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Life Stories and the Four Need for Meaning

Psychological Inquiry, 1996
(1996). Life Stories and the Four Need for Meaning. Psychological Inquiry: Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 322-325.
Baumeister, RF, Wilson, B
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Need for Meaning, Meaning Confusion, Meaning Anxiety, and Meaning Avoidance: Additional Dimensions of Meaning in Life

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016
Two aspects of meaning in life have drawn much attention in previous research: presence of meaning and search for meaning. We proposed four additional aspects concerning individuals’ thoughts and feelings about meaning in life: need for meaning, meaning confusion, meaning avoidance, and meaning anxiety.
Hong Zhang
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Uncertainty, Belongingness, and Four Needs for Meaning

Psychological Inquiry, 2009
The Van den Bos research program is persuasive in demonstrating that when uncertainty arises, people cling to their cultural worldview. That is, uncertainty increases worldview defense. Why?
Stillman, Tyler F., Baumeister, Roy F.
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Labor of Meaning, Labor of Need:

2016
This chapter critically examines the promise of organic farm volunteering programs such as WWOOF in meeting organic farmers’ need for affordable labor in Hawaii. While organic farm volunteering offers a short term coping strategy for some organic farmers, the cultural logic and rationale that propels these programs perpetuates the underlying labor ...
Mary Mostafanezhad   +3 more
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Meaning in Life: Nature, Needs, and Myths

2014
The authors first discuss the nature of meaning with a focus on three broad functions of meaning and two levels of meaning. Next, the authors discuss the need for meaning with a focus on the four needs for meaning (Baumeister 1991). Finally, the authors discuss some myths related to meaning, particularly the expectation that everything in life does (or
MacKenzie, Michael J.   +1 more
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