英文摘要 |
The negative effects from alcohol and smoking due to depressionand unhappiness not only damage individual but also bring tangible andintangible burden for the family and the society. As such, the purpose ofthis paper based upon the framework of Loewenstein et al. (2001), Slovicet al. (2002), and Lyubomirsky, King, and Diener (2005), is to investigatethe relationship between the demand for alcohol or cigarette for peoplewith different characteristics of happiness. A set of data, CardiovascularDisease Risk Factors Two Township Study, collected by Academia Sinicaof Taiwan is used for this purpose. The results show that there is aninversed-U shape between the degree of happiness and the demand foralcohol. This reveals both for people with characteristics of highhappiness and those with high unhappiness. It is especially important toknow that people with high unhappy characteristics normally intend toeliminate the sorrow through alcohol but over-drinking just reinforces thedistress. As with smoking, there is an inversed relationship between thedegree of happiness and numbers of cigarettes demanded daily. Thisshows that people with high unhappy characteristics will demand morecigarettes. These results imply the importance of enhancing happyenvironment in the society and to individual. |