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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Adolescents' academic achievement and meaning in life: the role of self-concept clarity.

Fang Liu, Hanqi Li, Haoyang Sun, Peng Wang, Mengyuan Qin

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Fang LiuDepartment and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.
Hanqi LiDepartment and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.
Haoyang SunDepartment and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.
Peng WangDepartment and Institute of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.
Mengyuan QinHeqin Preschool Education College, Ningbo Childhood Education College, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.

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Abstract

Sense of meaning in life is closely related to adolescents' well-being. While prior research has largely examined the effects of individual traits and environmental influences, adolescents' personal experiences (e.g., academic achievement) also play a crucial role. This study investigates the relationship between adolescents' academic achievement and their sense of meaning in life, with a focus on the moderating role of self-concept clarity. Drawing on the meaning-making model, we hypothesized that academic achievement would positively predict both the presence of and search for meaning in life, and that self-concept clarity would moderate these relationships. A total of 1,321 junior high school students (50.9% female; M

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academic achievementadolescent well-beingmeaning-making modelpresence of meaningsearch for meaningself-concept

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