DOI:10.6129/CJP.202306_65(2).0004

中華心理學刊 民 112，65 卷，2 期，145-162
Chinese Journal of Psychology 2023, Vol.65, No.2, 145-162

Yen-Ju Feng(Department of psychology, National Taiwan University); Su-Ling Yeh(Department of psychology, National Taiwan University); Po-Jang Hsieh(Department of psychology, National Taiwan University)

Abstract

The study of subjective well-being has traditionally relied on psychological scales and correlation analyses. In this research, we introduce two perceptual tasks to investigate potential components that may impact subjective well- being: emotional detection and emotion lateralization. The first experiment utilized the discontinuous flash suppression paradigm to explore the relationship between unconscious emotion detection and well-being. Our results indicate that women with a greater capacity for detecting unconscious emotions are more likely to have positive emotions, stronger relationships, and higher levels of well-being than men. The second experiment, using the bi-stable paradigm, investigated the relationship between emotional lateralization and well-being. Our findings revealed that individuals with greater inter-hemispheric connections coped better with stress, had closer positive relationships, greater personal growth, and overall higher levels of well-being. This research attempts to identify "perceptual correlates" of well-being. To assess subjective well-being objectively and without bias, the relevant results will be further developed into a stable behavioral measurement.

Keyword: behavior measurement, emotion, experimental paradigm, well-being