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Boosting Self-Esteem Trumps Other Pleasures

獲得尊重比其他更快樂

Remember affirmations?[“Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”] Well, if Stuart Smalley’s shot in the arm makes you smile, you’re not alone.Because a new study shows that young people would rather pump up their self-esteem than see a friend, have a drink or cash a big fat paycheck.The results appear in the Journal of Personality.

還記得自我肯定法嗎？“我夠好了，我夠聰明了，真是該死，大家都這么喜歡我。”好吧，如果斯爾圖特·斯莫利的一番鼓勵讓你咧嘴一笑的話，還有很多人跟你一樣。因為新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，比起和朋友見面、喝酒或是兌換一張巨額支票，年輕人更渴望獲得別人的尊重。此研究結(jié)果發(fā)表在《個性雜志》上。

We all like feeling good about ourselves.But can a little praise really trump a slice of pizza, a great party or a wad of cash?College students were given a questionnaire.And they were asked to rate various activities based on how much they liked or wanted them.Things like: drinking, hanging with friends, having sex, and getting paid.

我們都愿意對自己有個良好的感覺。但一個小小的稱贊真的能擊敗一塊比薩、一個很棒的聚會或一疊鈔票嗎？我們讓大學(xué)生做一份調(diào)查問卷。他們需要根據(jù)自己對各種活動的喜好程度評價這些活動。這些活動包括：喝酒、與朋友在一起消磨時間、做愛、以及領(lǐng)工資等。

The results?Undergrads do like those things.But not as much as they say they like getting good grades or a compliment.Study author Brad Bushman says “American society seems to believe that self-esteem is the cure all for every social ill, from bad grades to teen pregnancies to violence.But there has been no evidence that boosting self-esteem actually helps with these problems.We may be too focused on increasing self-esteem.”

結(jié)果如何呢？學(xué)生們的確喜歡這些活動。但他們說得到好成績和獲得稱贊比這些更加重要。此研究的帶頭人布拉德·布什曼說：“美國社會似乎認為自尊是解決所有社會問題的良藥，包括成績不好，青少年懷孕以及暴力行為等。但并沒有跡象表明增加自尊可以幫助解決這些問題。我們也許過于看重提升自尊的重要性了。”

—Karen Hopkin

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