人を助けることで幸せになれる—でもそのやり方が重要
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エリザベス・ダン |
TED2019
• April 2019
他の人を助けることで、人は幸福を感じることが研究で示されています。しかし社会心理学者のエリザベス・ダンは、その寛大さと喜びに関する画期的な研究で、そこには落とし穴があることを見つけました。助けるやり方が重要だということです。人を助けるやり方で鍵となる点を1つ変えることで、より多くの効果を生み出し、自分の幸福度も高められることを学びましょう。ダンは言います。「与えることを単なる道徳的責任ではなく、喜びの源として考えてみてください」
他の人を助けることで、人は幸福を感じることが研究で示されています。しかし社会心理学者のエリザベス・ダンは、その寛大さと喜びに関する画期的な研究で、そこには落とし穴があることを見つけました。助けるやり方が重要だということです。人を助けるやり方で鍵となる点を1つ変えることで、より多くの効果を生み出し、自分の幸福度も高められることを学びましょう。ダンは言います。「与えることを単なる道徳的責任ではなく、喜びの源として考えてみてください」
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Elizabeth Dunn discovers ways that people can optimize their use of time, money and technology in order to maximize their own happiness.
Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton | Simon & Schuster, 2014 | Book
Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
My book with my longtime collaborator Michael Norton (of Harvard Business School) provides an overview of our research showing how and why spending money on others promotes happiness. In addition, we offer four other research-based principles for spending money in happier ways, including buying experiences and delaying consumption. People seem to find it useful. (For example, when it was published, it was selected by the Washington Post as one of their "top 20 books every leader should read").
Aknin, L., Whillans, A. V., Norton, M. I. and Dunn, E. W. | "World Happiness Report 2019," 2019 | Article
"Happiness and prosocial behavior: An evaluation of the evidence"
This brief paper, created for the United Nations 2019 World Happiness Report, provides a detailed yet accessible discussion of the relationship between generosity and happiness, including an assessment of the methodological strengths and weaknesses of research in this area.
Lok, I. and Dunn, E. W. | Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2019 | Article
"Under What Conditions Does Prosocial Spending Promote Happiness?"
If you're interested in digging more deeply into the key catalysts that help turn good deeds into good feelings, this paper provides a thorough review of all existing research in this area, as well as presenting our newest data on this topic. This paper utilizes current best practices in psychology, including pre-registration and openly available data.
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The Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
If you'd like to learn more about private refugee sponsorship in Canada, including a brief history of this program, this website is a great resource.
Vintage, 2007 | Dan Gilbert | Book
Stumbling on Happiness
One of the great strokes of luck in my life was getting to work on my undergraduate honors thesis with Dan Gilbert. His groundbreaking work on happiness has shaped my thinking on this topic ever since. When people ask me to recommend a book on happiness — out of the many thousands that have been written — this book is always my first pick.
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Samantha Gill's photography
My sister-in-law Samantha Gill took almost all of the photos in my talk of both our refugee sponsorship group and the Plenty of Plates program. See more of her work on Instagram!
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