Tatjana Schnell

The Psychology of Meaning in Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning in life, analysing cutting edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications. Schnell draws on psychological, philosophical, and cognitive perspectives to explore meaning and introduce a multi-dimensional model of meaning in life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780367422813
• ISBN-10: 0367422816
• Artikelnr.: 69937815

Autorenporträt

Tatjana Schnell is an associate professor at Innsbruck University, Austria, and adjunct professor at MF Specialized University, Oslo, Norway. As head of the Existential Psychology Lab, she focuses on fundamental questions of how to conceptualise and measure meaning in life, and on the nexus of meaning in life and health, suffering and dying, religion, secularity, work, and civic engagement.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Searching for Meaning?
Chapter 2: Defining Meaning
Chapter 3: Measuring Meaning in Life
Chapter 4: Meaning as Attribution
Chapter 5: Varieties of Meaning
Chapter 6: Sources of Meaning
Chapter 7: The Social Dimension of Meaning in Life
Chapter 8: Crises of Meaning - When Foundations Shake
Chapter 9: Existential Indifference
Chapter 10: Meaning and Happiness
Chapter 11: Meaning, Health and Illness
Chapter 12: Meaning-Centred Interventions
Chapter 13: Meaning in Work
Chapter 14: Outlook