Study uncovers how friendships shape the happiness of single emerging adults, offering new insights into well-being and the impact of social connections. Study: Heterogeneity in happiness: A latent profile analysis of single emerging adults . Image Credit: Raul Mellado Ortiz / Shutterstock.
com Over the past several decades, single emerging adults, who are adults not in committed partnerships, have represented a higher proportion of the young adult population. In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE , researchers performed a latent profile analysis (LPA) to investigate the heterogeneity in happiness of single emerging adults. About the study In the present cross-sectional study, researchers explored the different factors influencing life satisfaction among emerging adults aged 18 to 24.
The current study included 1,073 emerging adults without romantic relationships who completed surveys between May 17, 2021, and June 23, 2021. The researchers assumed that single emerging adults exhibit heterogeneity, with LPA used to identify these subgroups. LPA indicators of life satisfaction included family satisfaction, friendship satisfaction, neuroticism, extraversion, and self-esteem.
Researchers analyzed and compared these characteristics among individuals to determine the presence of systematic patterns of variance. LPA analyzed both quantitative and qualitative differences, with LPA markers increasing or decreasing concurrently in the quantitative analysis according to th.