Family as a salient source of meaning in young adulthood

By N. Lambert, T. Stillman, Roy F. Baumeister, F. Fincham, Joshua A. Hicks, Steven M. Graham. 2010

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life (2018, result): “…two studies that have included all three needs as control variables (their primary interest being something else) have produced differing results: Lambert et al. (2010) found that only competence predicted MIL when controlling for other variables, while Hicks et al. (2012) found that both…”
Meaning in life: nature, needs, and myths (2014, background): “Lambert et al. (2010) asked study participants to rank the most important sources of meaning in their lives, and found that 68 % ranked family as their primary source of meaning in life and another 14 % ranked friends as the primary source, so that for 82 % of participants, personal relationships…”
The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance (2016, unknown): “As another example, when Lambert et al. (2010) asked participants to ‘pick the one thing that makes life most meaningful for you’ in an open-ended question, 68% of participants responded by mentioning their families in general or a specific family member.”
Beyond the Search for Meaning (2016, background): “, 2013), and feels close to and supported by family (Lambert et al., 2010).”
Sources and motives for personal meaning in adulthood (2013, background): “Results relating to family are consistent with previous findings across a diverse range of cultures and age groups, further underscoring the importance of family and relationships as sources of meaning (Debats, 1999; Lambert et al., 2010; O’Connor & Chamberlain, 1996; Prager, 1997).”
Nostalgia motivates pursuit of important goals by increasing meaning in life (2018, background): “Indeed, family, friends, and partners constitute primary sources of meaning (Hicks, Schlegel, & King, 2010; Lambert et al., 2010; Stavrova & Luhmann, 2016).”
Social connectedness as a source and consequence of meaning in life (2016, background): “…the importance of one’s family vs. friends (and found closeness to family to have more weight in meaning in life judgments than closeness to friends; Lambert et al., 2010; Pinquart, 2002), no prior studies have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of all three types of connectedness and meaning in…”
The True Self and Psychological Health: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions (2011, background): “People can derive meaning from a seemingly unlimited about of sources such as their religious faith (e.g., Hicks & King, 2008), personal relationships (e.g., Lambert et al., 2010; Stillman et al., 2009), or current affective states (Hicks & King, 2009a), to name a just a few.”
Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life (2013, unknown): “MacGregor and Little (1998) found that the meaningfulness of individuals’ personal projects depended on how consistent they were with core aspects of self and identity.”
Finding Meaning in Nostalgia (2018, background): “After all, social themes (e.g., family, friends, partners), of which nostalgic reflections are replete, constitute potent sources of meaning (Lambert et al., 2010), as does social connectedness (Lambert et al., 2013; Stavrova & Luhmann, 2016) that nostalgia elicits, whereas social T hi s do cu m en…”
Toward an evolutionary social neuroscience of religion (2011, background): “When people are asked to articulate the meanings of their lives, family relationships feature prominently in their answers (Lambert et al., 2010).”