Hill Patrick L, Turiano Nicholas A, Burrow Anthony L
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Int J Behav Dev. 2018 Jan 1;42(1):143-147. doi: 10.1177/0165025416681537. Epub 2016 Dec 2.
Feeling a sense of purpose in life appears to hold consistent benefits for positive aging and well-being. As such, it is important to consider the potential factors that promote or hinder the development of purposefulness over the lifespan. For instance, it remains unclear whether early life experiences, particularly adverse ones, may hold lasting influences on whether one feels purposeful into adulthood. The current study examined whether early life adversity predicted a diminished sense of purpose in adulthood using data from participants ( = 3835) in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Reports of early life adversity were associated with lower levels of purpose in adulthood, and chronological age failed to moderate this relationship.
在生活中拥有目标感似乎对积极老龄化和幸福有着持续的益处。因此，考虑在整个生命周期中促进或阻碍目标感发展的潜在因素很重要。例如，早年经历，尤其是不良经历，是否会对一个人成年后是否有目标感产生持久影响仍不清楚。本研究利用美国中年（MIDUS）研究中参与者（n = 3835）的数据，检验了早年逆境是否能预测成年后目标感的降低。早年逆境的报告与成年后较低的目标感水平相关，而实际年龄并未调节这种关系。
