Hedonism is defined as valuing the personal experience of pleasure and comfort as a guiding principle in one’s life. Cross-sectional research shows null or weak positive associations between hedonism and life satisfaction. To examine the longitudinal associations between hedonism and life satisfaction, the present study used a nationally representative sample of Dutch adults (N = 7199), collected across 5 waves during about 13 years. The lagged within-person associations between the 2 variables indicated that hedonism and life satisfaction are not longitudinally linked. The results also showed that whereas hedonism steadily decreased, life satisfaction showed a quadratic trend over the course of the study.

享乐主义被定义为将个人的愉悦和舒适体验作为人生的指导原则。横断面研究显示享乐主义与生活满意度之间没有或微弱的正相关。为了检验享乐主义与生活满意度之间的纵向关联，本研究使用了具有全国代表性的荷兰成年人样本 ( N  = 7199)，在大约 13 年的 5 次浪潮中收集。两个变量之间滞后的人内关联表明享乐主义和生活满意度没有纵向联系。结果还表明，尽管享乐主义稳步下降，但生活满意度在研究过程中呈二次型趋势。