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Meaning in Life: Category Self-Ratings

Peter Ebersole California State University, Fullerton, USA
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Karen L. Devogler California State University, Fullerton, USA
Pages 289-293 | Received 09 Feb 1981, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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Lisa L. Harlow & Michael D. Newcomb. (1990) Towards a General Hierarchical Model of Meaning and Satisfaction in Life. Multivariate Behavioral Research 25:3, pages 387-405.
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Ethan A. McMahan & Maggie DeHart Renken. (2011) Eudaimonic conceptions of well-being, meaning in life, and self-reported well-being: Initial test of a mediational model. Personality and Individual Differences 51:5, pages 589-594.
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Dmitry A. Leontiev. (2016) Approaching Worldview Structure with Ultimate Meanings Technique. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 47:2, pages 243-266.
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Shelley M. Showalter & Linda Mans Wagener. (2016) Adolescents' Meaning in Life: A Replication of Devogler and Ebersole (1983). Psychological Reports 87:1, pages 115-126.
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SHELLEY M. SHOWALTER. (2000) ADOLESCENTS' MEANING IN LIFE: A REPLICATION OF DEVOGLER AND EBERSOLE (1933). Psychological Reports 87:5, pages 115.
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Patricia M Burbank. (1992) An Exploratory Study: ASSESSING THE MEANING IN LIFE AMONG OLDER ADULT CLIENTS. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 18:9, pages 19-28.
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Paul J. Hershberger. (2016) Self-Complexity and Health Promotion: Promising but Premature. Psychological Reports 66:3_suppl, pages 1207-1216.
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Israel Orbach, Ayala Iluz & Eliyahu Rosenheim. (2016) Value Systems and Commitment to Goals as a Function of Age, Integration of Personality, and Fear of Death. International Journal of Behavioral Development 10:2, pages 225-239.
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Karen De Vogler-Ebersole & Peter Ebersole. (2016) Depth of Meaning in Life: Explicit Rating Criteria. Psychological Reports 56:1, pages 303-310.
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Peter Ebersole & John Sacco. (2016) Depth of Meaning in Life: A Preliminary Study. Psychological Reports 53:3, pages 890-890.
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Karen L. De Vogler & Peter Ebersole. (2016) Young Adolescents' Meaning in Life. Psychological Reports 52:2, pages 427-431.
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Karen L. De Vogler & Peter Ebersole. (2016) Adults' Meaning in Life. Psychological Reports 49:1, pages 87-90.
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