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Deriving Daily Purpose Through Daily Events and Role Fulfillment Among A sian A merican Youth
Author(s) -
Kiang Lisa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00767.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social connectedness , happiness , extracurricular activity , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , feeling , ninth , anxiety , leisure activity , everyday life , prosocial behavior , distress , social psychology , clinical psychology , physics , mathematics education , communication , psychiatry , political science , acoustics , law
Establishing life purpose is a key developmental task; however, how it is linked to adolescents’ everyday family, school, extracurricular, and leisure experiences remains unclear. Using daily diary data from 180 A sian A merican ninth and tenth graders (50% ninth; 58% female; 25% first generation), daily purpose was positively related to daily family assistance. Leisure time was negatively associated with purpose, especially for first‐generation adolescents. Social role fulfillment (e.g., feeling like a good son or daughter) also contributed to daily purpose. Implications extended into daily affect, with positive associations with happiness, and negative associations with distress and anxiety. Results suggest that promoting social connectedness and activities that allow adolescents to feel like a valued family member may best foster youth purpose development.