Fostering Purpose in Life and Meaning in Life Across the Life Span: A Thesis Presented to Institute of Positive Psychology and Education Department of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University - Couverture souple

Brackman, Levi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1796554278 ISBN 13 : 9781796554274

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

This thesis addresses the idea of purpose and meaning in life and how it can beintentionally fostered across the lifespan. Purpose and meaning in life, as it relates towell-being, is considered by some scholars to be the highest-level construct from whichall other lower-level constructs of well-being flow (Kashdan & McKnight, 2009). Asthis thesis will demonstrate, purpose is highly correlated with many other desirableoutcomes that are vital for living a life of flourishing, thriving and wellness. Given theimportance of purpose in life as it relates to wellness, health and psychological well-being, this thesis is concerned with whether purpose in life can be intentionally fosteredwithin the human condition, especially for those who have a deficit of it. To achievethis, my thesis contains three studies:I. A psychometric study that seeks to validate well-known purpose in lifeinstruments and then create a new purpose in life instrument that is acommon core that covers areas of the construct of purpose/meaning in lifethat exist in disparate meaning and purpose scales.II. Test a purpose in life fostering intervention in a youth/ school based sampleusing a quasi-experimental design.III. Test a purpose in life fostering instrument in an adult sample of people fiftyyears old and above using a randomized control trial.Considering this my thesis seeks to satisfy the following four aims:1. To arrive at a well-founded theoretical definition of the construct ofmeaning and purpose in life.2. To find a way that purpose in life and meaning in life can be adequately andempirically measured.FOSTERING PURPOSE IN LIFE/MEANING IN LIFE ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 93. To test whether purpose in life can be fostered in youth using an evidencebased purpose-fostering coaching curriculum within a high school setting.4. To study whether, using an evidence based intervention, purpose in life canbe intentionally fostered in an adult sample.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1796554278
• ISBN 13: 9781796554274
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 555
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