Purpose as a Form of Identity Capital for Positive Youth Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Burrow, Anthony L.; Hill, Patrick L.
Titel	Purpose as a Form of Identity Capital for Positive Youth Adjustment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 4, S.1196-1206 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0023818
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Adolescents; Self Concept; Young Adults; Correlation; Affective Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Measures (Individuals); High School Students; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Selbstkonzept; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Korrelation; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Messdaten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Having a sense of purpose has been discussed as a developmental asset for youth and as an outgrowth of establishing a sense of identity. Using the identity capital model as a theoretical framework, 3 studies examined purpose as a mediator in the relationship between identity and well-being among adolescents and emerging adults. In Study 1A, (n = 110), purpose commitment was positively associated with positive affect, hope, happiness among adolescents, and fully mediated associations between identity commitment and these indices of well-being. These findings were replicated in Study 1B (n = 398), with a sample of emerging adults and using different measures of well-being. In Study 2, multilevel random coefficient modeling analyses examined the role of identity and purpose in the daily lives of adolescents (n = 135). Results showed that purpose commitment fully mediated the relationship between identity and changes in daily positive and negative affect. Overall, findings suggest that cultivating a sense of purpose in life may be an important mechanism through which a stable identity contributes to well-being. (Contains 6 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10