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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 ...
Vanessa Alonso +3 more
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Existential Issues in Old Age as Narrated by Older People—An Interview Study from Norway
Religions, 2022 Background: Research about the importance of existential issues and individuals’ responses to them in old age is growing. This study aimed to explore older Norwegians’ thoughts and experiences related to existential issues and whether or not they wanted ...
Åsta Marie Olafsson, Linda Rykkje
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Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that could aggressively affect patients’ quality of life in most instances. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of an existential-spiritual psychotherapy with a cognitive ...
Marzieh Hajibabaei +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Burnout syndrome is a state of total exhaustion related to work conditions and stress from work. Recent findings suggest that logotherapy and the concepts of existential meaning and life fulfilment could provide a useful framework for explaining and ...
Norbert Riethof, Petr Bob, Petr Bob
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Natality and Relational Transcendence in Humanist Chaplaincy
Religions, 2022 Every life has a beginning and an end. Natality and mortality are both profound existential fundaments of life that may lead us to question meaning in life as well as to find meaning.
Joanna Wojtkowiak, Carmen Schuhmann
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Existential positive psychology and integrative meaning therapy [PDF]
International Review of Psychiatry, 2020 The unprecedented changes in our society because of COVID-19 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) shows that our healthcare system and the medical approach to psychotherapy can no longer meet the mental health needs of society. This paper first described the negative impact of COVID-19 and 4IR on our mental health.
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Analysis of the novel “Show Yourself to Me That I May Look at You” by Khawla Hamdi based on Irvin Yalom's Existential Psychology Theory [PDF]
دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابهاIn recent years, the existential approach in psychology has become one of the prominent and influential approaches, gaining special attention not only among psychological fields but also across interdisciplinary studies, particularly in literature.
Leila Sadeghi Naghdeali +3 more
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Religions, 2020 Addressing existential and spiritual care needs, often remains a challenge in health education. Spirituality is a subjective human experience that shapes how individuals make meaning, construct knowledge, develop their own sense of reality, and bring ...
Gulnar Ali, Nasreen Lalani
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Finding an existential place to rest: enabling well-being in young adults
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022 What enables well-being when experiencing existential concerns as a young adult is an under-explored area of research. In order to address young adults’ existential concerns and provide caring support that builds their resilience to meet life challenges,
Maria Lundvall +4 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2015 When faced with a significant threat to life people tend to reflect more intensely upon existential issues, such as the meaning and purpose of one’s life. Brain tumor poses a serious threat to a person’s life, functioning and personhood.
Tamara eOwnsworth, Kimberley eNash
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