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Look Inside Get Access Find out how to access previewonly content Journal of Happiness Studies October 2014, Volume 15, Issue 5, pp 11651177 Date: 23 Aug 2013 Association Between Adolescent Eudaimonic Behaviours and Emotional Competence in Young Adulthood Abstract The role of Aristotelian eudaimonic (moral) values in healthy psychosocial development is a rapidly growing area of enquiry that crosses the disciplines of philosophy and developmental psychology. The purpose of this study was to examine prospective relationships between adolescence eudaimonic values development and indicators of emotional competence and psychopathology in young adulthood. We tested two related hypotheses: (1) that eudaimonic behaviours in adolescence (indicated by activities aimed at benefiting other individuals, the community or society) would predict greater emotional competence in young adulthood (indicated by sense of responsibility, autonomy, planfulness and selfcontrol); and (2) that emotional competence in young adulthood would reduce risk for anxiousdepressive symptoms at the same age after controlling for prior emotional distress in adolescence. Data were drawn from an ongoing 15 wave populationbased longitudinal study of health and development, initially recruited at birth in 1983. SEM was used to model relationships and was based on data from 991 participants (384 male and 607 female). Consistent with expectations, adolescent eudaimonic behaviours were associated with higher emotional competence in young adulthood which, in turn, was inversely associated with anxiousdepressive symptoms at the same age. Interventions that focus on opportunities for the eudaimonic development in adolescence may play a role in promoting emotional competence in emerging adulthood. Page %P Page 1

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  • LookInsideGetAccessFindouthowtoaccesspreviewonlycontentJournalofHappinessStudiesOctober2014,Volume15,Issue5,pp11651177Date:23Aug2013

    AssociationBetweenAdolescentEudaimonicBehavioursandEmotionalCompetenceinYoungAdulthoodAbstractTheroleofAristotelianeudaimonic(moral)valuesinhealthypsychosocialdevelopmentisarapidlygrowingareaofenquirythatcrossesthedisciplinesofphilosophyanddevelopmentalpsychology.Thepurposeofthisstudywastoexamineprospectiverelationshipsbetweenadolescenceeudaimonicvaluesdevelopmentandindicatorsofemotionalcompetenceandpsychopathologyinyoungadulthood.Wetestedtworelatedhypotheses:(1)thateudaimonicbehavioursinadolescence(indicatedbyactivitiesaimedatbenefitingotherindividuals,thecommunityorsociety)wouldpredictgreateremotionalcompetenceinyoungadulthood(indicatedbysenseofresponsibility,autonomy,planfulnessandselfcontrol)and(2)thatemotionalcompetenceinyoungadulthoodwouldreduceriskforanxiousdepressivesymptomsatthesameageaftercontrollingforprioremotionaldistressinadolescence.Dataweredrawnfromanongoing15wavepopulationbasedlongitudinalstudyofhealthanddevelopment,initiallyrecruitedatbirthin1983.SEMwasusedtomodelrelationshipsandwasbasedondatafrom991participants(384maleand607female).Consistentwithexpectations,adolescenteudaimonicbehaviourswereassociatedwithhigheremotionalcompetenceinyoungadulthoodwhich,inturn,wasinverselyassociatedwithanxiousdepressivesymptomsatthesameage.Interventionsthatfocusonopportunitiesfortheeudaimonicdevelopmentinadolescencemayplayaroleinpromotingemotionalcompetenceinemergingadulthood.

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  • TitleAssociationBetweenAdolescentEudaimonicBehavioursandEmotionalCompetenceinYoungAdulthood

    JournalJournalofHappinessStudiesVolume15,Issue5,pp11651177

    CoverDate20141001

    DOI10.1007/s1090201394690

    PrintISSN13894978

    OnlineISSN15737780

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    Adolescence

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    Authors

    W.T.Hallam(1)(6)

    C.A.Olsson(1)(2)(3)(4)

    M.OConnor(1)

    M.Hawkins(1)

    J.W.Toumbourou(2)(4)

    G.Bowes(1)

    R.McGee(5)

    A.Sanson(1)

    AuthorAffiliations

    1.DepartmentofPaediatrics,UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,VIC,3052,Australia

    6.DepartmentofPaediatrics,RoyalChildrensHospital,Parkville,VIC,3052,Australia

    2.MurdochChildrensResearchInstitute,MelbourneRoyalChildrensHospital,Melbourne,Australia

    3.PsychologicalSciences,UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia

    4.PreventionSciences,SchoolofPsychologyandCentreforMentalHealthandWellbeingResearch,DeakinUniversity,Melbourne,Australia

    5.PreventiveandSocialMedicine,UniversityofOtago,Dunedin,NewZealand

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