Meaning in life across the life span: Levels and correlates of meaning in life from emerging adulthood to older adulthood

By M. Steger, S. Oishi, T. Kashdan. 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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Character strengths and well-being among volunteers and employees: Toward an integrative model (2010, positive): “Rather, our older sample reported higher levels of meaning in life, which is consistent with previous research (e.g., Steger et al., 2009).”
Is a life without meaning satisfying? The moderating role of the search for meaning in satisfaction with life judgments (2011, neutral): “Meaning in life might play a larger and more gratifying role among older populations than among younger populations (Steger et al., 2009; Wong, 1998).”
Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, neutral): “The former is the extent people comprehend, make sense of, or see significance in their lives; the latter is defined as the extent to which people try to form and/or expand their understanding of their lives’ meaning, significance, and purpose (Steger et al., 2009).”
A Multi-Study Examination of Well-Being Theory in College and Community Samples (2016, neutral): “A fourth indicator of well-being is meaning—having a sense of purpose derived from something viewed as larger than the self (Seligman 2011; Steger et al. 2009).”
Meaningful Work as a Moderator of the Relation Between Work Stress and Meaning in Life (2016, neutral): “…predictor of meaning in life (Allan et al., 2015; Steger et al., 2006; Steger, Oishi, & Kashdan, 2009), and people in different age-groups report substantially different levels of meaning in life (Steger et al., 2009), especially at different levels of meaningful work (Allan et al., 2015).”
Meaning in life and work: A developmental perspective (2015, positive): “These findings serve to replicate previous research (Steger et al., 2009) but are also novel in that they demonstrate the relation of age to life meaning in linear, cubic, and quadratic fashions and reveal work meaning as a moderator between age and meaning in life.”
The Relationship Between Meaning in Life and Subjective Well-Being: Forgiveness and Hope as Mediators (2014, neutral): “Similar results were obtained in a study conducted by Steger et al. 2009).”