Valuing versus having: The contrary roles of valuing and having money and prestige on well-being.

ABSTRACT: Using data from Midlife in the United States (N=3,767), this study investigates how believing having money or occupational prestige is important for a good life is associated with different aspects of well-being. Actual income was positively associated with sense of purpose, personal growth, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, and life satisfaction, negatively associated with negative affect, and was not associated with autonomy, positive relations with others, or positive affect. Meanwhile, perceiving having enough money or extra money as important for a good life predicted poorer well-being across all nine well-being indicators. Occupational prestige was positively associated with sense of purpose, autonomy, personal growth, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, and l

SUBMITTER: Pfund GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904030 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature