ISBN:
9781493903085
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 467 p. 8 illus, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Meaning in positive and existential psychology
DDC:
155.2
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
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Psychic research
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Developmental psychology
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Consciousness
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Psychology
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Philosophy (General)
;
Psychic research
;
Developmental psychology
;
Consciousness
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Positive Psychologie
;
Existenzielle Psychologie
;
Positive Psychologie
;
Existenzielle Psychologie
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Part I Introduction; 1 Psychologies of Meaning ; How Meaning Embarked on Its Journey to Psychology; What the Research Says: Studies in Meaning-Oriented Psychology; But What is Meaning, and What is it Good for?; Taking Meaning Seriously; Of Trembling and Coping: Death, Meaning, and Our Minds; Transcending (some of) the Frontiers in Meaning Research Through Dialogue; References; Part II Conceptualizations of Meaning; 2 Meaning in Life: Nature, Needs, and Myths ; Introduction; Nature of Meaning; Functions of Meaning; Levels of Meaning
Description / Table of Contents:
Summary on Nature of MeaningFour Needs for Meaning; Purpose; Value (Justification); Efficacy; Self-worth; Summary of Four Needs for Meaning; The Expectation of Meaningfulness; Conclusion; References; 3 Existential Mattering: Bringing Attention to a Neglected but Central Aspect of Meaning? ; Existential Mattering: Just a New Name for an Old Concept?; Theoretical Perspectives on EM; Viktor Frankl; Roy Baumeister; Ernest Becker; Irvin Yalom; Summary; Empirical Research on EM; The Meaning Literature and EM; Terror Management Theory and Existential Mattering; Interpersonal Mattering
Description / Table of Contents:
Future Directions for ResearchConclusion; References; 4 Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety ; The Different Meanings of Meaning; Terror Management Theory; Mortality Awareness and Lower Levels of Meaning; Mortality Awareness and Higher Levels of Meaning; Mortality and Cosmic Meaning; Mortality and Terrestrial Meaning; Conclusion; References; 5 Meaning in Terror Management Theory ; Introduction-The Management of Death Anxiety; Meaning in TMT; The Anxiety-Buffering Function of Self-Esteem; TMT, The Reaction to Meaninglessness, and the Need for Meaning
Description / Table of Contents:
Two Types of Meaning-Related Processes-Terror Management vs. Meaning ManagementThe Concept of Death: The Good (Meaningful) Death; The Concept of Death: The Epicurean and the Neo-Epicurean View; The Multiple Meanings of Death-Victor Florian's View; Death Anxiety in Old Age and TMT; Death Acceptance Versus Fear of Death and Symbolic Versus Real Immortality; Conclusions; References; 6 Finding the Keys to Meaningful Happiness: Beyond Being Happy or Sad is to Love ; Introduction; Searching for Happiness Where the Light Is; The Importance of Meaningful Happiness; Giving Is Receiving: Literally!
Description / Table of Contents:
To Be or Not to Be: That Is Not the QuestionToward a Theory and Practice of Giving; References; Part III A Dialogue Between Positive and Existential Psychology: Exploring Connections; 7 Extending the Contexts of Existence: Benefits of Meaning-Guided Living ; Historical Lessons: Humanistic, Existential, and Positive Psychologies; Meaning and the Human Dimension; Context Matters; Meaning as a Regulating Principle; Meaning, Possibility, and Freedom; Meaning as an Antidote to Helplessness; Conclusion; References; 8 Ultimate Concerns from Existential and Positive Psychological Perspectives
Description / Table of Contents:
Meaning and Meaninglessness
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4939-0308-5
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