PMID- 33101126
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231104
IS  - 1664-1078 (Print)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2020
TI  - The Importance of Positive Youth Development Attributes to Life Satisfaction and 
      Hopelessness in Mainland Chinese Adolescents.
PG  - 553313
LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553313 [doi]
LID - 553313
AB  - In contrast to mainstream theories focusing on adolescent developmental deficits, 
      the positive youth development (PYD) approach highlights adolescent developmental 
      plasticity and potentials. There are rich empirical research and review studies 
      showing that PYD attributes promote adolescent well-being. However, the existing 
      literature shows several limitations. First, while there are many Western 
      studies, Chinese studies are sparse, particularly studies in mainland China. 
      Second, most PYD studies are cross-sectional studies with data collected at one 
      single time point. Third, researchers in different Chinese contexts seldom 
      employed validated Chinese scales assessing different domains of PYD attributes. 
      Fourth, few studies have examined the relationships between PYD attributes 
      (measures of eudaimonic well-being) and life satisfaction (measure of hedonic 
      well-being) and hopelessness (measure of negative well-being) in a single study. 
      Finally, the role of life satisfaction or hopelessness as a mediator of the 
      relationship between PYD attributes and psychological well-being is unclear. To 
      explore the importance of PYD attributes to Chinese adolescent psychological 
      well-being, we conducted a longitudinal study with two waves of data collected 
      from junior high school students in mainland China (N = 2,648). At both times, 
      validated measures of PYD attributes, life satisfaction, and hopelessness were 
      employed. Results showed that PYD attributes concurrently and longitudinally 
      predicted life satisfaction and hopelessness with small effect sizes. 
      Cross-lagged panel analyses showed that while Wave 2 life satisfaction did not 
      serve as a mediator of the relationship between Wave 1 PYD attributes and Wave 2 
      hopelessness, Wave 2 hopelessness served as a mediator of the link from Wave 1 
      PYD attributes to Wave 2 life satisfaction. In view of the paucity of research 
      findings in this area, the present findings clarify the association between PYD 
      attributes and hedonic well-being (indexed by life satisfaction) and negative 
      psychological well-being (indexed by hopelessness) in Chinese adolescents.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Zhou, Shek and Zhu.
FAU - Zhou, Zheng
AU  - Zhou Z
AD  - Research Institute of Social Development, Southwestern University of Finance and 
      Economics, Chengdu, China.
FAU - Shek, Daniel T L
AU  - Shek DTL
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, China.
FAU - Zhu, Xiaoqin
AU  - Zhu X
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200930
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychol
JT  - Frontiers in psychology
JID - 101550902
PMC - PMC7554621
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chinese adolescents
OT  - hopelessness
OT  - life satisfaction
OT  - positive youth development
OT  - psychological well-being
EDAT- 2020/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/27 06:01
PMCR- 2020/09/30
CRDT- 2020/10/26 05:21
PHST- 2020/04/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/09/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/10/26 05:21 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/27 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/09/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553313 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychol. 2020 Sep 30;11:553313. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553313. eCollection 
      2020.