Purpose in Life A Critical Component of Optimal Youth Development /

• Main Author: Bronk, Kendall Cotton (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medical research.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Quality of life.; Developmental psychology.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Educational Psychology.; Developmental Psychology.

This volume integrates and makes sense of the growing body of theoretical and empirical research conducted on purpose across the lifespan.  It opens with a comprehensive yet detailed discussion of the definitions of purpose most commonly used in studies on the topic.  In addition to defining the con...