近年来有关研究发现了追求积极情绪可能给个体带来消极后果,即个体越追求积极情绪,他们很可能越体验不到幸福,并称之为“追求积极情绪的悖论”。当个体把追求积极情绪作为目标时,可能会(1)为个人的快乐设定过高的标准;(2)通过不恰当的活动去获得快乐;(3)监控获得快乐的过程,妨碍了沉浸体验。这三个心理过程导致了“追求积极情绪的悖论”。未来的研究应该进一步关注:(1)全面揭示追求积极情绪的后果;(2)揭示追求积极情绪导致消极后果的生理神经机制;(3)追求积极情绪的跨文化研究;(4)探索正确追求积极情绪的方式。
Recent studies have found that the more positive emotion people pursue, the less likely they will feel happy. Its psychological mechanism may be:when pursuing positive emotion comes to be a major goal, people tend to (1) set a too high standard for happy emotion; (2) obtain happiness through ineffective ways; (3) monitor the process of getting happy instead of immersing in it. There are many questions should be further explored: (1) Revealing the consequences of pursuing positive emotion comprehensively; (2) The neural mechanisms of pursuing positive emotion’s negative effects; (3) The cross-culture differences of pursuing positive emotion; (4) To explore the way to gain positive results in pursuing positive emotion.