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The Role of Existential Beliefs Within the Relation of Centenarians’ Health and Well-Being

Journal of Religion and Health, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of existential beliefs in mediating the influence of health on centenarians' well-being. A total of 80 centenarians (mean age 101.1; SD = 1.3; 81.3 % women) with no/minor cognitive impairment were included.
Lia Araujo   +2 more
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Art, emotion, and existential well-being.

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 2021
Studies have shown that participation in receptive and creative cultural activities are significantly associated with satisfaction with life and lower levels of anxiety and depression. The question is why art and cultural activities have such psychological effects. With a point of departure in Alexander Baumgarden's distinction between things known and
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Altruism and Existential Well-Being

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2016
Recent empirical research has established that a strong purpose in life, what has been called existential well-being, has important implications in many health and behavioral outcomes. However, what factors contribute to a strong purpose in life, and the role of altruistic values and behaviors specifically, has not been well-studied.
Juan Xi   +5 more
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Deconstructing spiritual well‐being: existential well‐being and HRQOL in cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology, 2007
AbstractWe demonstrate the utility of partitioning the spiritual well‐being (SpWB) construct into spiritual and religious components using results from a study of the relationship of existential well‐being to health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of 237 cancer survivors. Existential and religious well‐being were measured using the FACIT‐Sp‐
Donald, Edmondson   +4 more
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Predictors of existential and religious well-being among cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2010
Well-being and mental health are not only direct functions of amount of stress, but also depend on how people appraise and face critical situations. Spiritual well-being seems to be a central component of psychological health in physically healthy individuals and it offers some protection against end-of-life despair in those with chronic diseases.
Eva Mazzotti   +4 more
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Existential well-being and spirituality of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is related to psychological well-being of their caregivers

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2010
Existential well-being (EWB) and spirituality issues are important factors in determining quality of life (QoL) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. No conclusive data among the relation between patient's EWB, their spirituality and caregivers' QoL are available.
Pagnini, Francesco   +8 more
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Eco-existential positive psychology: Experiences in nature, existential anxieties, and well-being.

The Humanistic Psychologist, 2014
Numerous scholars have explored the notion that our relationship with nature is essential to our well-being, and some have suggested that we have an evolved inclination to affiliate with nature. A substantial body of research supports these hypotheses, and demonstrates both the restorative and additive capacity of affiliating with nature.
Holli-Anne Passmore, Andrew J. Howell
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