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  title info:
    title: Purpose in Life
    sub title: A Critical Component of Optimal Youth Development
  name:
    name part: Bronk, Kendall Cotton.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 175 p. 1 illus. online resource.
  abstract: 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 construct, the author also discusses its philosophical roots and distinguishes it from related concepts, including meaning, goals, and ultimate concerns. This volume discusses the disparate perspectives on the construct and addresses the tendency to position purpose in the broader frame of positive psychology. It synthesizes distinct strands of research on purpose across the lifespan, it explores studies on the daily and longer-term experience of a purposeful existence, and it delves deeply into the wide range of measurement tools that have been used to assess the purpose construct. Further, it examines the prevalence and forms of purpose among diverse groups of youth and discusses the developmental trajectory of the construct. Other topics discussed include the central role of purpose in supporting optimal well-being and positive youth development. The book closes with empirically-supported steps adults, educators, and mentors can take to effectively and intentionally foster purpose among young people and makes recommendations for future research on the topic.
  table of contents: Foreword; William Damon -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Definition -- Chapter 2. Measuring Purpose -- Chapter 3. The Role of Purpose in Optimal Human Functioning -- Chapter 4. Purpose across the Lifespan -- Chapter 5. Origins and Supports for Purpose -- Chapter 6. Inspiring Types of Purposes in Life -- Chapter 7. The Experience of Purpose among Diverse Groups of Individuals -- Chapter 8. Youth Purpose Exemplars -- Chapter 9. Future Directions for Purpose Research.
  note: by Kendall Cotton Bronk.
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Medical research
  subject:
    topic: Educational psychology
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Quality of life
  subject:
    topic: Developmental psychology
  subject:
    topic: Positive psychology
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Positive Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life Research
  subject:
    topic: Educational Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Developmental Psychology
  classification: BF204.6
  classification: 150.1988
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      title: Springer eBooks
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