Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences
PurposeThe objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between meaning in life and adolescent self-control, as well as the role of perceived social support and gender in this pathway.MethodsFor this purpose, a total of 936 adolescents from two high schools were selected as subjects in...
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| description | PurposeThe objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between meaning in life and adolescent self-control, as well as the role of perceived social support and gender in this pathway.MethodsFor this purpose, a total of 936 adolescents from two high schools were selected as subjects in this study. The Meaning in Life Scale, the Self-Control Scale, and the Perceived Social Support Scale were used for the research.ResultsThe results obtained in this study have shown that meaning in life is a significant positive predictor of adolescent self-control and perceived social support. In addition, perceived social support partially mediates the relationship between meaning in life and self-control. Further, it has been found that gender moderates the second half of the pathway of the mediation model of meaning in life on self-control, specifically, perceived social support is a stronger predictor of self-control for females than for males.ConclusionThe results of this study suggest that enhancing perceived social support promotes self-control in adolescents with lower meaning in life, and this process is more pronounced in females. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11cc3972cece43038155f120407422432022-12-23T15:33:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10876681087668Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differencesYafei Liu0Siyu Di1Yaohui Shi2Chao Ma3Chao Ma4Normal College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, ChinaNormal College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, ChinaNormal College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, ChinaNormal College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, ChinaCenter of Application of Psychological Research, Shihezi University, Shihezi, ChinaPurposeThe objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between meaning in life and adolescent self-control, as well as the role of perceived social support and gender in this pathway.MethodsFor this purpose, a total of 936 adolescents from two high schools were selected as subjects in this study. The Meaning in Life Scale, the Self-Control Scale, and the Perceived Social Support Scale were used for the research.ResultsThe results obtained in this study have shown that meaning in life is a significant positive predictor of adolescent self-control and perceived social support. In addition, perceived social support partially mediates the relationship between meaning in life and self-control. Further, it has been found that gender moderates the second half of the pathway of the mediation model of meaning in life on self-control, specifically, perceived social support is a stronger predictor of self-control for females than for males.ConclusionThe results of this study suggest that enhancing perceived social support promotes self-control in adolescents with lower meaning in life, and this process is more pronounced in females.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1087668/fullmeaning in lifeself-controlperceived social supportgender differencesadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Yafei Liu Siyu Di Yaohui Shi Chao Ma Chao Ma Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences Frontiers in Psychology meaning in life self-control perceived social support gender differences adolescents |
| title | Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| title_full | Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| title_fullStr | Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| title_short | Meaning in life and adolescent self-control: Effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| title_sort | meaning in life and adolescent self control effect of perceived social support and its gender differences |
| topic | meaning in life self-control perceived social support gender differences adolescents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1087668/full |
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