id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_dtkkuqg3lrc5nhmjhdtrm3ljlm Michael F. Steger Making Meaning in Life 2012 5 .pdf application/pdf 4116 413 67 life often have argued that people seek to build meaning in their lives, defend it from threats, and repair it If we accept that the principle dimensions of meaning in life are comprehension and purposeā€”and perhaps future research will establish other dimensions One benefit to meaning in life research of the MMM is that of meaning research (e.g., Schnell, 2009), it is common to treat assessments as providing stable information about what aspects of life help create meaning. third "A" of the MMM, affirmation, in people's experience of meaning in life. Major questions in meaning in life research focus on how people develop their The MMM should help direct meaning in life research to focus on the contents of meaning frameworks, how and when people acquire and maintain for meaning was an indicator of psychological dysfunction (for review, see Steger, Kashdan, Sullivan, & ./cache/work_dtkkuqg3lrc5nhmjhdtrm3ljlm.pdf ./txt/work_dtkkuqg3lrc5nhmjhdtrm3ljlm.txt