Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2020.
Replications
- Does spending money on others promote happiness?: A registered replication report, Aknin et al. (2020). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Outcome recorded: mixed.
Taken together, these studies support the hypothesis that spending money on others does promote happiness, but demonstrate that the magnitude of the effect depends on several methodological features.
Outcome read from the abstract. View paper
Cite this record
Dunn, E. W., Aknin, L. B., & Norton, M. I. (2008). Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness. Science, 319(5870), 1687–1688. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150952
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