A Pathway to Meaning in Life: Early Parental Support, Attachment, and the Moderating Role of Alexithymia

Wang, Karen Y. H.; Kealy, David; Cox, Daniel W.

doi:10.1007/s10804-022-09418-3

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“…21 First, alexithymia predicts meaning in life directly. 22 The attention-appraisal model of alexithymia holds that the difficulty in regulating attention and emotion is the main manifestation of patients with deficient alexithymia. 11 According to the attention theory of boredom proneness, the individual susceptibility to boredom is rooted in the disruption of attentional regulation, that is, the inability to maintain and regulate attention.…”

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Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

Li,

Yue,

Zhang

2023

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To explore the psychological mechanism between alexithymia and Internet addiction, the present study constructed a moderated mediation model based on the problem behavior theory. Methods: A total of 899 middle school students (M age =13.95, SD=1.10) were surveyed using the 20-item Toronto-alexithymia-scale, meaning in life questionnaire, dual filial piety scale, and Internet addiction disorder diagnostic scale. Results: First, alexithymia was significantly negatively correlated with meaning in life and reciprocal filial piety, and positively correlated with Internet addiction; meaning in life was significantly positively correlated with reciprocal filial piety, and negatively correlated with Internet addiction; reciprocal filial piety was significantly positively correlated with authoritarian filial piety, and negatively correlated with Internet addiction. Second, alexithymia could not only directly predict Internet addiction, but also indirectly predict Internet addiction through meaning in life. Third, reciprocal filial piety played a moderating role between meaning in life and Internet addiction, while authoritarian filial piety did not. For middle school students with low reciprocal filial piety, meaning in life can negatively predict Internet addiction; for those with high reciprocal filial piety, there is no correlation between meaning in life and Internet addiction. Conclusion:This study reveals the internal mechanism of the relationship between alexithymia and Internet addiction in middle school students, emphasizes the role of positive psychology and family environment, and provides specific evidence and theoretical guidance for preventing Internet addiction in middle school students.

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Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

Li,

Yue,

Zhang

2023

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The influence of meaning in life on psychological distress among men: A serial multiple mediation model involving resilience and loneliness

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Kealy

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Research on the Effect Mechanism of Career-Specific Parental Support Promoting Meaning in Life of Chinese Higher Vocational College Students

Wang,

Liu,

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Adolescent students’ meaning in life is an important topic of research in positive psychology and educational psychology. Meaning in life is of outstanding value to the whole career development of Chinese higher vocational college students (CHVCS), and parental behaviors have a profound impact on CHVCS’ meaning in life. In order to explore the mechanism of the role of career-specific parental support in promoting CHVCS’ meaning in life from the perspective of career, this study was based on career construction theory (CCT) and investigated 2498 CHVCS. The results showed that (1) career-specific parental support could directly and positively influence meaning in life; (2) core self-evaluations, career exploration, and career adaptability individually played a partially mediating effect in the relationship between career-specific parental support and meaning in life; (3) “core self-evaluations + career exploration,” “core self-evaluations + career adaptability,” “career exploration + career adaptability,” and “core self-evaluations + career exploration + career adaptability” play a partial chain mediating effect in the relationship between career-specific parental support and meaning in life. This study contributes to meaning in life in CHVCS, enriches career-related research based on CCT, and has important implications for career counseling from a construct perspective.

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A Pathway to Meaning in Life: Early Parental Support, Attachment, and the Moderating Role of Alexithymia

Cited by 3 publications

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Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

The influence of meaning in life on psychological distress among men: A serial multiple mediation model involving resilience and loneliness

Research on the Effect Mechanism of Career-Specific Parental Support Promoting Meaning in Life of Chinese Higher Vocational College Students

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