Deriving Daily Purpose Through Daily Events and Role Fulfillment Among A sian A merican Youth
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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.
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- Authors
- Kiang, L.
- Affiliations
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kiang, Lisa
- ORCID
- Kiang, Lisa
- Venue
- Journal of Research on Adolescence
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-11-21
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 185-198
- ISSN
- 1050-8392 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7795
- OpenAlex
- W2018872228
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- 84
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- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Research on Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Keywords
- Asian American youth, family assistance, leisure, daily affect, happiness, anxiety, social connectedness
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