Yan Shan, Tang Weihai
Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jun 28;14(7):550. doi: 10.3390/bs14070550.
Authenticity is a positive force for adolescent development. Taking middle school students as the main research objects, this paper examines the causal mechanism between state authenticity (SA) and sense of meaning in life through two studies: the diary method and authenticity level increase experiment. In study 1, through the daily diary data tracking investigation of 130 middle school students in daily life situations, the basic psychological needs (BPNs) and satisfaction with life (SWL) play a chain mediating role between state authenticity and sense of daily meaning in life. State authenticity has a one-way prediction effect on sense of meaning in life. In study 2, 140 participants were randomly divided into two groups (experimental group and control group). Middle school students in the experimental group were activated to recall the authenticity experience events to enhance the level of personal authenticity, and it was found that the subjects reported a higher sense of meaning in life. This study reveals the causal mechanism between authenticity and sense of meaning of life, which has positive practical significance for exploring ways to enhance the sense of meaning of life of middle school students.
真实性是青少年发展的一种积极力量。本文以中学生为主要研究对象，通过日记法和真实性水平提升实验这两项研究，考察了状态真实性（SA）与生活意义感之间的因果机制。在研究1中，通过对130名中学生在日常生活情境中的日常日记数据进行跟踪调查，发现基本心理需求（BPNs）和生活满意度（SWL）在状态真实性与日常生活意义感之间起链式中介作用。状态真实性对生活意义感具有单向预测作用。在研究2中，将140名参与者随机分为两组（实验组和对照组）。激活实验组的中学生回忆真实性体验事件以提高个人真实性水平，结果发现这些受试者报告了更高的生活意义感。本研究揭示了真实性与生活意义感之间的因果机制，对探索提高中学生生活意义感的途径具有积极的实践意义。
