Early Life Adversity as a Predictor of Sense of Purpose during Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Patrick L.; Turiano, Nicholas A.; Burrow, Anthony L.
Titel	Early Life Adversity as a Predictor of Sense of Purpose during Adulthood
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42 (2018) 1, S.143-147 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025416681537
Schlagwörter	Early Experience; Predictor Variables; Well Being; Lifelong Learning; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Multiple Regression Analysis; Social Indicators; Quality of Life; Goal Orientation; Participant Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühbeginn; Prädiktor; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Lebensqualität; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	Feeling a sense of purpose in life appears to hold consistent benefits for positive aging and well-being. As such, it is important to consider the potential factors that promote or hinder the development of purposefulness over the lifespan. For instance, it remains unclear whether early life experiences, particularly adverse ones, may hold lasting influences on whether one feels purposeful into adulthood. The current study examined whether early life adversity predicted a diminished sense of purpose in adulthood using data from participants (N = 3835) in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Reports of early life adversity were associated with lower levels of purpose in adulthood, and chronological age failed to moderate this relationship. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01