The Relation Between Death Acceptance and Life Satisfaction: The Mediation Effects of Self-reflection and Search for Meaning for Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Hyunsook Kim ◽  
Bongwhan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Death Acceptance

How to Deal With Death: An Empirical Path Analysis of a Simplified Model of Death Anxiety

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-277
Author(s):  
Vera Surall ◽  
Inga Steppacher
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Death Acceptance

How anxious are you about dying? According to Tomer and Eliason, this depends on various personal circumstances, which they identified in their model on death anxiety. This study aims to verify various aspects of Tomer and Eliason’s theoretical model. We therefore collected data from 652 German participants about demographic variables, religiosity, life satisfaction, death acceptance, and death anxiety. We then conducted a path analysis in order to verify whether the empirical data supported the theoretical model. Our results demonstrate a very good model fit, indicating that the analyzed model is valid and can be maintained. Further mediation analysis demonstrates the specific relations of variables within the model and their influence on death anxiety.

scholarly journals MEANING IN LIFE IN ELDERLY

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 66-68
Author(s):  
Florin Voicu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Presence Of Meaning ◽  
Good Internal Consistency

Aim: Starting from the research of the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, the meaning in life proved its importance, being studied in the context of different research traditions, existential psychology, positive psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology. This is a pilot study targeting a group of twenty elderly Romanians who live in a Residential Center in Bucharest. Methods: The study assumes that we’ll have statistically significant correlations between independent variables (presence of meaning, search for meaning) and dependent ones (depression, anxiety, stress, life satisfaction). Method: The research uses correlation analysis for the variables: meaning presence and meaning search from M. Steger's MLQ questionnaire, defined as independent variables in the study and dependent variables: depression, anxiety, stress (DASS-21 questionnaire), and life satisfaction (Satisfaction Scale with Life, SWLS). Results: The research results highlight good internal consistency (Cronbach's coefficient α> 0.70) for the two subscales of the M.L.Q. questionnaire. The statistically significant inverse link between the level of stress and the presence of meaning in life is confirmed, the statistically significant inverse link between the total score of depression and the presence of meaning in life is confirmed; the variable life satisfaction is the only dependent variable for which statistically significant links are confirmed with both independent variables simultaneously (presence of meaning in life and search for meaning of life); Pearson correlation coefficients are statistically significant, Sig values, associated, lower than the 5% threshold, require the rejection of the null hypothesis.

Relations between Parenting Stress, Attachment, and Life Satisfaction in Mothers of Adolescent Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Lubiewska ◽  
Romuald Derbis
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Confounding Factors ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Attachment Dimensions

Abstract Causal relations between parenting stress, attachment, and life satisfaction tested in previous studies are multidirectional, even though grounded in respective theories. Additionally, relations between them are dependent on multiple factors viable to act as potential confounders. We set out to analyze the relation between parenting stress of mothers and their life satisfaction as mediated through their general attachment orientations treated as personal resources hypothesized to act as the filter toward their parenting experiences. Three questions were asked: Is the parenting stress-life satisfaction link mediated through attachment? Does the mediation mechanism differ when attachment dimensions of avoidance and anxiety are analyzed? Is the mediation effect sensitive to potential confounding factors? Data from 575 mothers of adolescents were collected using self-reports. Results revealed that parenting stress-life satisfaction relation is partially mediated through attachment, and that the mediation mechanism is different when anxious or avoidant attachment dimensions are analyzed. Sensitivity analysis revealed that mediation models are sensitive to potentially confounding factors. Trying to tackle potential confounders, we tested economic status and the number of children the mother ever had. None of them had enough power to decrease mediation effects. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications, causality, and recommendations for further research.

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