Meaning in Life: Is It a Protective Factor for Adolescents' Psychological Health?
Meaning in Life: Is It a Protective Factor for Adolescents' Psychological Health?
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DOI：
10.1007/s12529-010-9089-6
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Steger, Michael F.
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作者：
Brassai, Laszlo;Piko, Bettina F.;Steger, Michael F.
背景寻找一个连贯的生活意义一直被认为是一个保护因素，在青少年development.Purpose-本研究的目的是探讨生活的意义作为一个保护因素，在很大程度上未研究的人口：罗马尼亚青少年。此外，我们试图提供一种新的，多维度的评估几个健康相关的变量（药物滥用，健康风险行为，心理健康）。潜在的性别差异进行了探讨生活意义在青少年health.Method数据的作用，收集在2006年从就读于中学的中特兰西瓦尼亚地区，罗马尼亚（n=1,977）的学生。结果生活意义感对健康危险行为有保护作用，但对吸烟和酗酒无保护作用。在男性中，生活的意义被发现只与非法药物和镇静剂的使用相关，而在女性中，生活的意义与酗酒，不安全的性行为，缺乏锻炼和饮食控制有关。心理健康与生命意义密切相关。结论在罗马尼亚青少年中，生命意义是预防健康危险行为和不良心理健康的保护因素。
Background Searching for a coherent meaning in life has long been proposed to be a protective factor in adolescent development.Purpose The present study aimed to examine meaning in life as a protective factor in a largely unstudied population: Romanian adolescents. Additionally, we sought to provide a novel, multidimensional assessment of several health-related variables (substance abuse, health risk behaviors, psychological health). Potential gender differences were explored regarding the role of life meaning in adolescent health.Method Data were collected in 2006 from students enrolled in the secondary schools of the Middle Transylvanian Region, Romania (n=1,977). Self-administered questionnaires were used as a method of data collection including items of life meaning and psychological health.Results Meaning in life played a protective role with regard to health risk behaviors except smoking and binge drinking. Among males, meaning in life was found to be correlated only to illicit drug and sedative use, whereas among females, meaning in life was associated with binge drinking, unsafe sex, and lack of exercise and diet control. Psychological health was strongly related to meaning in life.Conclusion In Romanian adolescents, meaning in life is a protective factor against health risk behaviors and poor psychological health.