Meaning in Life and Health: Proactive Health Orientation Links Meaning in Life to Health Variables Among American Undergraduates

Steger, Michael F.; Fitch-Martin, Arissa; Donnelly, Jena; Rickard, Kathryn M.

doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9523-6

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“…Assessing relation of MIL with health-protective behavior as well, to our best knowledge, only two cross-sectional studies provided findings about positive associations thus far (Brassai et al, 2012;Steger et al, 2014).…”

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A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents

Brassai¹,

Pikó

Steger

2015

J Health Psychol

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The present longitudinal study investigated the incremental contribution of meaning in life to sustaining health-promoting behaviors, after controlling for well-being and health values among East-European adolescents (N = 456). Time 1 responses on presence of meaning, search for meaning, well-being, and health values were used to predict levels of healthy eating and physical activity 13 months later. All independent variables significantly predicted engagement in healthy eating and physical activity. Presence of meaning and search for meaning were the most robust predictors, and the interaction of them predicted additional variance in healthy eating among boys and physical activity among girls.

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A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents

Brassai¹,

Pikó

Steger

2015

J Health Psychol

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“…Improving the upstream determinants, such as education, employment opportunities, social/physical context and people’s mindset, is likely to have a positive impact on the feeling of independence, self-resilience and a sense of belonging, as well as on the long-term health outcomes of the population (Australian Medical Association, 2007; Bharmal, Derose, Felician, & Weden, 2015; Di Domenico & Fournier, 2014; Mmari et al, 2014; Steger, Fitch-Martin, Donnelly, & Rickard, 2015; Van Lenthe et al, 2015). In contrast, improving downstream determinants is often compared to “trying to empty the ocean with a thimble”.…”

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Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Prevo

Stessen

Kremers

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: This study aimed to identify opportunities to improve the current health and social situation of low socioeconomic status (SES) families and to gain a better understanding of the main needs regarding health promotion. Low-SES families were approached to participate in a photovoice study. Method: The study took place in the municipality of Vaals, which is located in the southernmost part of the Netherlands. A diverse group of ten people from eight different families took about 150 photographs within their community on topics they considered important for their health and quality of life. This was followed by individual interviews and a focus group interview. Results: Four main needs were identified: meeting each other, helping each other, feeling safe and being mobile. The photographs showed that health-related themes had low priority for these families. Conclusion: The low-SES families focused on upstream factors relating to independence, self-resilience and a sense of belonging, to help them cope with their current situation. This study represents a first step towards the development of a community approach to health promotion in low-SES families.

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“…Meaning in life is considered to be one of the main motivations for a happy, productive, and healthy life in psychology literature. Individuals perceiving their lives meaningful feel better psychologically and physically (Reopke et al, 2014;Steger et al, 2009;Steger et al, 2015). On the other hand, psychopathologies such as anxiety, depression are more common among those feeling inadequacies or searching for meaning (Steger et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Those feeling inadequacies in meaning of his life search for more meaning, but others finding their lives meaningful rarely or never search for meaning (Steger, Fraizer, Oishi & Kaler, 2006). Perceived meaning in life was found to be positively correlated to many psychological well-being and physical health indicators (Reopke, Jayawickreme & Riffle, 2014;Steger, Fitch-Martin, Donnelly & Rickard, 2015). On the other hand, the more search for meaning in life increases (Steger, Mann, Michels & Cooper, 2009) the more anxiety, depression level and health risking behaviors increase (Marco et al, 2015), and level of psychological and pysical well being decreases (Steger et al, 2006;Steger et al, 2009).…”

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Resorting to Internet: A look at university students’ problematic Internet use through meaning in life, self-efficacy and self-esteem

Aydın

2017

HumanSciences

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Internet can be used in a maladaptive way to escape from or compensate perceived inadequacies or the problems experiencing in daily life. In relation to this, in this study the relationship of meaning in life, self-efficacy and self-esteem to problematic Internet use was examined. Furthermore, the role of meaning in life, self-efficacy and self-esteem in predicting problematic Internet use was investigated. The study was carried out 410 university students (280 females and 130 males) attending the different grades of various departments in a school of education in Rize, Turkey. In the study, Sociodemographic Data Form, Problematic Internet Use Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used as data collection instruments. The data were analyzed through SPSS 15.0 version and descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analysis were utilized in the analysis. Results showed that presence of meaning in life (r=-.26, p<.01), selfefficacy (r=-.36, p<.01) and self-esteem (r=-.30, p<.01) are negatively and significantly correlated to problematic Internet use, on the contrary, search for meaning's relationship was found in a positive way (r=.21, p<.01). Besides, presence of meaning in life, search for meaning in life and self-efficacy emerged as significant predictors of problematic Internet use. By discussing these results in line with the relevant literature, directions were given for further studies.

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Meaning in Life and Health: Proactive Health Orientation Links Meaning in Life to Health Variables Among American Undergraduates

Cited by 79 publications

References 64 publications

A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents

A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents

Shining light inside the tunnel: using photovoice as a strategy to define the needs for health promotion among families of low socioeconomic status

Resorting to Internet: A look at university students’ problematic Internet use through meaning in life, self-efficacy and self-esteem

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