Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period

Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought about radical changes in social life. The study focuses on a special group, Chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences. Specifically, the study addresses how such students feel and grasp the meaning in life and how they adapt to the c...

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Autores principales:	Ying Ge, Mei-Qiong Shuai, Jie Luo, Jay L. Wenger, Cun-Yang Lu
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	post-epidemic period Chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences meaning in life social adjustment dominance analysis Psychiatry RC435-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3a7e516e34d743f185059405d858388b2021-12-03T05:16:54ZAssociated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period1664-064010.3389/fpsyt.2021.771082https://doaj.org/article/3a7e516e34d743f185059405d858388b2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.771082/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought about radical changes in social life. The study focuses on a special group, Chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences. Specifically, the study addresses how such students feel and grasp the meaning in life and how they adapt to the current social environment after experiencing the impermanence of life. The correlation between the meaning in life and social adjustment in the post-epidemic period is evaluated.Methods: The Meaning in Life Scale and the Social Adjustment Scale were used to test 988 undergraduate students. Multi-factor analysis, correlation, regression, and dominance analysis were performed on the test results.Results: (1) During the epidemic, Chinese undergraduate students generally had low meaning in life scores, including below-average values for life goals, and middle-range scores for social adjustment. (2) Having or not having left-behind experiences had an important influence on the meaning in life and social adjustment of undergraduates: undergraduates with left-behind experiences performed better than those without left-behind experiences in terms of meaning in life, while their social adjustment was weaker than those without left-behind experiences. (3) The zest for life and freedom of life of undergraduates in both groups negatively predicted social adjustment, and zest for life preferentially influenced social adjustment. Zest for life also had a significant effect on life value in the group without left-behind experiences. Zest for life was a priority factor influencing social adjustment.Conclusion: The epidemic and left-behind experiences are important factors influencing the relationship between meaning in life and social adjustment among Chinese undergraduate students.Ying GeYing GeMei-Qiong ShuaiJie LuoJay L. WengerCun-Yang LuFrontiers Media S.A.articlepost-epidemic periodChinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiencesmeaning in lifesocial adjustmentdominance analysisPsychiatryRC435-571ENFrontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	post-epidemic period Chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences meaning in life social adjustment dominance analysis Psychiatry RC435-571 Ying Ge Ying Ge Mei-Qiong Shuai Jie Luo Jay L. Wenger Cun-Yang Lu Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
description	Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought about radical changes in social life. The study focuses on a special group, Chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences. Specifically, the study addresses how such students feel and grasp the meaning in life and how they adapt to the current social environment after experiencing the impermanence of life. The correlation between the meaning in life and social adjustment in the post-epidemic period is evaluated.Methods: The Meaning in Life Scale and the Social Adjustment Scale were used to test 988 undergraduate students. Multi-factor analysis, correlation, regression, and dominance analysis were performed on the test results.Results: (1) During the epidemic, Chinese undergraduate students generally had low meaning in life scores, including below-average values for life goals, and middle-range scores for social adjustment. (2) Having or not having left-behind experiences had an important influence on the meaning in life and social adjustment of undergraduates: undergraduates with left-behind experiences performed better than those without left-behind experiences in terms of meaning in life, while their social adjustment was weaker than those without left-behind experiences. (3) The zest for life and freedom of life of undergraduates in both groups negatively predicted social adjustment, and zest for life preferentially influenced social adjustment. Zest for life also had a significant effect on life value in the group without left-behind experiences. Zest for life was a priority factor influencing social adjustment.Conclusion: The epidemic and left-behind experiences are important factors influencing the relationship between meaning in life and social adjustment among Chinese undergraduate students.
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author	Ying Ge Ying Ge Mei-Qiong Shuai Jie Luo Jay L. Wenger Cun-Yang Lu
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title	Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
title_short	Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
title_full	Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
title_fullStr	Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
title_full_unstemmed	Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period
title_sort	associated effects of meaning in life and social adjustment among chinese undergraduate students with left-behind experiences in the post-epidemic period
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3a7e516e34d743f185059405d858388b
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Associated Effects of Meaning in Life and Social Adjustment Among Chinese Undergraduate Students With Left-Behind Experiences in the Post-epidemic Period

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