Being socially determined constructs, concepts of subjective well-being ( SWB ) affect the motivation behind people’s behavior in every society. Usually, subjective well-being is measured using the survey questions about life satisfaction. Using multilevel modeling with individual and cross-national data from the World Values Survey on 65 countries for the 2005-2014 periods, this research confirms that life satisfaction determinants which constitute pivotal elements of subjective well-being differ significantly in democratic and nondemocratic social contexts. The effect of marital relations, participation in sports organizations and church attendance on life satisfaction is stronger in democratic social contexts than in nondemocratic ones. While the effect of income, educational level, participation in non-sports organizations and religiosity is stronger in a nondemocratic social context. These results contribute to a non-institutional measure of modern democracy, dispel some myths about modern democratic and nondemocratic values, and show the potency and applicability of a sociological approach in the field of SWB studies.

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民主与非民主社会的主观幸福感：比较研究

作为社会决定的结构，主观幸福感 (SWB) 的概念会影响每个社会中人们行为背后的动机。通常，主观幸福感是使用有关生活满意度的调查问题来衡量的。本研究使用多层次模型对 2005 年至 2014 年期间 65 个国家的世界价值观调查的个人和跨国数据进行多层次建模，证实构成主观幸福感关键要素的生活满意度决定因素在民主和非民主社会环境中存在显着差异。婚姻关系、参加体育组织和参加教堂对生活满意度的影响在民主社会环境中比在非民主社会环境中更强。而收入、教育水平的影响，在非民主的社会背景下，对非体育组织的参与和宗教信仰更强。这些结果有助于对现代民主的非制度性衡量，消除有关现代民主和非民主价值观的一些神话，并表明社会学方法在 SWB 研究领域的效力和适用性。