利用年轻人对社会挑战做出贡献的需求:一种自然主义的实验
Lysanne W Te Brinke1, Sophie W Sweijen1, Eveline A Crone1,2
1Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Journal of adolescence
|June 8, 2025
概括
青少年有强烈的需要为社会挑战做出贡献. 一个解决这一需求的计划缩小了他们愿望和机会之间的差距,培养了更强的行动意识.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 青少年发展 青少年发展
背景情况:
- 全球社会挑战显著影响青少年心理健康.
- 青少年有必要为社会做出积极贡献,但机会往往有限.
- 了解如何利用这种对积极影响的需求对于年轻人的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查青少年需要贡献和感知机会之间的平衡.
- 检查社会挑战计划对这种平衡和相关心理因素的影响.
- 确定对此类计划的响应能力的潜在个体差异.
主要方法:
- 一个自然主义实验,涉及139名荷兰青少年 (年龄12-17岁).
- 参与者在四个时间点填写了关于需要做出贡献,感知到的机会,活力,抑郁和寻求新奇性的问卷.
- 实验组参与了社会挑战计划 (研讨会和影响挑战),而对照组没有.
主要成果:
- 青少年需要做出贡献和感知到的机会之间存在重大不平衡,特别是对于那些对社会奖励敏感的人来说.
- 与对照组相比,社会挑战计划减少了实验组中的这种不平衡.
- 更高的参与强度与干预后立即作出贡献的更大需求相关,尽管在随访时这种效应减少了.
结论:
- 青少年表现出一个实质性的需要参与并为社会挑战做出贡献.
- 社会挑战计划可以有效地弥合青少年对贡献的需求与他们感知的机会之间的差距.
- 研究结果表明,个人在成为"变革推动者"方面存在差异,并为青少年心理健康研究提供了洞察力.
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