Life Satisfaction Trajectories During the Transition from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood and the Role of Gender and Achievement Attribution: A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Youth.
Achievement attribution
Chinese youth
Life satisfaction development
Multilevel growth model
Transition to emerging adulthood
Journal
Journal of youth and adolescence
ISSN: 1573-6601
Titre abrégé: J Youth Adolesc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0333507
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Dec 2023
29 Dec 2023
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received:
04
05
2023
accepted:
08
12
2023
medline:
2
1
2024
pubmed:
2
1
2024
entrez:
29
12
2023
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aheadofprint
Résumé
Life satisfaction is vital for a smooth transition to emerging adulthood. However, research on age and gender-related fluctuations in life satisfaction has yielded inconclusive and culture-specific results, which necessitates further investigation in more diverse contexts, including the Chinese culture. Despite the attribution theory and the value-as-a-moderator model highlighting the significance of achievement attribution in this period characterized by the pursuit of success, little is known about the specific impact of internal and external achievement attribution on the development of life satisfaction. This study examined life satisfaction trajectories from adolescence to emerging adulthood and explored the moderating effects of gender and achievement attribution, using five waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The sample consists of 504 youth (52.2% female), whose life satisfaction was tracked from 2012 (M
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pubmed: 38157185
doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01934-z
pii: 10.1007/s10964-023-01934-z
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eng
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Organisme : National Social Science Fund of China
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