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| Title: | Meaning-in-life profiles among Chinese late adolescents : associations with readiness for political participation | Authors: | Lin, L Shek, DTL |
Issue Date: | Jun-2021 | Source: | International journal of environmental research and public health, June 2021, v. 88, no. 11, 5765 | Abstract: | This study explored the association between meaning in life and readiness for political participation based on meaning-in-life profiles among Chinese late adolescents. A total of 1030 college students (mean age = 19.69 ± 1.47 years) in Hong Kong participated in this study. First, we used a cluster analysis to investigate meaning-in-life profiles based on two dimensions: “presence of meaning” and “search for meaning”. Furthermore, we investigated the association between meaning profiles and readiness for political participation. Results revealed three distinguishable profiles, which emerged in both male and female adolescents. Students with “high-presence” and “high-search” attributes and students with “low-presence” and “high-search” characteristics showed greater readiness to engage in normative and non-normative political actions than did those with a “high-presence” and “low-search” profile. Our research fills the research gap on meaning profiles in Asian adolescents and provides the empirical basis for an alternative account of youth political participation. | Keywords: | Search for meaning Presence of meaning Readiness for political participation Cluster analysis Person-oriented approach |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | EISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18115765 | Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Lin, L., & Shek, D. T. L. (2021). Meaning-in-life profiles among Chinese late adolescents: Associations with readiness for political participation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 5765 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115765 |
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