soacial investment

The purpose of this study is to investigate satisfaction with life and social investment as religious· and non-religious people in Japanese and American college students. In the U.S., the present research investigates satisfaction with life and social investment as intrinsically religious people, who view religion as an aim of their life, by comparing high intrinsic people with low intrinsic people. The research suggests that the life of meaning is higher and the life of pleasure is lower in high intrinsic people compared to low intrinsic people on orientations to happiness, and high intrinsic people are more satisfied with their life than low intrinsic people. Moreover, the present findings suggest that high intrinsic people are more positive and are more likely to invest in other people in some situations such as religion situations and volunteer situations than low intrinsic people. In Japan, the present research suggests that the life of meaning is higher and the life of pleasure is lower in eager religious people compared to other religious people and non-religious people on orientations to happiness. Furthermore, the findings suggest that eager religious people are more likely to invest in other people in religion situations and school situations than other people.