Lin Li, Shek Daniel T L
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 27;18(11):5765. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115765.
This study explored the association between meaning in life and readiness for political participation based on meaning-in-life profiles among Chinese late adolescents. A total of 1030 college students (mean age = 19.69 ± 1.47 years) in Hong Kong participated in this study. First, we used a cluster analysis to investigate meaning-in-life profiles based on two dimensions: "presence of meaning" and "search for meaning". Furthermore, we investigated the association between meaning profiles and readiness for political participation. Results revealed three distinguishable profiles, which emerged in both male and female adolescents. Students with "high-presence" and "high-search" attributes and students with "low-presence" and "high-search" characteristics showed greater readiness to engage in normative and non-normative political actions than did those with a "high-presence" and "low-search" profile. Our research fills the research gap on meaning profiles in Asian adolescents and provides the empirical basis for an alternative account of youth political participation.
本研究基于中国青少年晚期的生命意义轮廓，探讨了生命意义与政治参与准备度之间的关联。香港共有1030名大学生（平均年龄 = 19.69 ± 1.47岁）参与了本研究。首先，我们使用聚类分析，基于“意义的存在”和“对意义的探寻”这两个维度来研究生命意义轮廓。此外，我们还研究了意义轮廓与政治参与准备度之间的关联。结果揭示了三种不同的轮廓，在男性和女性青少年中均有出现。具有“高存在”和“高探寻”属性的学生以及具有“低存在”和“高探寻”特征的学生，比具有“高存在”和“低探寻”轮廓的学生表现出更强的参与规范性和非规范性政治行动的准备度。我们的研究填补了亚洲青少年意义轮廓方面的研究空白，并为青年政治参与的另一种解释提供了实证依据。
