Url
	https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1123
Title
	Some Implications of Believing that Happiness Involves the Absence of Pain: Negative Hedonic Beliefs Exacerbate the Effects of Stress on Well-Being
Creator
	Ethan A McMahan
	Incheol Choi
	Yuri Kwon
	Jongan Choi
	Joshua Fuller
	Patrick Josh
Subject
	Happiness
	Well-being
	Beliefs
	Emotion
	Stress
Publisher
	Springer
Date
	12/11/2015
Type
	Text
Identifier
	fac_pubs/11
Source
	Journal of Happiness Studies
Language
	eng
Abstract
	One common belief about happiness, espoused to varying degrees by both researchers and laypeople alike, is that happiness involves a lack of negative hedonic experiences. In the current investigation, we examine whether individual differences in endorsement of this belief, termed negative hedonic belief, moderate the effects of stress on happiness and several indicators of well-being. It was predicted that because stress involves the experience of negative hedonic states, increased stress would be more robustly associated with decreased happiness and well-being among those endorsing negative hedonic beliefs. Results from three studies utilizing both retrospective and prospective research designs generally support this prediction and suggest that endorsing the belief that happiness involves a lack of negative hedonic experiences is associated with more negative outcomes in response to the experience of heightened life stress.
Bibliographic Citation
	McMahan, E. A., Choi, I., Kwon, Y., Choi, J., Fuller, J., & Josh, P. (2015, December 11). Some implications of believing hedonic beliefs exacerbate theeffects of sress on well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies. doi:10.1007/s10902-015-9707-8
Funded by
	This research was funded in part by a research grant from the Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University to the first author.
Department or school name within institution
	Psychological Sciences
Note
	This is the authors' final accepted (peer-reviewed) manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-015-9707-8.

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