Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 586-593.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.10

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Happiness or Meaning? The Orientations to Happiness of Teenagers and Its Effects on Their Learning Behaviors

SHI Xiafei, WANG Fang, ZUO Shijiang   

  1. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: By investigating and statistically analyzing the data of 2828 teenagers', we studied the impacts of orientations to happiness on teenagers' learning behaviors. The results are as follows: 1) teenagers' eudaimonic orientations positively predict their mastery goal orientations, performance approach, grit in learning, learning strategy and investment, and negatively predict performance avoidance. 2) teenagers' hedonic orientations negatively predict their mastery goal orientation, grit in learning, learning strategy and investment, and positively predict performance approach and performance avoidance. 3)teenagers can be divided into four groups by two dimensions, eudaimonia and hedonia. Teenagers in high-high group and high-eudaimonia group show better learning behaviors than other two groups. Teenagers in low-low group show the least positive learning behaviors. In summary, hedonia and eudaimonia have a great effect on teenagers' learning behaviors, and eudaimonia could better promote teenagers' positive and healthy development.

Key words: Orientation of happiness, Eudaimonic orientation, Hedonic orientation, Learning behaviors, Teenagers

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  • G442

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