The aims of this study were to determine whether, and how, young people’s beyond-the-self life goals coexisted with other life goals, and whether having at least one beyond-the-self goal was associated with higher thriving (the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development [PYD]) and volunteering, compared to having either no goals, or goals that were only self-focused. The authors conducted latent class analyses among five school cohort groups using data from five studies (combined using integrative data analysis techniques). Across grade groups, the authors identified classes, which can generally be characterized by (1) low endorsement of goals, (2) prominence of helping others and contributing to community goals, (3) prominence of goals related to a good life (e.g., make money, friends, live an adventurous life), and (4) endorsement of most life goals. In the older two grade groups we identified additional classes: a group with a high endorsement of goals oriented at helping others and serving God/higher power in the undergraduate group, and a group with high endorsement of goals to create something new and make the world a better place in the graduate group. There were differences in the Five Cs of PYD and volunteering between the classes. The authors discuss the implications of these results for future research and practice regarding young people’s life goals.

这项研究的目的是确定年轻人的超越自我的人生目标是否与其他人生目标共存，以及如何与之共存，以及拥有至少一个超越自我的目标是否与更高的繁荣感相关（积极青年发展（PYD））和志愿服务，相比之下，既没有目标也没有目标。作者使用来自五项研究的数据（结合了综合数据分析技术）对五个学校同龄人群进行了潜在的班级分析。在各个年级组中，作者确定了一些类别，这些类别通常具有以下特征：（1）对目标的认可度低；（2）对他人的帮助和对社区目标的贡献突出；（3）与美好生活有关的目标（例如赚钱，交朋友，过冒险的生活），以及（4）认可大多数生活目标。在较早的两个年级组中，我们确定了其他班级：一个在目标群体中目标很强的小组旨在帮助他人并服务于上帝/更高的权力，另一个是目标较高的小组以创造新事物并创造世界在研究生组中更好的地方。PYD和志愿者的五个C之间存在差异。作者讨论了这些结果对未来有关年轻人生活目标的研究和实践的意义。PYD和志愿者的五个C之间存在差异。作者讨论了这些结果对未来有关年轻人生活目标的研究和实践的意义。PYD和志愿者的五个C之间存在差异。作者讨论了这些结果对未来有关年轻人生活目标的研究和实践的意义。