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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Life purpose"”.
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The Life Purpose Questionnaire: a Factor-Analytic Investigation
Meaning in life has been a popular topic of philosophy and study, and the perceived presence of meaning in one's life has been associated with many positive psychological variables (e.g., life satisfaction), while the perceived absence of meaning has been associated with negative variables (e.g., …
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Exploring travel and spirituality: The role of travel in facilitating life purpose and meaning within the lives of individuals
… role travel plays in the search for meaning and life purpose within the lives of individuals. Spirituality is presented by scholars as conceptually representing every individual’s personal search for meaning in life; in this way, although closely related, it is conceptually different from …
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Healthy Aging: Factors that Predict Preservation of Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults
… between mental and physical health and life purpose, and (iii) to examine the relationship between life purpose and cognitive functioning. Participants were 220 community-dwelling healthy older adults. Results showed that life purpose moderates the relationship between mental health and …
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Perceived purpose and sources of meaning as protective factors for substance use amongst emerging adults across South Africa
… that has determined a correlation between purpose and meaning as protective factors; however, there is a lack of appropriate data on the relationship between these variables within SA. Therefore, this study investigated the correlation between life purpose, sources of meaning and substance …
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Religiosity and well-being: meaning in life as coping strategy in Korean-American Judeo-Christian adolescents
<p>The purposes of this exploratory investigation were to (a) assess the cognitive understanding of meaning in life as coping strategy utilized by Korean-American Judeo-Christian adolescents between the ages of 11 to 18 (<em>n</em> = 74) and (b) to determine the significance of meaning in life in …
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It opens a whole new world: older people’s perceptions of the role of the creative arts as leisure in their lives
… attributed a sense of a new lease of life to the stimulating opportunities they now had for self-expression. This new lease of life resulted from the benefits of heightened enjoyment along with a strengthened sense of life purpose and meaning. Sharing a common interest was identified …
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Comparison of the Prophylactic Effect Between Acupuncture and Acupressure on Menstrual Migraine: Results of a Pilot Study
… to decreased daily activity and quality of life. Purpose: To make comparisons between acupuncture and acupressure for preventing MM. Design: A randomized and controlled pilot study with three groups: verum acupuncture (VA) group, acupressure (AP) group, and control acupuncture (CA) group. …
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Reflecting on vocation: a randomized trial of online expressive writing career interventions
… adaptability condition), and reflecting on one's life purpose as it relates to one's future career (i.e., the purpose condition). This study also used text analysis software to explore whether the linguistic content of participant journal entries was predictive of study outcomes. While many …
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Examining Multiple Identity Dimensions with Native Students at a Predominantly White University
… to refer to this cultural population; for the purposes of this paper, we will use “Native American” or “Native” for consistency. Background: While student affairs research has continuously acknowledged the importance of college student identity development, few studies have viewed identity as …
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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Wikoff Spiritual Focus Questionnaire
… which resulted in a sense of being, knowing and life purpose. A fifth dimension of Religion was identified through a pilot study of the Wikoff Spiritual Focus Questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to refine and test the psychometric properties of the Wikoff Spiritual Focus Questionnaire …
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Purpose in life, appraisal, and coping behaviors in Black, Hispanic, and White Anglo-Saxon pregnant adolescents
The purposes of this descriptive study were: (1) to identify differences in perceptions of life purpose, appraisal, and coping behaviors based on ethnicity; and (2) to describe the interrelationship of these variables, among black, hispanic, and white anglo-saxon pregnant adolescents. Conducted in …
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Creativity and religious orientation : an interactional study of psychological wellbeing
… study, was defined as the linear composite of life satisfaction, meaning in life, and purpose in life. The independent variables were measured using the Religious Orientation Scale, the Religious Orientation Scale Revised, and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Dependent variables were …
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A Feasibility Study of an Investigation into the Factors of Frailty
… wheelchair use. Phase two developed five themes; life purpose and support, trust and faith, coping with vacillation, acquiescence of fate, and consequential incident. The major finding of this study was that future frailty tools need greater specificity and sensitivity, and that frailty was …
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Cosmo House: Diversified Living for Neo-Nomads
… The people are leaving their home for different life purpose and setting up a temporary home in a new place in a new city. The world has already many cosmopolitan cities. What if there is a new housing type named 'Cosmo House'. It is not a permanent house to live, not so temporary living as like …
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Art for Life: A Spiritual Journey of Art and the Bonds of Community
… protocol by which most people function in daily life. The majority of the population has a standard way of life without much detour to other possibilities. Sometimes this canonical does not seem quite right. The potential detour then becomes increasingly difficult to ignore because a disconnect …
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Art for Life: A Spiritual Journey of Art and the Bonds of Community
… protocol by which most people function in daily life. The majority of the population has a standard way of life without much detour to other possibilities. Sometimes this canonical does not seem quite right. The potential detour then becomes increasingly difficult to ignore because a disconnect …
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Meaning in life, depression, and alcohol use in a college sample
… among various definitions of meaning and life purpose are (1) an emphasis on the significance of life (2) an awareness of coherence, and (3) the fulfillment of unique purpose. Research suggests that meaning and depression are related yet distinct variables, that depression and alcohol …
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Reconciling Moral Dissonance: A Framework for Re-Integrating Moral Orientation with Life Agency During Warfighters’ Struggles with Military Moral Injury
… and reactions, and 2) process their emotions and life narratives.</p> <p>Within the military ethos, moral orienting systems are driven by warrior codes that define the moral standards that direct warfighters’ identity and ethical agency. Therefore, the content and processes of warfighters’ moral …
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Understanding of consumers' needs for luxury: the mechanism of interpretation and its role in knowledge creation
… - consciousness, and offers a conscious, purposeful and dynamic interpretative process to relieve the contortion. The study then explores the difficulties and the benefits of dealing with paradox in a conscious, purposeful, and dynamic way, noting that these are precisely the challenges …
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The identification of gait asymmetry in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
… which is a significant aspect of daily life. Analyzing gait in this population provides vital information about joint issues and walking patterns, guiding treatment goals. Addressing gait asymmetry can enhance a child's functional abilities, participation in activities, and overall …
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