Hofer Jan, Busch Holger, Menon Anitha
Department of Developmental Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany.
Department of Psychology, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jun 27;15:1355213. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1355213. eCollection 2024.
Across various cultural contexts, success in goal realization relates to individuals' well-being. Moreover, commitment to and successful pursuance of goals are crucial when searching for a meaningful identity in adolescence. However, individuals' goals differ in how much they match their implicit motive dispositions. We hypothesized that successful pursuance of affiliation goals positively relates to commitment-related dimensions of interpersonal identity development (domain: close friends) that, in turn, predict adolescents' level of well-being. However, we further assumed that the links between goal success and identity commitment are particularly pronounced among adolescents who are characterized by a high implicit affiliation motive.
To scrutinize the generalizability of the assumed relationships, data were assessed among adolescents in individualistic (Germany) and collectivistic (Zambia) cultural contexts.
Regardless of adolescents' cultural background, we found that commitment-related dimensions of interpersonal identity development mediate the link between successful attainment of affiliation goals and well-being, particularly among adolescents with a pronounced implicit affiliation motive; that is, the strength of the implicit affiliation motive moderates the association between goal success and identity commitment.
We discuss findings concerning universal effects of implicit motives on identity commitment and well-being.
在各种文化背景下，目标实现的成功与个人幸福相关。此外，在青春期寻求有意义的身份认同过程中，对目标的承诺和成功追求至关重要。然而，个人目标在与他们的内隐动机倾向的匹配程度上存在差异。我们假设，成功追求归属目标与人际身份发展（领域：亲密朋友）中与承诺相关的维度呈正相关，而这些维度反过来又能预测青少年的幸福水平。然而，我们进一步假设，在以高内隐归属动机为特征的青少年中，目标成功与身份承诺之间的联系尤为明显。
为了检验假设关系的普遍性，我们在个人主义文化背景（德国）和集体主义文化背景（赞比亚）的青少年中收集了数据。
无论青少年的文化背景如何，我们发现人际身份发展中与承诺相关的维度介导了归属目标的成功实现与幸福之间的联系，特别是在具有明显内隐归属动机的青少年中；也就是说，内隐归属动机的强度调节了目标成功与身份承诺之间的关联。
我们讨论了关于内隐动机对身份承诺和幸福的普遍影响的研究结果。
