A good enough grip on life in youth

Figures & data

Figure 1 Troubled mental health in Danish youth.

Figure 2 The Life Psychological method, its basic concepts and its four-step workflow. As shown the method operates with ten general human life skills (the goal focusing arrows) which will be defined below.

Figure 3 Definition of the basic generic and general human life task/life skill units in three domains.

Figure 4 Two-level LP workflow. By focusing on handling specific tasks in order to reach a goal, meta-learning develops. That is, by means of the LP workflow and general human life skills, common, generic, and metacognitive learning takes place, which may transform into a general foundation for one’s personal and common life in general.

Table 1. Correlation matrix and means for the intervention group.

							T1	T2
	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	M (SD)
1. Life psychological grip on life		−.29	.33*	−.15	.14	.17	3.82 (0.85)	4.55 (0.87)
2. Absence of self-control	−.27		−.61**	.77**	−.67**	−.61**	4.27 (1.06)	3.76 (0.83)
3. Implicit beliefs about self-control resources	.14	−.38*		−.68**	.71**	.42**	3.05 (1.37)	3.18 (1.17)
4. Perceived stress	−.40**	.47**	−.44**		−.77**	−.62**	3.10 (0.64)	2.72 (0.66)
5. Sense of coherence	.34*	−.61**	.54**	−.72**		.59**	4.12 (0.89)	4.57 (1.01)
6. Well-being	.39*	−.60**	.34*	−.67**	.73**		4.92 (1.03)	5.39 (0.88)

Note. p < .05; p < .01. T₁ above and T₂ below the diagonal.

Table 2. Correlation matrix and means for the control group.

							T1	T2
	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	M (SD)
1. Life psychological grip on life		−.20	.26*	−.07	.10	.40**	3.97 (1.37)	4.14 (1.22)
2. Absence of self-control	−.12		−.38**	.63**	−.65**	−.50**	3.62 (1.16)	3.51 (1.18)
3. Implicit beliefs about self-control resources	.31*	−.57**		−.21	.13	.25	3.52 (1.13)	3.37 (1.31)
4. Perceived stress	−.08	.76**	−.42**		−.68**	−.35**	2.81 (0.76)	2.80 (0.76)
5. Sense of coherence	.13	−.71**	.39**	−.85**		.61**	4.34 (1.03)	4.39 (1.17)
6. Well-being	.19	−.49**	.27*	−.66**	.71**		5.09 (1.00)	4.96 (1.13)

Note. p < .05; p < .01. T₁ above and T₂ below the diagonal.

Figure 5 The results of the path analysis.

Figure 6 LP intervention takes effect through beliefs about resources of willpower and self-control on mental health.