Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority , Kristiansand , Norway.
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2013 Oct;17(4):244-52. doi: 10.3109/13651501.2012.745573. Epub 2012 Dec 17.
This study aimed to determine similarities and differences on perceived importance and perceived attainability of life goals between a clinical and non-clinical adolescent sample.
244 students and 54 adolescent patients completed the Adolescent Life Goal Profile Scale (ALGPS). The ALGPS measures perceived importance and perceived attainability of four main life goal categories: Relations, Generativity, Religion, and Achievements. As a control, we used five measures of mental health, quality of life, and personality.
There were no differences on perceived importance on the Generativity, Religion, and Achievement life goal factor, but patients perceived relation-oriented goals less important than non-patients. Perceived attainability of life goals factors was lower for patients on all life goals except for Generativity. Compared to non-patients, patients were less happy and satisfied and had lower sense of coherence and self-efficacy. Patients were also less emotionally stable, had lower conscientiousness, but higher intellect.
Though patients appear less content with life in general than non-patients, chances are that they uphold their concern and care for others, remain devoted in their religious stand, and stay committed to their achievement-related goals. The lower perceived importance of relations within the patient group should be awarded clinical attention.
本研究旨在确定临床和非临床青少年样本在生活目标的感知重要性和感知可实现性方面的异同。
244 名学生和 54 名青少年患者完成了青少年生活目标概况量表（ALGPS）。ALGPS 测量了四个主要生活目标类别（关系、生殖、宗教和成就）的感知重要性和感知可实现性。作为对照，我们使用了五个心理健康、生活质量和人格的衡量标准。
在生殖、宗教和成就生活目标因素上，患者与非患者在感知重要性方面没有差异，但患者认为关系导向的目标不如非患者重要。除了生殖之外，患者对所有生活目标的可实现性感知都较低。与非患者相比，患者的幸福感和满意度较低，心理一致性和自我效能感较低。患者也不那么情绪稳定，尽责性较低，但智力较高。
尽管患者总体上对生活的满意度似乎低于非患者，但他们可能会坚持对他人的关心和照顾，保持对宗教信仰的投入，坚持与成就相关的目标。患者群体中关系的感知重要性较低，应引起临床关注。
