We examine whether a positive feedback loop exists between spending money on others (i.e. prosocial spending) and happiness. Participants recalled a previous purchase made for either themselves or someone else and then reported their happiness. Afterward, participants chose whether to spend a monetary windfall on themselves or someone else. Participants assigned to recall a purchase made for someone else reported feeling significantly happier immediately after this recollection; most importantly, the happier participants felt, the more likely they were to choose to spend a windfall on someone else in the near future. Thus, by providing initial evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and well-being, these data offer one potential path to sustainable happiness: prosocial spending increases happiness which in turn encourages prosocial spending.
Source: “Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness” from Journal of Happiness Studies
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Title | How To Create A Feedback Loop Of Happiness |
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Author | Eric Barker |
Date | April 26, 2011 10:34 AM UTC (12 years ago) |
Blog | bakadesuyo |
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Original Link | https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2011/04/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-positive-feedback/ |
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