Abstract
Although the relationships between income and well-being have been studied in many countries, these relationships have not been studied among Japanese workers. This study aims at filling this gap, investigating the relationships between income and positive affect, life satisfaction, and subjective happiness in a group of Japanese workers. Two hundred thirty participants completed a self-report questionnaire including annual income, positive affect, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, and other covariates. To test the effects of annual income on positive affect, life satisfaction, and subjective happiness, one-way ANOVAs and ANCOVAs controlling for age, gender, occupation, work schedule, employment, and smoking status were conducted. No associations were found between the level of annual income and positive affect, life satisfaction, or subjective happiness. Occupation, number of working hours, and physical exercise by level of annual income may have partly contributed to our not finding relationships between annual income and these dependent variables.
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This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 20730445).
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Otsuka, Y., Hori, M., Kawahito, J. (2013). Income Is Not Associated with Positive Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Happiness Among Japanese Workers. In: Knoop, H., Delle Fave, A. (eds) Well-Being and Cultures. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4611-4_11
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