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9780761909941

Exploring Existential Meaning : Optimizing Human Development Across the Life Span

by Gary T. Reker
  • ISBN13:

    9780761909941

  • ISBN10:

    076190994X

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781506339221

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-03
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

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Summary

Both implicit and existential meaning are important constructs in fully understanding human experience. The editors of this volume present a forum for an array of viewpoints and recent research that address the notion of optimal human growth.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
About the Contributors ix
Foreword xv
James E. Birren
Introduction 1(6)
Gary T. Reker
Kerry Chamberlain
PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
Philosophical Foundations of Existential Meaning
7(16)
Gary M. Kenyon
Meaning as Movement: The Relativity of the Mind
23(16)
Hubert J. M. Hermans
Theoretical Perspective, Dimensions, and Measurement of Existential Meaning
39(20)
Gary T. Reker
PART II: RESEARCH ON EXISTENTIAL MEANING
Structural Components of Personal Meaning in Life and Their Relationship With Death Attitudes and Coping Mechanisms in Late Adulthood
59(16)
Nancy Van Ranst
Alfons Marcoen
Dimensions and Discourses of Meaning in Life: Approaching Meaning From Qualitative Perspectives
75(18)
Kay O'Connor
Kerry Chamberlain
An Inquiry Into Existential Meaning: Theoretical, Clinical, and Phenomenal Perspectives
93(14)
Dominique L. Debats
The Personal Meaning System in a Life-Span Perspective
107(16)
Freya Dittmann-Kohli
Gerben J. Westerhof
The Development of a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Sources of Life Meaning
123(16)
Edward Prager
Rivka Savaya
Liora Bar-Tur
PART III: APPLICATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS
Finding Meaning in Caregivers of Persons With Alzheimer's Disease: African American and White Caregivers' Perspectives
139(18)
Carol J. Farran
Karen Lowe Graham
Dimitra Loukissa
Making Meaning Within the Experience of Life-Threatening Illness
157(14)
Doris D. Coward
Religion and Meaning in Late Life
171(14)
Susan H. McFadden
Logotherapeutic and ``Depth Psychology'' Approaches to Meaning and Psychotherapy
185(14)
David Guttmann
PART IV: OVERVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS
Existential Meaning: Reflections and Directions
199(12)
Gary T. Reker
Kerry Chamberlain
Author Index 211(6)
Subject Index 217

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