Yang Yang, Wang Hongyu, Gong Shaoying, Qiu Yin
Mental Health Education Center, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China.
Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jul 14;15(7):948. doi: 10.3390/bs15070948.
A clear understanding of one's identity is essential for adolescents to lead a meaningful and purposeful life. We investigated the relationship between self-concept clarity and meaning in life among 2288 adolescents through a cross-sectional survey, using both variable-centered and person-centered approaches. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between self-concept clarity and meaning in life among Chinese adolescents, as well as its dimensions. Three distinct profiles of self-concept clarity were identified among adolescents: high, medium, and low. The profile with high self-concept clarity had the highest meaning in life, followed by the moderate self-concept clarity profile, while the low self-concept clarity group had the lowest meaning in life. The findings underscore the enduring impact of self-concept clarity on adolescents' meaning in life, affirming its central function within the self-concept structure in shaping meaning in life.
清楚地了解自己的身份认同对于青少年过上有意义、有目标的生活至关重要。我们通过横断面调查,采用以变量为中心和以人为中心的方法,对2288名青少年的自我概念清晰度与生活意义之间的关系进行了调查。结果显示,中国青少年的自我概念清晰度与生活意义及其维度之间存在显著的正相关。在青少年中识别出了三种不同的自我概念清晰度概况:高、中、低。自我概念清晰度高的概况在生活意义方面得分最高,其次是自我概念清晰度中等的概况,而自我概念清晰度低的组在生活意义方面得分最低。这些发现强调了自我概念清晰度对青少年生活意义的持久影响,肯定了其在自我概念结构中塑造生活意义的核心作用。