Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Department of Psychology.
Emotion. 2022 Apr;22(3):597-602. doi: 10.1037/emo0000776. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
Sense of purpose has proven a consistent predictor of positive outcomes during adulthood. However, it remains unclear how purposeful adults respond to positive events in their daily lives. The current study examined whether sense of purpose predicted the frequency of daily positive events, as well as participants' affect on days with a positive event, across 8 days in an adult sample ( = 1959; mean age: 56 years). Sense of purpose predicted a greater frequency of daily positive events. Moreover, sense of purpose moderated the associations between daily positive events and daily positive affect; purposeful adults experienced less of an increase in positive affect both on the current day and the day following the positive event. Findings are discussed with respect to how purpose in life may serve homeostatic functions, insofar that having a life direction reduces responsivity to daily events and promote affect stability. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
目标感已被证明是成年人积极结果的一个持续预测因素。然而，目前尚不清楚有目标感的成年人如何应对日常生活中的积极事件。本研究在一个成年样本中（n=1959；平均年龄：56 岁），在 8 天内考察了目标感是否可以预测日常积极事件的频率，以及参与者在有积极事件的日子里的情绪。目标感预测了日常积极事件的更高频率。此外，目标感调节了日常积极事件和日常积极情绪之间的关系；有目标感的成年人在积极事件发生的当天和第二天，积极情绪的增加幅度都较小。研究结果讨论了生活目标感如何发挥同定作用，因为有生活方向可以降低对日常事件的反应性，并促进情绪稳定性。（美国心理协会，2022）
