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Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety

2014
Not only do humans spend their lives in a densely woven web of meanings, but they also need and want meaning. Although there are a variety of reasons for why this is the case, the current chapter focuses on the function of meaning as an existential anxiety buffer. We argue that the relentless search for meaning is motivated, to a significant extent, by
Pelin Kesebir, Tom Pyszczynski
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EXISTENTIAL MEANINGS OF SOCIAL SINGULARITY

HUMANITIES STUDIES
В статті проаналізовано основні складові, що формують концептуальну матрицю екзистенційних смислів феномену «соціальна сингулярність». Визначено, що сингулярність призводить до майже необмежених технологічних можливостей, тому поняття «соціальна сингулярність» розглядається нами, як концепція, що презентує знання про несподівану та незворотну зміну у ...
IRYNA UTIUZH, OLGA KONOVALENKO
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[The existential meaning of time for the aged].

The Canadian nurse, 1996
The notion of time is particularly important to seniors. Because their future prospects are more limited, the past plays a very significant role. It serves as an anchor for the present and a guideline for the future. The passage of time is not uniform for everyone.
I, Delisle, C, St Pierre
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Development and Preliminary Evaluation of the Existential Meaning Scale

Journal of Holistic Nursing, 2005
Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Existential Meaning Scale (EMS). Findings: Construct validity of the EMS was examined through factor analysis and correlational analyses with theoretically related instruments.
Debra E, Lyon, Janet, Younger
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Means and ends: political existentialism

2014
I n this chapter we return to the texts that form the common source for the ethical and political streams mentioned in the previous chapter. But now our intent is to review some of the same institutions, structures and events from the perspective of Sartre’s developing political theory and practice.
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Existential Meaning and War: A Pilot Exploration

Human Organization, 1973
Social psychology has tended to ignore phenomenological measures of attitudinal dimensions. Recent exceptions appear in the research initiated by Crumbaugh and Maholick in 1964. Drawing on the theoretical orientation of Viktor Frankl, Crumbaugh and Maholick developed the Purpose in Life (PIL) scale that purports to measure "meaning" or the "ontological
Ibtihaj Arafat, Gene Acuff, Donald Allen
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Existential Crisis and the Awareness of Dying: The Role of Meaning and Spirituality

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 2010
An existential crisis may occur in cancer patients when they realize that their death may be imminent. We explore the ways in which patients deal with this crisis, in which the meaning of life itself is at stake. In dealing with an existential crisis, it is important to have the courage to confront the loss of meaning and security.
Yang, W., Staps, T., Hijmans, E.J.S.
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Existential Meaning of Patients with Chronic Facial Pain

Journal of Religion and Health, 2018
Coping strategies are necessary to deal with pain, one of the most disabling conditions. Treatments are often refractory, and the elaboration of existential meaning is necessary to live with residual pain. The objective of this study was to discuss the relevance of the meaning of life in coping with refractory chronic neuropathic facial pain according ...
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Meaning, will to meaning, and Frankl’s existential psychiatry

Philosophical Psychology, 2022
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Existentialism and the Meaning of a Worthy Life

Existentialism and the Meaning of a Worthy Life, authored by Prof. Dr. Yoesoep Edhie Rachmad, Ph.D., DBA., was published in 2001 under the auspices of The United Nations and The Education Training Centre. This book embarks on a profound philosophical inquiry into the essence of existence, seeking to unravel the question that has perplexed humanity for ...
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