确定22个国家中与成人目标和意义相关的童年因素（全球繁荣研究）。
Identifying childhood correlates of adult purpose and meaning across 22 countries (Global Flourishing Study).
作者信息
Kim Eric S, Bradshaw Matt, Noah Padgett R, Chen Ying, Shiba Koichiro, Ritchie-Dunham James L, Case Brendan W, Johnson Byron R, VanderWeele Tyler J
机构信息
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Human Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
出版信息
Npj Ment Health Res. 2025 Apr 30;4(1):14. doi: 10.1038/s44184-025-00127-9.
How might we cultivate a life imbued with purpose and meaning? Though common experience indicates purpose and meaning are inherently important, empirical evidence confirms they are also linked to improved health/well-being. However, childhood antecedents of purpose and meaning in adulthood are understudied. We analyzed nationally representative data from 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study (N = 202,898) and evaluated whether 11 aspects of a child's upbringing correlate with purpose and meaning in adulthood, and if these associations vary by country. Some childhood factors were associated with increased purpose and meaning, including: good health, good relationship with parents, economic stability, regular religious service attendance, being female, and older birth cohorts. Childhood factors associated with decreased purpose and meaning included: abuse, feeling alienated, poor health, economic hardship, and loss of a parent. These findings may inform the development of programs designed to foster purpose and meaning that are globally adaptable and locally nuanced.
我们如何培养一种充满目标和意义的生活？尽管普遍经验表明目标和意义本身很重要，但实证证据证实它们也与改善健康/幸福相关。然而，成年后目标和意义的童年 antecedents 尚未得到充分研究。我们分析了全球繁荣研究中来自22个国家的具有全国代表性的数据（N = 202,898），并评估了儿童养育的11个方面是否与成年后的目标和意义相关，以及这些关联是否因国家而异。一些童年因素与目标和意义的增加相关，包括：健康良好、与父母关系良好、经济稳定、定期参加宗教仪式、女性以及出生队列较年长。与目标和意义减少相关的童年因素包括：虐待、感到疏离、健康不佳、经济困难和失去父母。这些发现可能为旨在培养全球适用且因地制宜的目标和意义的项目开发提供参考。
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