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 …

People are motivated to perceive themselves as having control over their lives.
Consequently, they respond to events and cognitions that reduce control with compensatory …

Despite growing interest in meaning in life, many have voiced their concern over the
conceptual refinement of the construct itself. Researchers seem to have two main ways to …

Positive affect (PA) has consistently been shown to predict meaning in life (MIL). In one of
the first investigations to examine multiple predictors of MIL simultaneously, we tested in …

From a terror management theory (TMT) perspective, religion serves to manage the potential
terror engendered by the uniquely human awareness of death by affording a sense of …

Lifetime rates of clinical depression and anxiety in the West tend to be approximately 4 to 10
times greater than rates in Asia. In this review, we explore one possible reason for this cross …

Terror management theory (TMT) highlights the motivational impact of thoughts of death in
various aspects of everyday life. Since its inception in 1986, research on TMT has …

Terror management theory was developed to explain the motivational underpinnings of
phenomena such as self-esteem defense and prejudice. The theory is rooted in a long …

The human experience of meaning in life is widely viewed as a cornerstone of well-being
and a central human motivation. Self-reports of meaning in life relate to a host of important …

Previous research links the experience of meaning in life (MIL) with environmental structure
and the coherence of external stimuli. The current studies directly test the association …