The Powerful Role of Mothers in Adolescent Purpose Development

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Lily Konowitz, Terese Lund*, Shao Wei Chew Chia, Madeline Reed, Willow Wood, B. Liang, David L. Blustein, Michael Barnett
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Adolescence is a critical time for the cultivation of life purpose, also known as a meaningful long-term aim focused on contribution to others. Youth with purpose, especially marginalized youth, report a number of positive outcomes. Relationships with caring adults appear to be particularly helpful in guiding young people on their path to purpose, but little work has focused specifically on the role of mothers. This qualitative study, approved by a Institutional Review Board, examines how twenty adolescents from marginalized communities describe their sense of purpose and its relationship to their caregivers. The sample size was determined based on saturation, a process in qualitative research when the researchers begin to observe redundancy in the data. Through content analysis, a major theme emerged: the role of mothers and their impact on purpose development on their children. Results showed that mothers helped their adolescents develop their sense of purpose through serving as a sense of inspiration, providing the adolescents with support, sparking a desire for the adolescents to make their mothers proud, and through the mothers and adolescents in engaging in conversations about one’s future.
母亲在青少年目标发展中的强大作用
青春期是培养人生目标的关键时期,也被称为有意义的长期目标,专注于对他人的贡献。有目标的青年,特别是被边缘化的青年,报告了一些积极成果。与有爱心的成年人的关系似乎在引导年轻人走向目标的道路上特别有帮助,但很少有工作专门关注母亲的角色。这项由机构审查委员会批准的定性研究,调查了来自边缘社区的20名青少年如何描述他们的目标感及其与照顾者的关系。样本量是根据饱和来确定的,这是定性研究中的一个过程,研究人员开始观察数据中的冗余。通过内容分析,出现了一个主要主题:母亲的作用及其对子女目标发展的影响。结果表明,母亲通过激励青少年、为青少年提供支持、激发青少年让母亲感到骄傲的愿望,以及通过母亲和青少年参与有关未来的对话,帮助青少年培养目标感。
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International Journal of Psychological Research
International Journal of Psychological Research PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
2.30
自引率
9.10%
发文量
22
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Psychological Research (Int.j.psychol.res) is the Faculty of Psychology’s official publication of San Buenaventura University in Medellin, Colombia. Int.j.psychol.res relies on a vast and diverse theoretical and thematic publishing material, which includes unpublished productions of diverse psychological issues and behavioral human areas such as psychiatry, neurosciences, mental health, among others.
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