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Meaning and Purpose in Life in Aging: A Scoping Review [PDF]
Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2023 The feeling that life has meaning or purpose is essential for human beings. Absence of meaning can lead to an existential vacuum. Purpose in life, akin to meaning in life, derives from the humanistic psychology theory of Frankl, and they are considered ...
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Crucial aspects promoting meaning and purpose in life: perceptions of nursing home residents [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2017 Background Meaning and purpose in life are fundamental to human beings. In changing times, with an aging population and increased life expectancy, the need for health care services and long-term care is likely to grow. More deeply understanding how older
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Sense of meaning and purpose in life and risk of incident dementia: New data and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2023 International audiencePurpose:A greater sense of meaning and purpose in life is associated with lower dementia risk. The present research examines meaning and incident dementia in the largest sample to date, the UK Biobank, and combines the findings with
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Sententiae, 2015 The article analyses whether it is correct to extrapolate the concept of "meaning in life" developed by Thaddeus Metz to the doctrines of ancient philosophers, including Thomas Aquinas.
Elvira Chukhray
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Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Having a purpose in life is one of the most fundamental human needs. However, for most people, finding their purpose in life is not obvious. Modern life has a way of distracting people from their true goals and many people find it hard to define their ...
Michaéla C. Schippers, Niklas Ziegler
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 Background: Meaning in life, purpose orientations, and attitudes toward life have a significant impact on youths’ well-being. The purpose of this study is to investigate the developmental trends of youths’ meaning in life, purpose orientations, and ...
Hong Wang, Xiaosong Gai, Songliang Li
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Transitioning to Civilian Life: How Are Life Meaning, Purpose and Identity Related to Wellbeing for Veterans? A Scoping Review [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesVeterans transitioning out of full-time military service to civilian life face unique challenges which may adversely shape their wellbeing, including complex changes in a veteran’s sense of identity and experiences of meaning and purpose in life.
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Heliyon, 2020 Three studies addressed two research questions. First, does accounting for meaning in life (MIL) wipe out the association between narcissism and other aspects of well-being?
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THE CONCEPT OF «MEANING» IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF ADOLESCENTS’ MEANING OF LIFE AND PURPOSE OF LIFE
DÉBATS SCIENTIFIQUES ET ORIENTATIONS PROSPECTIVES DU DÉVELOPPEMENT SCIENTIFIQUE VOLUME4, 2021 K. Zhurba, O. Dokukina
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WEALTH DISPARITIES IN LATER LIFE: SENSE OF MEANING AND PURPOSE IN LIFE [PDF]
Innov AgingAbstract This study examined the extent to which racial/ethnic, gender, and age disparities in wealth persist among U.S. older adults, focusing on housing wealth (non-liquid assets) and non-housing wealth (liquid assets), alongside income, and further evaluated whether sense of meaning and purpose in life mitigates these wealth ...
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