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...

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.