ArticleBrain sciences2025
Personal Values and Psychological Well-Being Among Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life.
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- Life course, value orientation and self-concept in adolescents with delinquent behavior: a comparative study of delinquent, psychiatric, and healthy youths.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Adopting the Mediterranean Diet: Motivational and Socio-Cognitive Processes in Young Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Peer Relationships and Psychosocial Difficulties in Adolescents: Evidence from a Clinical Pediatric Sample.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesEmerging adulthood involves identity exploration, instability, and a sense of being "in-between" adolescence and full adulthood. This study examined whether growth-oriented values (openness to change and self-transcendence) are associated with psychological well-being among emerging adults, and whether meaning in life (presence and search) is related to these variables.
methodsThe study included 200 participants (M = 21.90, SD = 2.48). The following measures were used: the Psychological Well-Being Scales, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and the Portrait Values Questionnaire. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted.
resultsAll key variables (psychological well-being, presence of meaning, search for meaning, openness to change, and self-transcendence) were significantly positively correlated (r = 0.27-0.74,
conclusionsThese findings highlight the relevance of growth-oriented values and the presence of meaning in understanding psychological well-being among emerging adults. Longitudinal research is needed to clarify the directionality of these relationships.
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