Interaction effects of societal risk perception and social comparison on subjective well-being (IMAGE)

Doshisha University

Interaction effects of societal risk perception and social comparison on subjective well-being

Caption

The figure illustrates how predicted probabilities of reporting life satisfaction levels 7–10 vary across low (−1 SD), average, and high (+1 SD) perceived national/societal risk. Panel 1a shows results stratified by upward social comparison (Iu0), while Panel 1b shows results stratified by downward comparison (Id0). Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Both forms of social comparison exert a stronger influence when perceived societal risk is high; and increases in risk generate steeper declines in predicted SWB in strong upward comparison, while keeping SWB level in strong downward comparison, indicating asymmetric psychological effects.

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Professor Ken’ichi Ikeda from Doshisha University, Japan

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