Finding meaning in us: The role of meaning in life in romantic relationships

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Hadden ◽  
C. Raymond Knee
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Finding Meaning

Finding Meaning in Life After a Cancer Diagnosis: What Is the Role of Financial Strain?

2021 ◽  
pp. 105413732110074
Author(s):  
Sarah Alonzi ◽  
Laura M. Perry ◽  
Michael Hoerger
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Finding Meaning ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Mental Well Being

Finding meaning in life is important for maintaining physical and mental well-being. Obtaining a deeper understanding of activities that patients with cancer find meaningful is essential in improving cancer care and increasing meaning in life in these individuals. The sample of the present study consisted of patients with cancer ( N = 61) who reported their levels of financial strain and listed types of activities that they found most meaningful as a part of an online study. Participants engaged in activities that could be grouped into four broad domains (companionship, personal responsibility, recreation, and existential). In addition, results showed that financial strain was associated with higher preference for activities in the existential domain and lower preference for activities in the recreation domain. Future researchers could extend this study by exploring why certain activities are found to be more meaningful and how to combat the influence of financial strain in cancer.

Meaning-Making, Psychological Distress, and the Experience of Meaning in Life Following a Natural Disaster

2020 ◽  
pp. 194855062094268
Author(s):  
Joseph Maffly-Kipp ◽  
Patricia Flanagan ◽  
Jinhyung Kim ◽  
Grace Rivera ◽  
Matthew D. Friedman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Global Search ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Finding Meaning ◽  
Post Traumatic

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of meaning-making in response to collective trauma. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, we recruited participants ( N = 570) to test the hypothesis that searching for meaning (vs. finding meaning) in the event would be associated with greater (vs. lower) levels of acute and post-traumatic stress symptoms. We further hypothesized that searching for (and finding) meaning in the event would predict global search for (and presence of) meaning in life (MIL). Consistent with our hypotheses, we found that searching for meaning in the event was associated with greater psychological distress at both time points and predicted global search for MIL at one of the time points. Finding meaning in the event was unexpectedly not consistently associated with lower levels of stress; however, across analyses, finding meaning in Hurricane Harvey was associated with greater levels of MIL. Implications and possible explanations for these unexpected results are discussed.

Connecting Mindfulness and Meaning in Life: Exploring the Role of Authenticity

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake A. Allan ◽  
Elizabeth M. Bott ◽  
Hanna Suh
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life
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