The science of meaning in life

LA King, JA Hicks - Annual review of psychology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Meaning in life has long been a mystery of human existence. In this review, we seek to
demystify this construct. Focusing on the subjective experience of meaning in life, we review …

Protective gun ownership as a coping mechanism

N Buttrick - Perspectives on psychological science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Firearms are one of the central flashpoints in American life, and yet the motivations
underlying their ownership have been generally understudied by psychologists. In this …

The role of significance relative to the other dimensions of meaning in life–an examination utilizing the three dimensional meaning in life scale (3DM)

F Martela, MF Steger - The journal of positive psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Following calls for multidimensional conceptualizations of meaning in life, the tripartite view
where meaning is seen to consist of significance, purpose, and coherence has gained in …

[HTML][HTML] Using the International Cognitive Ability Resource as an open source tool to explore individual differences in cognitive ability

EM Dworak, W Revelle, P Doebler… - Personality and Individual …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the measurement of intelligence is important, researchers sometimes avoid using
them in their studies due to their history, cost, or burden on the researcher. To encourage the …

Purpose maintained: Adverse childhood experiences and meaning in life

H Rose, J Womick, LA King - Journal of Personality, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Three studies examined the relationship between adverse childhood experiences
and meaning in life, focusing on the facets of meaning—coherence, significance, and …

Why Should We Care What Extremists Think? The Contribution of Emic Perspectives to Understanding the “right-wing extremist” Mind-Set

H Pilkington - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article considers the implications of the mainstreaming of 'right-wing extremism'for what,
and whom, we understand as 'extreme'. It draws on ethnographic research (2017-2020) with …

Social dominance and authoritarianism have mostly countervailing associations with attitudes about COVID-19 and its management

E Zubielevitch, N Satherley… - Group Processes & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Although social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) often
predict similar outcomes, their respective motivations to reinforce inequality and mitigate …

Threshold of adversity: Resilience and the prevention of extremism through education

S Benjamin, L Gearon, A Kuusisto… - Nordic Studies in …, 2021 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
This article introduces the concept of 'threshold of adversity'as an, at present, tentative
means of understanding the turning points to radicalization and extremism within …

[HTML][HTML] Lives of significance (and purpose and coherence): Subclinical narcissism, meaning in life, and subjective well-being

J Womick, B Atherton, LA King - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Three studies addressed two research questions. First, does accounting for meaning in life
(MIL) wipe out the association between narcissism and other aspects of well-being …

Claiming the role of positive psychology in the fight against prejudice

CA Sanders, H Rose, JA Booker… - The Journal of Positive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The problem of inequality presents an important opportunity for positive psychology. We
review the many ways that marginalization (including stereotyping, prejudice and …