Can Money Buy Well-being? Research on the Relationship between Social Exclusion and Residents’ Well-being from the Perspective of Conspicuous Consumption
Social exclusion; Subjective well-being; Sense of belonging; Conspicuous consumption; Moderated mediation effect
社会排斥; 主观幸福感; 归属感; 炫耀性消费; 有调节的中介效应
Abstract:
Social exclusion has long been regarded as a negative factor affecting individuals’ subjective well-being. To explore the mechanism through which social exclusion influences subjective well-being, this study surveyed 497 residents in Shandong Province, examining variables such as social exclusion, sense of belonging, subjective well-being, and conspicuous consumption. The results showed a significant negative correlation between social exclusion and subjective well-being. Social exclusion not only further affected subjective well-being by reducing the sense of belonging, but conspicuous consumption also negatively moderated the negative impact of social exclusion on the sense of belonging. Specifically, conspicuous consumption negatively moderated the first half of the mediation process. This study indicates that conspicuous consumption can enhance residents’ subjective well-being by mitigating the negative effect of social exclusion on the sense of belonging, suggesting that conspicuous consumption plays a positive moderating role in the process through which social exclusion affects residents’ subjective well-being.
社会排斥一直被认为是影响个体幸福感的消极因素。为了探讨社会排斥对人们主观幸福感的影响机制,本研究以497名山东居民为研究样本,调查了社会排斥、归属感、主观幸福感以及炫耀性消费等相关变量。研究结果显示,社会排斥与主观幸福感之间呈显著负相关,社会排斥不仅会通过降低归属感进一步影响主观幸福感,而且炫耀性消费负向调节了社会排斥对归属感的负向影响,即炫耀性消费负向调节了这一中介过程的前半路径。本研究表明炫耀性消费可以通过降低社会排斥对归属感的消极影响来提高居民的主观幸福感,即炫耀性消费在社会排斥影响居民主观幸福感的过程中扮演着积极的调节作用。