Enhancing life purpose amongst Thai adolescents

Abstract

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Purpose-in-action education: Introduction and implications

“…Although using the same measures across contexts may provide measurement invariance for statistical analyses, such research designs also can hide interesting cultural insights on purpose. Several articles in this issue demonstrate context-dependent interpretations of specific purpose contents, and several articles in the first issue introduce context-dependent interpretations of purpose dimensions, expressions and categories (e.g., Balthip et al, 2017;Kawai & Moran, 2017;Mason, 2017).…”

Effect of a purpose in life program on the wellness of Southern Thai adolescents

“…While practicing their holistic activities, they received inspiration by using selected media such as music or stories and being exposed to good role models. Furthermore, they developed self-discipline and honesty, which is extremely important in their life [10][11][12]. This program promoted a deeper sense of what it means to be a good citizen and helped cultivate better behavioral lifestyles that manifest in higher moral virtues such as honesty and the keeping of promises to others.…”

“…It was conducted for six weeks. Alongside the process of nurturing PIL through the four gratitudes, participants were learning and practicing SEP, which complements and A program on the wellness of Thai adolescents strengthens their own holistic health promotion behavior and wellness [10]. The activities were focused on cultivating and nurturing the sense of gratitude thought encouraging the participant in doing good things for themselves and others, which, by stimulating a sense of pride would cultivate improved behaviors and moral virtue and altruistic endeavors [9,12].…”

“…Developing a sense of purpose is considered to be a life asset, and a foundation of human drive, vigor, resilience, goal clarity and ability to persevere [6,9]. It also strengthens motivation and psychological and spiritual wellbeing [6,[10][11][12][13][14].…”

“…A positive purpose was established when adolescents were connected to the self and others, as reflected in the "four gratitudes", namely: gratitude to oneself, gratitude to parents and significant others, gratitude to friends and others and gratitude to the wider world. These four gratitudes can motivate Thai adolescents to enhance their PIL and achieve holistic health and wellness [10][11][12][13]. Therefore, the PIL program to promote the wellness of Thai adolescents encompassed two processes.…”