社会指数研究中文化差异与幸福感研究关系探析

关于文化差异是否以及如何影响幸福感判断，学界存在两种相反观点： 一是认为文化差异会造成情感、心理等因素上的差异，从而影响自我阐释和幸福感的判断结果；另一种观点认为文化背景差异不会导致调查结果差异。通过社会学调查实例结论，对两种观点进行分析： 前者更倾向于具体指标的分析，对具体政策制定和实施效果的参与更为有效；而后者则将各指数因素归纳作整体把握，有助于不同文化间的比较研究。中国社会学的幸福感研究若要完成有效的政策制定参与，应重视社会指数研究的旨向与目的，将前者纳入后者调查范围，重视数据的二次分析。

An Analysis of Relationship Between Cultural Differences and Happiness from the Perspective of Social Index Research

With regard to the relationship between cultural differences and happiness, there are two opposite viewpoints: One is that cultural differences may lead to the differences in emotion and psychology and then have impact on the results of self interpretation and happiness. The other is that cultural differences do not result in different outcomes. Based on social survey, the paper analyzes the two viewpoints, holding that the two viewpoints represent two methods and two thinking ways in sociology research and embody the differences in concept defining and research objects. The former focuses more on the analysis of concrete index, which is more effective in concrete policy making and participation. The later centers on summarizing various index factors, which is helpful to the comparative study of hetergeneous cultures. Therefore, to finish the effective policy making and participation, it is necessary for China to make happiness research in the orientation and purpose of social index and analyze the data in detail.