What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?
通过假设情景调查，发现人们的选择与预测的幸福感排序有时不一致，并识别出目的感、生活掌控感、家庭幸福和社会地位等因素可解释这种差异，对用幸福感调查替代效用有启示。
Would people choose what they think would maximize their subjective well-being (SWB)? We present survey respondents with hypothetical scenarios and elicit both choice and predicted SWB rankings of two alternatives. While choice and predicted SWB rankings usually coincide in our data, we find systematic reversals. We identify factors—such as predicted sense of purpose, control over one's life, family happiness, and social status—that help explain hypothetical choice controlling for predicted SWB. We explore how our findings vary by SWB measure and by scenario. Our results have implications regarding the use of SWB survey questions as a proxy for utility.