Creating and maintaining purpose in life in old age: A meta-analysis

By M. Pinquart. 2002

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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A Meaningful Life is a Healthy Life: A Conceptual Model Linking Meaning and Meaning Salience to Health (2018, background): “Many studies demonstrate that having a greater global sense of meaning in life is associated with better psychological health and functioning (e.g., Haugan, 2014; Hedberg, Brulin, Aléx, & Gustafson, 2011; O’Donnell, Shim, Barenz, & Steger, 2014; Pinquart, 2002; Steger, Mann, Michels, & Cooper, 2009;”
Meaning in life across the life span: Levels and correlates of meaning in life from emerging adulthood to older adulthood (2009, unknown): “However, the meta-analysis on meaning in life found that those who are working and those in higher socio-economic strata reported more meaning in life (Pinquart, 2002).”
Beyond the Search for Meaning (2016, background): “Although many large-scale representative correlational studies have identified a positive relationship between meaning in life and financial resources (e.g., Kobau, Sniezek, Zack, Lucas, & Burns, 2010; Pinquart, 2002), few have treated this association as substantive.”
Social connectedness as a source and consequence of meaning in life (2016, background): “…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 life.”
Claremont Purpose Scale: A Measure that Assesses the Three Dimensions of Purpose among Adolescents (2018, methodology): “Providing evidence of the CPS’s construct and convergent validity, the measure was positively related to the most-widely administered measure of purpose (PIL, r = .799, p < .001) and life satisfaction (r = .646, p < .001) and inversely related to depression (r = –.339, p < .001; Pinquart, 2002).”
Mental Illness and Mental Health: The Two Continua Model Across the Lifespan (2009, background): “A meta-analysis of 70 studies including samples with a mean age of 40 years and older showed that older adults experience somewhat less meaning in life than younger adults, but age only accounts for 1.4% of the explained variance (Pinquart 2001).”
Experiencing meaning in life: Optimal functioning at the nexus of well-being, psychopathology, and spirituality. (2012, methodology): “According to a recent meta-analysis the correlation between meaning in life and positive affect among older adults is .47 (Pinquart, 2002).”