Sharma Gitima, Yukhymenko-Lescroart Mariya, Sanchez Tania
Department of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation, California State University, Fresno, United States.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, California State University, Fresno, United States.
Heliyon. 2023 Aug 29;9(9):e19614. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19614. eCollection 2023 Sep.
The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which high school students' sense of purpose explained variance their self-esteem. Life purpose is a multidimensional construct that encompasses long-term goals, commitments, and intentions to fulfill aspirations that are meaningful to self and have consequences for the world beyond-the-self. For this study, we explored the role of three distinct dimensions of awareness of purpose, awakening to purpose, and altruistic purpose in predicting students' self-esteem. High school students' ( = 234) between 14 and 18 years, completed surveys on self-esteem and sense of purpose. A structural model was tested, in which the three latent factors of awakening to purpose, awareness of purpose, and altruistic purpose were specified to predict a latent factor of self-esteem. Analyses were conducted using maximum likelihood estimation method. Findings showed that both awareness of purpose and altruistic purpose contributed positively to adolescents' self-esteem. Awakening to purpose, on the other hand, was not significantly related to adolescents' self-esteem once their awareness of purpose and altruistic purpose were taken into account. This study expanded the growing body of research on the role of purpose in contributing to school students' personal wellbeing and development. We have discussed the findings of this study and previous literature in the context of practical implications that could support school personnel, teachers, and counselors to engage in wellness-oriented approaches that could strengthen students' sense of purpose, and thereby their self-esteem.
本研究的目的是考察高中生的目标感在多大程度上解释了他们自尊的差异。人生目标是一个多维度的概念，它包含长期目标、承诺以及实现对自己有意义且对自我之外的世界有影响的抱负的意图。在本研究中，我们探讨了目标意识、目标觉醒和利他目标这三个不同维度在预测学生自尊方面的作用。14至18岁的234名高中生完成了关于自尊和目标感的调查。我们检验了一个结构模型，其中指定目标觉醒、目标意识和利他目标这三个潜在因素来预测自尊这一潜在因素。分析采用最大似然估计法进行。研究结果表明，目标意识和利他目标都对青少年的自尊有积极贡献。另一方面，一旦考虑到他们的目标意识和利他目标，目标觉醒与青少年的自尊并无显著关联。本研究扩展了关于目标在促进学生个人幸福和发展方面作用的不断增长的研究成果。我们在实际意义的背景下讨论了本研究的结果和先前的文献，这些实际意义可以支持学校工作人员、教师和辅导员采用以健康为导向的方法，从而增强学生的目标感，进而提高他们的自尊。
