The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Relations to demographics and well-being

By T. Schnell. 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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Existential Indifference: Another Quality of Meaning in Life (2010, methodology): “The SoMe’s construct, content, discriminant, factorial, and incremental validity have been demonstrated in numerous studies (Gapp & Schnell, 2008; Hoof & Schnell, 2009; Imruck, 2009; Schnell, 2004, 2008a, 2008b, 2009a, 2009b; Schnell & Becker, 2006, 2007).”
Meaning in Nature: Meaning in Life as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Well-Being (2013, background): “…and are in keeping with the suggestion frequently put forth that experiencing the natural world, or cultivating one’s relationship with nature, can be an important aspect of meaning in life (Camus 1955; Frankl 1959/1984; Kellert 1993; Kjell 2011; Note 2009; Schnell 2009; Verbeek and de Waal 2002).”
Meaning-Making in an Atheist World (2011, methodology): “Altogether, 102 atheists completed an online version of the SoMe Questionnaire (German version: LeBe; Schnell & Becker, 2007).”
Spirituality with and without Religion—Differential Relationships with Personality (2012, background): “Theoretical discussions either emphasize the distinction of both concepts, by referring to the personalized, non-institutional character of spirituality and the primacy of experience over orthodoxy in spirituality (cf. Schnell, 2008a, 2009a; Spilka, Hood, Hunsberger & Gorsuch, 2003).”
Flourishing in nature: A review of the benefits of connecting with nature and its application as a wellbeing intervention (2015, background): “Furthermore, experiences in natural environments are an important source of meaning for adults of all ages (Fegg, Kramer, L’hoste, & Borasio, 2008; O’Connor & Chamberlain, 1996; Reker & Woo, 2011; Schnell, 2009; Steger et al., 2013), including clinical populations (e.”
Personal meaning: A challenge for psychology (2013, methodology): “This last component is essentially the same as meaningfulness defined as a fundamental sense of meaning, based on the appraisal of one’s life as coherent, significant, directed and belonging (Schnell, 2009); the relationships between meaningfulness and general positive affect will be discussed below”
Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, background): “Searching for meaning in emerging adulthood can motivate commitment, give direction to life, and increase its significance (Schnell, 2009).”
"Spirituality" as Privatized Experience-Oriented Religion: Empirical and Conceptual Perspectives (2011, background): “Horizontal transcendence may be purely secular (Comte-Sponville 2007; Elkins 2001; Schnell 2009).”
Pilgrimage today: the meaning-making potential of ritual (2013, methodology): “It is thus a behavioural manifestation of characteristic sources of meaning (Schnell, 2009a).”
Sources and motives for personal meaning in adulthood (2013, background): “With few exceptions (e.g. O’Connor & Chamberlain, 1996; Schnell, 2009), little attention has been devoted to investigating lay conceptions regarding sources of meaning through qualitative instruments.”
A Meaningful Life is a Healthy Life: A Conceptual Model Linking Meaning and Meaning Salience to Health (2018, background): “There is considerable theoretical scholarship on sources of meaning in life, including Wong (1989), Baumeister (1991), Reker (1996), and Schnell (2009), and evidence suggests that interpersonal relationships are ranked highly as a source of meaning (Debats, 1999; Prager, 1996; Reker, 1996; Schnell,…”
Assessing meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events: Measurement tools and approaches (2013, background): “The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe; Schnell, 2009) is another example of a measurement approach that takes an alternative view of global meaning.”
Predicting meaning in work: Theory, data, implications (2013, methodology): “Because of its subjective and agentic nature (Leontiev, 2007; Schnell, 2009a), it cannot be ‘implemented.’”
Individual differences in meaning-making: Considering the variety of sources of meaning, their density and diversity (2011, methodology): “As the most comprehensive list, the SoMe 26 sources of meaning determine the composition of the synopsis.”