Categories of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship with Loneliness in Senior High School Students: Based on Latent Profile Analysis

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.02.010

Abstract

Abstract: The present study applied latent profile analysis to explore the latent categories of meaning in life and its relationship with loneliness for senior high school students. This study, which extended to 997 senior high school students, used the Meaning in Life Scale and the Adolescent Loneliness Questionnaire to measure participants’ meaning in life and loneliness. The results showed that there were four latent categories of meaning in life for senior high school students, namely, negative meaning in life (4.71%), exploration meaning in life (11.43%), general meaning in life (43.63%) and positive meaning in life (40.22%). Among them, general meaning in life and positive meaning in life were more universal. Senior high school students’ loneliness is significantly different in these four potential categories of meaning in life. Specifically, senior high school students who were categorized in the negative meaning in life had the highest level of loneliness, those who were categorized in exploration meaning in life and general meaning in life were in the middle level, and those who were categorized in positive meaning in life had the lowest level of loneliness. The results show that meaning in life of senior high school students is heterogeneous with obvious classification characteristics and is closely related to loneliness.

Key words: meaning in life, loneliness, latent profile analysis, senior high school students

摘要： 运用潜在剖面分析探讨高中生生命意义感潜在特征模式及其与孤独感的关系。采用生命意义感量表和青少年孤独感问卷对高一至高三共997名学生进行调查，结果发现：(1)高中生生命意义感存在四种潜在类别：消极意义感型(4.71%)、探索意义感型(11.43%)、一般意义感型(43.63%)和积极意义感型(40.22%)。其中，一般意义感型和积极意义感型更具有群体普遍性。(2)高中生孤独感在四种生命意义感潜在类别上差异显著。具体表现为，消极意义感型高中生孤独感最高，探索意义感型和一般意义感型处于中间，积极意义感型孤独感最低。结果表明，高中生生命意义感存在异质性分化，具有明显的分类特征且与孤独感关系密切。

关键词: 生命意义感, 孤独感, 潜在剖面分析, 高中生

CLC Number:

B844

MA Chao, LIU Yafei, YU Haibo, WU Xiaoguang. Categories of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship with Loneliness in Senior High School Students: Based on Latent Profile Analysis[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023, 21(2): 216-223.

麻超, 刘亚飞, 于海波, 武晓光. 高中生生命意义感的类别特征及与孤独感的关系：基于潜在剖面分析[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2023, 21(2): 216-223.

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