Theoretical Perspective, Dimensions, and Measurement of Existential Meaning

By G. Reker. 2000

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The Purpose in Life Test-Short Form: Development and Psychometric Support (2011, methodology): “With regard to validity, PIL scores are positively associated with constructs such as life satisfaction, happiness, self-acceptance, and emotional stability, and are negatively correlated with depression and anxiety (Crumbaugh and Henrion 1988; Hutzell 1988, 1989; Reker 2000; Robak and Griffin 2000)”
Strategic HRM in North America: looking to the future (2008, unknown): “In a more exploratory period of life-domain expansion, it is relatively less important for younger individuals to extract meaning from a given domain such as work (Reker 2000).”
Is Searching for Meaning in Life Associated With Reduced Subjective Well-Being? Confirmation and Possible Moderators (2012, background): “Baumeister (1991) and Reker (2000) argue that the pursuit and achievement of chosen”
Individual differences in meaning-making: Considering the variety of sources of meaning, their density and diversity (2011, background): “, 2001) ?SLM 17 most frequently cited sources of meaning (Reker, 2000) 26 sources of”
Religiosity, Sense of Meaning, and Health Behavior in Older Adults (2010, background): “Reker (2000) defined a sense of meaning as “a cognizance of order, coherence, and purpose in one’s existence, the pursuit and attainment of worthwhile goals, and an accompanying sense of fulfillment” (p. 41).”
Images of a Loving God and Sense of Meaning in Life (2013, background): “have fewer psychological resources with which to mitigate depression (Krause 2007a; Reker 2000).”
Understanding the search for meaning in life: personality, cognitive style, and the dynamic between seeking and experiencing meaning. (2008, background): “, deficit-based) motivational roots (Reker, 2000).”
Personal meaning: A challenge for psychology (2013, background): “Parallel to this, Reker and Wong (1988; see also Reker, 2000; Reker & Wong, 2012; Wong, 1998c) identified some important dimensions of meaning: structural components (cognitive, motivation, and affective), sources of meaning, breadth of meaning (the diversity of its experiencing), and depth (the…”
A Meaningful Life is a Healthy Life: A Conceptual Model Linking Meaning and Meaning Salience to Health (2018, background): “Positive affect is considered one feature of the experience of meaning in life (Reker, 2000), and empirical studies generally demonstrate moderately positive correlations between global ratings of meaning in life and positive affect (e.”
Assessment of Existential Meaning and its Longitudinal Relations with Depressive Symptoms (2008, background): “In the past two decades, psychologists have done well not only to elaborate existential psychological theory as it relates to meaning, but also to advance meaning conceptualization and assessment, specifically in relation to mental health (e.g., Baumeister, 1991; Debates, 1998, 1999; Feldman & Snyde”
The Role of Existential Meaning as a Buffer Against Stress (2006, background): “The overall LRI—which includes a fulfillment scale in addition to the framework scale—has also been endorsed as a good personal meaning measure (Debats, 1998; Reker, 2000), but we believe that the framework subscale is the part of the LRI that is least confounded by affective content.”
Work as Meaning: Individual and Organizational Benefits of Engaging in Meaningful Work (2009, background): “Purpose refers to people’s identification of, and intention to pursue, particular highly valued, overarching life goals (Damon, Menon, & Bronk, 2003; Reker, 2000; Steger, in press-a).”