Hope, Meaning in Life and Well-Being Among a Group of Young Adults

Guse, Tharina; Shaw, Monique

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“…Findings in this study supports previous studies on the importance of meaning in life and psychological well being and mental health of individuals (Arslan et al, 2022;Barton et al, 2018;Sagiv et al, 2022;Fischer et al, 2021;Guse, & Shaw, 2018;Jose, & Angelina, 2019;Karaman et al, 2020;Kashdan et al, 2018;Krok, 2018;Lee et al, 2022;Li, 2018;Russo-Netzer, 2019;Lin, 2021;Lin et al, 2020;Tan et al, 2018;Marco et al, 2020;Mohammadi et al, 2018;Mwilambwe-Tshilobo et. al., 2019;Park et al, 2020;Szczesniak et al, 2022;Yildirım et al, 2021).…”

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“…Hence, more recent studies have included meaning in life to understand individuals' psychological well-being of individuals. For instance, meaning in life, was investigated with other dominant psychological variables for instance suicidal ideation (Tan et al, 2018), wellbeing (Krok, 2018;Li, 2018;Russo-Netzer, 2019), mental health (Mohammadi et al, 2018), gratitude and suicidal ideation (Lin, 2021), cross-cultural relationships and psychological wellbeing (Fischer et al, 2021) and prosocial tendency (Lin, Hong, Xiao, & Lian, 2020), resilience and life satisfaction (Karaman et al, 2020), depressive symptoms and positive affect (Park, Knott, Williams, Clark, Williams, & Schulz, 2020) and eating disorders (Marco et al, 2020), interpersonal stress (Lee et al, 2022), psychological maltreatment and emotions (Arslan et al, 2022), anxiety and depression (Szczesniak et al, 2022), hope and well-being (Guse, & Shaw, 2018), self-efficacy and identity exploration (Sagiv et al, 2022), resilience, affective balance, and psychological health problems (Yıldırım et al, 2021), loneliness and neuroscience (Mwilambwe-Tshilobo et. al, 2019), financial well-being (Rea et al, 2019), sexuality (Kashdan et al, 2018), spirituality (Barton, Tate, Lau, Taliesin, Waldman, & Rosenberg, 2018) and depression and suicide ideation (Jose & Angelina, 2019).…”

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Exploring Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Emotional Health among Young Adults of Malaysian Undergraduate Students

Hoesni¹,

Salleh²

2022

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Emotions are one of the vital aspects in ensuring healthy human functioning and psychological well-being. Thus, this study aims to explore another important psychological element, meaning in life and emotional health among Malaysian university students. This study was carried out using the explorative research design using the quantitative approach. Questionnaires consisted of questions relating to respondents' personal background, meaning in life and emotional health. Trained enumerators distributed questionnaire booklets to undergraduates who were currently residing in Klang Valley. Results showed that there were relationships between meaning in life (presence of meaning and search for meaning) and emotional health (depression r=-0.59**, p<0.01; anxiety r= -0.29**, p<0.01; and stress r= -0.36**, p<0.01). In addition, further analyses found meaning in life, specifically, presence of meaning, predicted emotional health for depression, F(2, 137) = 37.21, p < 0.01, R2 = 0.34; anxiety F(2, 137) = 0.84 , p < 0.01, R2 = 0.11 and stress F(2, 137) = 11.15, p < 0.01, R2 = 0.14. Findings indicate the importance to further investigate the role of meaning in life and emotional health with other specific psychological variables such as emotional regulation, coping and personality.

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Exploring Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Emotional Health among Young Adults of Malaysian Undergraduate Students

Hoesni¹,

Salleh²

2022

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“…In this context, in various studies, a positive relationship was found between gratitude and life satisfaction (Robustelli&Whisman, 2018;Yang, Zhang & Kou, 2016) and positive relationship among gratitude, hope, and happiness (Witvliet, Richie, Root Luna, & Van Tongeren, 2019). In another study, Guse and Shaw (2018) explored the relationship between hope, meaning in life, and wellbeing among a group of emerging adults who were enrolled at university. The results indicated that hope might lead to the setting of meaningful goals as well as spiritually meaningful experiences; thus, increasing meaning in life and eventually, well-being.…”

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Gratitude, Hope, Optimism and Life Satisfaction as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

Kardaş¹,

Çam²,

Eşkisu³

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The mainstream psychology has mostly focused on the negative factors that threaten human mental health. With the emergence of positive psychology approach, the human strengths have started to be studied and the number of studies on the issue of happiness and well-being has increased. The aim of this research is to reveal the level of prediction for psychological well-being by the variables of gratitude, hope, optimism and life satisfaction. Method: Research sample consisted of 510 students from various faculties and departments of four different universities. The study group consisted of 359 female (70.4%) and 151 male (29.6%) university students. The age range of participants varied between 17 and 30.

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“…Therefore, hope sees potential pathways to the achievement of desired goals, and it inspires a person to use those pathways (Rand and Cheavens, 2009;Du et al, 2016;Tirrell et al, 2019). Hope consists of motivation (agency thinking) and confidence (pathway thinking), which may spark individuals to pursue goals and produce strategies to achieve the desired goals (Yalçın and Malkoç, 2015;Guse and Shaw, 2018). In other words, hope is the result of believing that realistic plans can be created, and having sufficient drive to achieve important goals.…”

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The 5Cs of Positive Youth Development, Purpose in Life, Hope, and Well-Being Among Emerging Adults in Malaysia

Kadir

Mohd

2021

Front. Psychol.

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A substantial body of evidence supports Lerner and colleagues’ 5Cs model of positive youth development (PYD) in the United States (U.S.). Nonetheless, it remains unclear whether the 5Cs can be used to identify positive development in the under-researched Asian contexts, such as Malaysia. Thus, this study examined the 5Cs of PYD (competence, confidence, character, connection, and caring) and their importance to purpose in life, hope, and well-being in a sample of emerging adult undergraduate university students in Malaysia. Data were collected from 400 participants from 15 Malaysian universities (132 males, 268 females; ages ranged from 18 to 26 years old, M = 22). A hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that two of the 5Cs of PYD (confidence and connection) as well as hope were important to explaining variation in well-being. The findings imply that there are strong links between PYD, especially confidence and connection, and well-being, while purpose in life and hope were indirectly related to the 2Cs (confidence and connection) of PYD and well-being. Therefore, mental health professionals are encouraged to review and redefine their treatment design to include confidence, connection, purpose in life and hope when working with Malaysian emerging adult university students.

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Hope, Meaning in Life and Well-Being Among a Group of Young Adults

Cited by 11 publications

References 64 publications

Exploring Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Emotional Health among Young Adults of Malaysian Undergraduate Students

Exploring Relationships Between Meaning in Life and Emotional Health among Young Adults of Malaysian Undergraduate Students

Gratitude, Hope, Optimism and Life Satisfaction as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

The 5Cs of Positive Youth Development, Purpose in Life, Hope, and Well-Being Among Emerging Adults in Malaysia

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