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Psychology and death: Meaningful rediscovery.

American Psychologist, 1990
The place of death in psychology is reviewed historically. Leading causes for its being slighted as an area of investigation during psychology's early years are presented. Reasons for its rediscovery in the mid-1950s as a legitimate sector for scientific inquiry are then discussed, along with some vicissitudes encountered in carrying out research in ...
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Psychological construing and meaningfulness in schizophrenia

British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1984
The ratings of schizophrenic and non‐schizophrenic in‐patients on a Semantic Differential were compared. Those schizophrenic patients who obtained low scores on a test of psychological construing (the Grid Test) made less use than other schizophrenics of extreme ratings on psychological scales on the Semantic Differential.
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The Quest for Meaningful Theory in Health Psychology

Journal of Health Psychology, 2008
Theories generate questions, which in turn generate findings, which in turn generate articles. Theories in health psychology have successfully generated research activity but with inconclusive results. Avenues for more fruitful exploration are described.
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Hermeneutic Realism: Toward a Truly Meaningful Psychology

Review of General Psychology, 2013
This article presents a brief introduction to a hermeneutic realist approach to psychology, outlining its differences from mainstream psychology in its conceptions of context, change, and possibility. The term “hermeneutic” indicates that psychology's subject matter (e.g., behavior, cognition) is understood more as contextually constituted meanings ...
Brent D. Slife, Thane R. Christensen
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Applications of the theory of meaningfulness to psychology

Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 1985
The theory of meaningfulness of statements using numerical scales is summarized. Applications of this theory are surveyed. These deal with average performance, importance ratings, statistical tests, indices of consumer confidence, psychophysical scaling, block modeling of social structure, structural modeling in decision making, and the analysis of ...
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Underemployment and Meaningful Work: The Role of Psychological Needs

Journal of Career Assessment, 2019
Underemployment is a global problem that is increasing in the context of recovering economic recessions and insecure job markets. In this context, vocational psychologists can play a unique role by determining the processes by which underemployment relates to aspects of work well-being, such as meaningful work.
Taewon Kim, Blake A. Allan
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Meaningful Gamification in an Industrial/Organizational Psychology Course

Teaching of Psychology, 2016
Motivation and game research continue to demonstrate that the implementation of game design characteristics in the classroom can be engaging and intrinsically motivating. The present study assessed the extent to which an industrial organizational psychology course designed learning environment created with meaningful gamification elements can improve ...
Jessica A. Stansbury, David R. Earnest
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Nostalgia as a Psychological Resource for a Meaningful Life

2017
Nostalgia is a mostly positive emotional experience that involves reminiscing about personally significant events and/or social relationships. A growing literature indicates that nostalgic reflection generally promotes well-being. This chapter focuses on how nostalgia promotes well-being by functioning as a resource for meaning in life.
Andrew A. Abeyta, Clay Routledge
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Breathing and feeling: Capnography and the individually meaningful psychological stressor

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 1994
This article briefly discusses capnography and the use of individually meaningful psychological stressors (IMPS) to provoke episodes of acute hyperventilation. Guidelines are provided on history taking, and a strategy for using IMPS with ongoing capnographic monitoring is described, together with a proposal for diagnostic criteria.
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Socioeconomic Privilege and Meaningful Work: A Psychology of Working Perspective

Journal of Career Assessment, 2019
Surveying a diverse sample of working adults, the current study examined the role of socioeconomic privilege in workers’ desire for and experience of meaningful work. First, we tested for differences across social status groups in desire for and experience of meaningful work, finding that, although desire for meaningful work was consistent across ...
Kelsey L. Autin, Blake A. Allan
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