What's Your "Why?" A Content Analysis of Youth Purpose

Autor/inn/en	Baumsteiger, Rachel; Riches, Brian; Mangan, Susan A.; McConchie, James; Bronk, Kendall Cotton
Titel	What's Your "Why?" A Content Analysis of Youth Purpose
Quelle	In: Journal of Character Education, 18 (2022) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-1223
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Young Adults; Goal Orientation; Self Concept; World Views; Quality of Life; Age Differences; Attitudes; Content Analysis; Individual Development; High School Students; Prosocial Behavior; Creativity; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Selbstkonzept; World view; Weltanschauung; Lebensqualität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Inhaltsanalyse; Individuelle Entwicklung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kreativität; Kalifornien
Abstract	Youth purpose has important implications for behavior and well-being, yet there is limited information about the types of purpose that young people pursue. The current study contributes insight into the content of purpose through a survey of 316 adolescents and young adults. Analyses of responses revealed that young people rated their purposes as most strongly related to supporting their family (37%), improving lives (25%), creating, designing, or inventing something that makes a difference in the world (13%), and serving a higher power (11%). Open-ended purpose descriptions varied considerably in terms of the number of purposes reported (0-7) and the scope of each purpose (e.g., making people smile, achieving world peace). There were also age differences such that young adults (ages 18-29) tended to describe purposes in more concrete, realistic terms than adolescents (ages 13-18). We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding and promoting youth purpose. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01