Personal goals, life meaning, and virtue: Wellsprings of a positive life.

By Robert A Emmons. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Existential Attitudes and Eastern European Adolescents’ Problem and Health Behaviors: Highlighting the Role of the Search for Meaning in Life (2012, background): “Thus, hope helps complete the foundation of healthy existential factors that can support adolescents as they mature, as they reflect on their personal goals or projects, and as they pursue their desire for meaningful lives (Emmons, 2003; Little, SalmelaAro, & Phillips, 2006; Steger et al., 2012).”
From Shattered Goals to Meaning in Life: Life Crafting in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, background): “Consequently, the individual might experience a loss of directionality in their life as “goal are signals that orient a person to what is valuable, meaningful and purposeful” (Emmons, 2003, p. 107) and can be seen as a key element in human functioning (Emmons, 2003; Schippers and Ziegler, 2019).”
The Positive Aspects of Being a Lesbian or Gay Man (2008, background): “Strong social support networks have been linked to enhanced meaning in life and physical health (e.g., Emmons, 2003; also see Barker et al., 2006, for a recent review of social support in the lesbian and gay community).”
Testing the Meaning Making Model of Coping With Loss (2008, background): “, 2000; Janoff-Bulman & Frantz, 1997), but others have posited that goal violation may be as important as, or even moreso than, belief violation (Emmons, 2003; Epstein, 1991; Park, 2005a; Park & Folkman, 1997).”
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Relations to demographics and well-being (2009, background): “Therefore, the categories named by Emmons (2003) only cover the most obvious sources of meaning, highly valued by society and thus coming to mind easily: work, relationships, religion/spirituality, and contributing to society.”
Personal meaning: A challenge for psychology (2013, background): “Another important multi-component model was proposed by Emmons (2003).”
Eudaimonic conceptions of well-being, meaning in life, and self-reported well-being: Initial test of a mediational model (2011, background): “For example, previous research and theorizing has described several factors related to self-development that lead to increased meaning in life, including developing a sense of self-efficacy (Baumeister & Vohs, 2002), achievement (Emmons, 2003), personal growth (Ebersole & DeVogler, 1981; Steger et a”
Mental illness and/or mental health? Investigating axioms of the complete state model of health. (2005, background): “…research on learned helplessness (Seligman, 1975) has consistently shown that perceptions of one’s helplessness and inability to change bad situations lead to distress and depression, whereas framing of life in terms of goals is associated with high levels of subjective well-being (Emmons, 2003).”
The Role of Spirituality in Sport Psychology Consulting: An Analysis and Integrative Review of Literature (2005, background): “Within this taxonomy of human strengths and positive psychological attributes, Emmons (2003) advocates spirituality as an important part of attaining health and well-being.”
Meaning in Life as a Subjective Judgment and a Lived Experience (2009, background): “For example, many theorists have argued that a meaningful life is a life that is imbued with satisfying goals or purposes (Crumbaugh & Maholick, 1964; Emmons, 2003; Frankl, 1963/1984; Klinger, 1977; Ryff & Singer, 1998; Steger, in press).”
Finding Meaning in Nostalgia (2018, methodology): “Some authors have proposed so (Emmons, 2003; Klinger, 1977), and others illustrated a positive association between meaning and approach motivation, curiosity, or exploration (Steger et al., 2008). We (Sedikides et al., 2017) expanded this literature by testing the hypothesis that meaning in life (as”
Nostalgia motivates pursuit of important goals by increasing meaning in life (2018, background): “For example, some conceptualizations place motivation at the heart of meaning (Emmons, 2003; Klinger, 1977; Ryff, 2012), and others consider meaning a motivational action tendency that strengthens consistency between one’s core values and behavior (Frankl, 1959/2006).”
Not Feeling Good in STEM: Effects of Stereotype Activation and Anticipated Affect on Women’s Career Aspirations (2017, background): “Subjective well-being and striving for goals are interrelated, and “for many people […] the primary goal is to be happy” (Emmons 2003, p. 106, italics in the original).”
Meaning in life and work: A developmental perspective (2015, background): “Creating generative projects that outlive the self may provide a unique conduit to experienced meaning in life and, not surprisingly, some researchers consider generativity a crucial source of life meaning (Emmons, 2003; Schnell & Becker, 2006).”
Making sense of the meaning literature: an integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events. (2010, background): “Among the most commonly reported global goals are relationships, work, religion, knowledge, and achievement (Emmons, 2003).”
Goal conflict and psychological well-being: A meta-analysis (2017, background): “Setting personal goals serves to identify what is important to the individual and what outcomes are desirable and undesirable to pursue (Emmons, 2003).”
Self- and peer-rated character strengths: How do they relate to satisfaction with life and orientations to happiness? (2013, background): “Finally, an alternative explanation of the finding might be that perseverant people more often achieve their goals, especially long-term goals (see Emmons, 2003).”