Effects of a firm purpose in life on anxiety and sympathetic nervous activity caused by emotional stress: assessment by psycho‐physiological method

By Riichiro Ishida, M. Okada. 2006

122 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

1. Crystal L. Park
2. K. Masters
3. T. Kashdan
4. S. Hooker

In Clinical Psychology

1. M. Steger
2. T. Kashdan
3. Crystal L. Park
4. K. Masters
5. S. Hooker
6. Login S. George
7. Frank Martela
8. Paul J Silvia

In Social Psychology

1. M. Steger
2. T. Kashdan
3. Crystal L. Park
4. K. Masters
5. S. Hooker
6. Frank Martela
7. Login S. George
8. Richard M. Ryan

Citations in the corpus

• The unbearable lightness of meaning: Well-being and unstable meaning in life (2013, background): “People are sensitive to a lack of meaning in their lives, and often respond with heightened distress (e.g. Harlow, Newcomb, & Bentler, 1986), and poorer health (e.g. Ishida & Okada, 2006; Krause, 2004; O’Conner & Vallerand, 1998; Ryff et al., 2006; Smith & Zautra, 2004; Steger et al., 2009).”
• A Meaningful Life is a Healthy Life: A Conceptual Model Linking Meaning and Meaning Salience to Health (2018, methodology): “Ishida and Okada (2006, 2011) conducted two laboratory studies to examine the associations between purpose in life and sympathetic nervous system activity. In the first study (Ishida & Okada, 2006), 32 healthy adults completed measures of purpose in life and anxiety and then completed a stress induc”