Messersmith Emily E, Schulenberg John E
Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina, USA.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2010 Winter;2010(130):27-40. doi: 10.1002/cd.279.
This study examines the relation between young adults' goal achievement, continued goal striving over time, and subsequent well-being. Analysis of a longitudinal subsample of a nationally representative U.S. study of 5,693 adolescents as they transition to adulthood revealed that individuals who met their goals had higher well-being, but that the relation between goal completion and well-being varied by goal content. Continued goal striving was related to well-being and maintained domain-specific self-efficacies, whereas goal disengagement was accompanied by declines in domain-specific self-efficacies. Overall, the results suggest that long-term goal striving is beneficial for well-being during the transition to adulthood.
本研究考察了年轻人的目标达成、随时间持续追求目标与后续幸福感之间的关系。对一项具有全国代表性的美国研究中5693名青少年从青春期向成年期过渡的纵向子样本进行分析后发现,实现目标的个体幸福感更高,但目标完成与幸福感之间的关系因目标内容而异。持续追求目标与幸福感相关,并能维持特定领域的自我效能感,而放弃目标则伴随着特定领域自我效能感的下降。总体而言,研究结果表明,在向成年期过渡期间,长期追求目标对幸福感有益。