青春期的人生目标选择模式和目的:潜伏类分析
ChenYu Hung1, Yue Ni2, G John Geldhof2
1American Institutes for Research, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Journal of adolescence
|June 22, 2023
概括
青少年的目标选择,无论是以自我,关系或社区为重点,都没有显著影响日常目标的变化. 然而,以其他目标为导向的目标与稍微更高的目标感有关,支持实现生活意义的平等性.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 生活中的意义研究研究
背景情况:
- 青春期是身份形成和目标发展的关键时期.
- 了解青少年的目标如何与他们的目标感有关,这对心理健康至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经探讨了目标导向,但与青少年日常目标变化的联系需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查青少年目标选择模式.
- 检查自我,关系和社区目标与日常目标变化之间的关联.
- 探索这些目标类型与生活中平均水平目标感之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 213名高中生 (平均年龄15.18岁) 参加.
- 学生们选择了他们三个最重要的目标,并在3周内每天报告他们的目标感.
- 潜在类分析确定了目标选择模式,随后进行了群组比较.
主要成果:
- 四个不同的目标选择类别出现了:自我和内心圈,内心圈,以他人为导向和自我为导向.
- 在确定组的日常目标或整体目标感的变化中没有发现显著差异.
- 一个重要的发现表明,与自我和内心圈组相比,其他导向组的学生报告了更有意义的目标感.
结论:
- 青少年的目标优先级模式各不相同,根据他们选择的目标确定了不同的群体.
- 虽然其他面向目标的目标与更高的目标感有着适度的关联,但整体目标水平在各组之间没有显著差异.
- 研究结果支持等终性概念,表明通过多样化的目标追求,可以实现有意义的目标感.
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