Experiencing meaning in life: Optimal functioning at the nexus of well-being, psychopathology, and spirituality.

By M. Steger. 2012

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Philosophy

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Finding Meaning in Nostalgia (2018, background): “Meaning in life is positively related to wellbeing (King & Hicks, 2014; Steger, 2014).”
Are meaning and purpose distinct? An examination of correlates and predictors (2013, background): “Empirical research has substantiated theoretical claims that a sense of meaning and purpose in life are important to well-being (Ryff & Singer, 2008; Steger, 2009, 2012).”
How Supportive of Their Specific Purposes Do Youth Believe Their Family and Friends Are? (2013, background): “What may be critical for purpose is that involvement with social supports must be internalized or “made one’s own” as significant personal meanings so that youth can gain a sense of quest and destiny that “this is my purpose; I am the only one who can do this” (Emmons, 1999; Steger, 2012).”
Engaging with Natural Beauty May Be Related to Well-Being Because It Connects People to Nature: Evidence from Three Cultures (2017, neutral): “Having a sense of meaning in one’s life has also been described as an important aspect of well-being (Steger, 2009, 2012).”
An exploration of the well-being benefits of hedonic and eudaimonic behaviour (2013, background): “As previously proposed (Steger, 2012), the relationship between eudaimonic activity and meaning is likely to be reciprocal, in that eudaimonic activity may derive from one’s sense of meaning, however; such activity also reinforces one’s connection with this meaning, thereby maintaining its…”
The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A tripartite approach to measuring meaning in life (2017, background): “MIL may be conceptualized as comprising three distinct but related subconstructs, comprehension, purpose, and mattering (George & Park, 2016; King, Hicks, Krull, & Del Gaiso, 2006; Martela & Steger, 2016; Reker & Wong, 1988; Steger, 2012).”
The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance (2016, positive): “We thus seem to be moving toward understanding meaning in life as having three facets: one’s life having value and significance, having a broader purpose in life, and one’s life being coherent and making sense (Heintzelman & King, 2014a; Steger, 2012a).”
Meaning in Life as Comprehension, Purpose, and Mattering: Toward Integration and New Research Questions (2016, background): “Comprehension, purpose, and mattering are interconnected in complex ways and therefore, they can be conceptualized as constituting an overall MIL construct (King et al., 2006; Reker & Wong, 1988; Steger, 2012a).”
Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life (2018, background): “…have suggested that there would be three different dimensions of MIL (e.g. Heintzelman and King 2014a; King et al. 2006; Martela and Steger 2016; Steger 2012): The purpose dimension refers to highly personalized over-arching aspirations that guide behaviors toward valued long-term outcomes.”