Motivation, Meaning, and Wellness: A Self-Determination Perspective on the Creation and Internalization of Personal Meanings and Life Goals

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Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, background): “As noted, though current conceptions of meaning of life identify work and love as two central domains for finding purpose in life, they are not obligatory for it (Weinstein et al., 2012).”
Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life (2018, background): “…meaningfulness is often thought to be connected to doing activities that are self-chosen and congruent with one’s personal valuing (Frankl 1963; Weinstein et al. 2012), and being effective in these activities (Baumeister 1991; Baumeister and Vohs 2002), and autonomy and competence…”
The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance (2016, unknown): “…and authentic about one’s actions and one’s way of living probably is important for human sense of meaning, but based on suggestions made by Weinstein et al. (2012), we would argue that such feeling of authenticity is better understood as one central source of meaning rather than a facet…”