Lin Li
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Front Psychol. 2019 Jun 26;10:1334. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01334. eCollection 2019.
Going beyond previous research suggesting that the search for meaning in life (hereafter "search for meaning") is associated with civic engagement, this study investigated the moderating effects of personal and cultural values on the associations between the search for meaning and two kinds of civic engagement (i.e., pro-environmental engagement and political engagement). Based on the dataset of the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (WVS), multi-level analyses showed that the association between the search for meaning (in terms of thinking about meaning and purpose of life) and pro-environmental engagement was stronger when people held stronger values of openness to change (vs. conservation) and prioritized environmental wellness. The association between the search for meaning and political engagement was stronger when people endorsed stronger values of openness to change, showed a greater interest in politics and attributed greater importance to politics. At the society level, the association between the search for meaning and civic engagement was stronger in societies with a lower power distance. Implications for individual differences of the meaning search are discussed.
以往研究表明，对生活意义的探寻（以下简称“意义探寻”）与公民参与相关。本研究在此基础上进一步探讨了个人价值观和文化价值观对意义探寻与两种公民参与形式（即环保参与和政治参与）之间关联的调节作用。基于世界价值观调查（WVS）第六轮数据集的多层次分析表明，当人们持有更强的变革开放性价值观（相对于保守价值观）并将环境健康置于优先地位时，意义探寻（从思考生活的意义和目的方面而言）与环保参与之间的关联更强。当人们认同更强的变革开放性价值观、对政治表现出更大兴趣并赋予政治更高重要性时，意义探寻与政治参与之间的关联更强。在社会层面，在权力距离较低的社会中，意义探寻与公民参与之间的关联更强。文中还讨论了意义探寻在个体差异方面的启示。
