The value of a purposeful life: Sense of purpose predicts greater income and net worth

PL Hill, NA Turiano, DK Mroczek, AL Burrow - Journal of research in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Having a sense of purpose in life appears valuable across life domains, though it remains
unclear whether purpose also provides financial value to individuals. The current study …

Purpose in life and its relationship to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events: A meta-analysis

R Cohen, C Bavishi, A Rozanski - Psychosomatic medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective To assess the net impact of purpose in life on all-cause mortality and
cardiovascular events. Methods The electronic databases PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO …

Evaluating eight-year trajectories for sense of purpose in the health and retirement study

PL Hill, SJ Weston - Aging & Mental Health, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Though cross-sectional research has suggested that sense of purpose declines
into older adulthood, it remains unclear whether inter-individual variability occurs in these …

Sense of purpose as a psychological resource for aging well.

TD Windsor, RG Curtis, MA Luszcz - Developmental psychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Having a sense of purpose is recognized as an important resource for maintaining health
and well-being over the life span. We examined associations of individual differences in …

When the end feels near: Sense of purpose predicts well-being as a function of future time perspective

GN Pfund, K Ratner, M Allemand, AL Burrow… - Aging & mental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives While sense of purpose is a robust predictor of well-being, little work has
considered whether the associations vary based on future time perspective. Exploring this …

Purpose in life in emerging adulthood: Development and validation of a new brief measure

PL Hill, GW Edmonds, M Peterson… - The journal of positive …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Accruing evidence points to the value of studying purpose in life across adolescence and
emerging adulthood. Research though is needed to understand the unique role of purpose …

Maintaining sense of purpose in midlife predicts better physical health

EC Willroth, DK Mroczek, PL Hill - Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Having a sense of purpose in life is fundamental to psychological and physical
well-being. Despite the benefits of purpose, it may be difficult to hold onto purpose as people …

Sense of purpose in life and subsequent physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health: An outcome-wide approach

ES Kim, Y Chen, JS Nakamura… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Growing evidence indicates that a higher sense of purpose in life (purpose) is
associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases and mortality. However, epidemiological …

The bidirectional relationship between sense of purpose in life and physical activity: a longitudinal study

A Yemiscigil, I Vlaev - Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2021 - Springer
People with a greater sense of purpose in life may be more likely to engage in physical
activity. At the same time, physical activity can contribute to a sense of purpose in life. The …

[HTML][HTML] What makes life purposeful? Identifying the antecedents of a sense of purpose in life using a lagged exposure-wide approach

JS Nakamura, Y Chen, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims Prior research documents strong associations between an increased sense of purpose
in life and improved health and well-being outcomes. However, less is known about …