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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Purpose in Life"”.
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The Relationship between College Students’ Purpose in Life and Risk-Taking Behavior
… relationship between college students’ sense of purpose in life and their self-reported risky substance use and sexual behavior was investigated. Participants from a northwestern university (<em>N</em> = 174) answered questions online from questionnaires measuring meaning in life, alcohol use, …
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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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Purpose in Life as a Tool for Managing Racial Discrimination and Suicide Ideation in Racial/Ethnic Minority Emerging Adults
… approach to suicide resilience suggests that purpose in life (PIL) offsets one’s existential concerns, however, contextual challenges, such as racial discrimination, are believed to threaten both emotional wellbeing and contribute to risk for suicide. We posit that for racial and ethnic …
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Investigating a Potential Function of Belief in a Just World: Providing Purpose in Life as a Pathway to Subjective Well-Being
According to justice motive theory, individuals have a fundamental need to believe that the world is a just place where people get what they deserve, or to have belief in a just world (BJW; Lerner, 1977, 1980). There are several reasons why individuals need BJW that have been proposed in the extant …
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A Student Induction Program’s Impact on Young “Techies’” Purpose In Life and its Effects on Their Well-Being: A Case Study of Telangana, India
<p>India's higher education system aims to develop well-rounded individuals with intellectual curiosity, a spirit of service, and a strong ethical foundation. However, the current state of technical higher education in India is criticized for mono-disciplinarity and rigid boundaries that do not …
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Religious Participation, Subjective Happiness, and Purpose in Life as Predictors of Psychological Resilience among College Students at a Faith-Based Institution in the United States
<p>Problem</p> <p>During the transition from adolescence to adulthood, also known as emerging adulthood, many college students experience psychological distress, such as anxiety, depression, stress, and loneliness (Arnett & Tanner, 2009; DeRosier et al., 2013). For some students, their …
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Meaning in life, depression, and alcohol use in a college sample
The meaning construct has been researched over the last several decades, yielding important empirical advancements in our understanding of its impact on psychological well-being. Comdenominators among various definitions of meaning and life purpose are (1) an emphasis on the significance of life …
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Differences in life satisfaction among young adults in different living situations
Differences in life satisfaction among young adults in different living situations were evaluated. The aims of this study were to use the Satisfaction with Life Scale to examine the differences in life satisfaction. Levels of depression as well as purpose in life were also evaluated using the …
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Existential predictors of psychological well-being
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between various existential variables and overall well-being in a sample of 251 university students. Subjects completed self-report instruments assessing their levels of self-actualization, death anxiety, spirituality, purpose in life, …
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Beyond the Observable: Examining Self-Reported Well-Being in People with Dementia
The well-being of people with dementia is not well understood. Researchers often measure their well-being through observational methods or via proxies, but self-report is rarely used. Recently there is evidence that people with mild to moderate dementia are able to give reliable reports of their …
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Emotional disturbance in planned versus unplanned coloured children and their mothers
Twenty-nine planned and seventy-six unplanned Coloured children were compared on the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Purpose In Life test and the Rutter Teachers' Questionnaire for emotional disturbance. Their mothers were also compared on the Eysenck Personality Inventory for neuroticism …
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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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Creativity and religious orientation : an interactional study of psychological wellbeing
… orientation are related to psychological wellbeing. There has also been some support for the idea that a relationship exists between creativity and religiosity. The present study sought to determine whether the interaction between creativity and religious orientation would be a significant …
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Correlates of Death Anxiety: Self Esteem, Neuroticism and Purpose of Life
… and death anxiety. It is thought that this finding may be influenced by two main factors, which when controlled for would yield the expected result of a positive relationship. One factor is neuroticism which is related to fear of death and low self esteem, and which contributes to the …
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The relationship between religious commitment, spiritual well-being, and psychological well-being
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between religious commitment, spiritual well-being and psychological well-being in college students. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) and Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) were administered. Also frequency of church attendance was …
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