted June 29, 2006; 02:00 p.m.
While most people believe that having more income would make them happier, Princeton University researchers have found that the link is greatly exaggerated and mostly an illusion.
[...]
Two Princeton professors, economist Alan B. Krueger and psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, collaborated with colleagues from three other universities on the study, being published in the June 30 issue of Science. The new findings build on their efforts to develop alternative methods of gauging the well-being of individuals and of society. The new measures are based on people's ratings of their actual experiences, instead of a judgment of their lives as a whole.
"The belief that high income is associated with good mood is widespread but mostly illusory," the researchers wrote. "People with above-average income are relatively satisfied with their lives but are barely happier than others in moment-to-moment experience, tend to be more tense, and do not spend more time in particularly enjoyable activities."
The Princeton researchers collaborated with psychologists David Schkade of the University of California-San Diego, Norbert Schwarz of the University of Michigan and Arthur Stone of the State University of New York-Stony Brook."
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive...tion=topstoriesUn alt exemplu:
"WHAT MAKES PEOPLE THE HAPPIEST? RESEARCHERS SAY IT'S NOT MONEY OR POPULARITY
Study Finds Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness and Self-Esteem at Top of List of Psychological Needs
Washington - Attaining popularity or influence and money or luxury is not what makes people the happiest and is at the bottom of the list of psychological needs, according to a new study.
Topping the list of needs that appear to bring happiness are autonomy (feeling that your activities are self-chosen and self-endorsed), competence (feeling that you are effective in your activities), relatedness (feeling a sense of closeness with others) and self-esteem. The findings appear in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA)."
http://www.apa.org/releases/needs.htmlO lista de multe alte lucrari aparute in reviste de specialitate care confirma si intaresc aceeasi concluzie (ca odata trecut pragul saraciei lucii, banii au prea putine de-a face cu fericirea), pe care ori le-am citit, ori le-am gasit la biografiile articolelor pe care le-am citit, decurge cam asa:
Nickerson, C., Schwarz, N., Diener E., & Kahneman D., Zeroing in on the dark side of the American dream: A closer look at the negative consequences of the goal for financial success, Psychological Science, 14 (6), 2003, 531-536.
Schkade, D. & Kahneman, D., Does living in California make people happy? A focusing illusion in judgments of life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 9, 1998, 340-346.
"What Is Satisfying About Satisfying Events? Testing 10 Candidate Psychological Needs," Kennon M. Sheldon, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; Andrew J. Elliot, Ph.D., and Youngmee Kim, Ph.D., University of Rochester; and Tim Kasser, Ph.D., Knox College; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 80, No. 2.
Tim Kasser, "The Good Life or the Goods Life? Positive Psychology and Personal Well-Being in the Culture of Consumption." In Positive Psychology in Practice. Edited by P.A. Linley and S. Joseph. New York: Wiley, 55–67, 2004.
Tim Kasser, "The Dreams of People High and Low in Materialism." Co-authored with V.G. Kasser. Journal of Economic Psychology 22: 693–719, 2001.
Tim Kasser, "Of Wealth and Death: Materialism, Mortality Salience, and Consumption Behavior." Co-authored with K.M. Sheldon. Psychological Science, 2000.
Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative? (1978) by P. Brickman, D. Coates and R.J. Janoff-Bulman, in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 917-927.
Subjective Well-Being: The Science of Happiness and a Proposal for a National Index (2000), by E. Diener, in American Psychologist, 55, 34-43.
Pavot, W., & Diener, (1993). Review of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Personality Assessment, 5, 164-172.
Diener, E., & Diener, M. (1995). Cross-cultural correlates of life satisfaction and self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 653-663
Diener, E., Diener, M., & Diener, C. (1995). Factors predicting the subjective well-being of nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 851-864
Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2002). Will money increase subjective well-being? A literature review and guide to needed research. Social Indicators Research, 57, 119-169
Diener, E., Horwitz, J., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). Happiness of the very wealthy. Social Indicators Research, 16, 263-274.
Lista poate continua la nesfarsit, si tine cont ca aici m-am referit doar la articolele aparute in reviste de specialitate, nu si la carti faimoase pe aceasta tema, precum `The High Price of Materialism", a lui Kasser, aparuta la Cambridge U Press, sau "The Pursuit of Happines", a lui David Mayers, aparuta la Avon, sau la "Happiness: Lessonss from a New Science" a lui Layard sau, poate cea mai tare, `Well Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology", o colectie de eseuri editata de Kahneman, Diener si Norbert Swartz.
Sa spui despre aceste lucrari ca nu sunt serioase echivaleaza cu a te face de ras.
E relevant, de altfel, ca nu ai fost pana acum in stare sa dai nici macar un singura exemplu de "studiu serios" care sa le contrazica pe cele de mai sus, in afara unor caricaturi de pretinse studii pe care nimeni nu le-a vazut si care ar fi realizate de un simplu student la sociologie.