Interest in meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events continues to
grow, but research is hampered by conceptual and methodological limitations. Drawing on …

Religion and spirituality (R/S) are patient‐centered factors and often are resources for
managing the emotional sequelae of the cancer experience. Studies investigating the …

Individuals whose basic needs are naturally satisfied are much less dependent on their
environment and more autonomous. Basic psychological needs (ie, the general motivators …

The previous edition of The Human Quest for Meaning arrived at a watershed moment for
meaning-in-life research. Appearing in the same year as Ryff and Singer's (1998) influential …

Accumulating evidence suggests that a global sense of meaning in life is related to physical
health, including increased longevity and reduced morbidity. However, the mechanisms …

Cancer survivors' efforts at meaning making may influence the extent to which they
successfully make meaning from their experience (ie, experience posttraumatic growth, find …

Objective: Cancer places many demands on the patient and threatens the person's sense of
meaning to life. It has been shown that cancer patients use their spirituality to cope with …

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The ability to make sense of events in one's life has held a central role in theories of
adaptation to adversity. However, there are few rigorous studies on the role of meaning in …

Using a framework of meaning-making derived from social psychological research on how
individuals manage adverse life events and research on sensemaking, we develop and test …