Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology

✍ Scribed by Alexander Batthyany, Pninit Russo-Netzer (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 470
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to psychological literature: both from the viewpoint of the history of ideas (again this would be one of the first times that positive and existentialist psychologies meet) and from the viewpoint of theoretical and empirical research into the meaning concept in psychology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychologies of Meaning....Pages 3-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-24
Meaning in Life: Nature, Needs, and Myths....Pages 25-37
Existential Mattering: Bringing Attention to a Neglected but Central Aspect of Meaning?....Pages 39-51
Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety....Pages 53-64
Meaning in Terror Management Theory....Pages 65-79
Finding the Keys to Meaningful Happiness: Beyond Being Happy or Sad is to Love....Pages 81-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-96
Extending the Contexts of Existence: Benefits of Meaning-Guided Living....Pages 97-114
Ultimate Concerns from Existential and Positive Psychological Perspectives....Pages 115-128
Narrative Coherence and Disruption: Negotiating Between Positive and Existential Psychology....Pages 129-147
Viktor Frankl’s Meaning-Seeking Model and Positive Psychology....Pages 149-184
Positive Psychology, Existential Psychology, and the Presumption of Egoism....Pages 185-204
Anxiety and the Approach of Idealistic Meaning....Pages 205-220
Positive and Existential Psychological Approaches to the Experience of Meaning in Life....Pages 221-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-237
Meaning in Life and Coping: Sense of Meaning as a Buffer Against Stress....Pages 239-250
Perceived Meaning and Disaster Mental Health: A Role for Logotherapy in Clinical-Disaster Psychology....Pages 251-267
Meaning Sensitive Psychotherapy: Binding Clinical, Existential, and Positive Psychological Perspectives....Pages 269-289
Hardiness Leads to Meaningful Growth Through What is Learned When Resolving Stressful Circumstances....Pages 291-302
Do Meaning in Life and Purpose in Life Protect Against Suicide Ideation Among Community-Residing Older Adults?....Pages 303-324
Mourning, Meaning, and Memory: Individual, Communal, and Cultural Narration of Grief....Pages 325-346
Ebb and Flow in the Sense of Meaningful Purpose: A Lifespan Perspective on Alcohol and Other Drug Involvement....Pages 347-413
Front Matter....Pages 235-237
Well-Being and Personal Growth in Emerging Motherhood: And What About Meaning?....Pages 415-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-467

✦ Subjects

Personality and Social Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology Research