Research on individual differences in facing the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be crucial in order to design diverse and highly effective intervention strategies. This study uses a sample of 302 North ...American participants who were recruited through the crowdsourcing platform ProA; different profiles were established, profiling variables of interest in facing the COVID-19 outbreak. Socio-demographic and psychological (personality traits, gratitude, life purpose, and religiosity) variables were explored. These results are of interest if we want to deepen the study of individual differences at both a theoretical and applied level.
Competitiveness might impact on adolescent well-being considering the social salience distinct from the other age groups. However, there is only sizable research on competitiveness and well-being. ...Also, most previous studies did not distinguish between individual-level and country-level competitiveness and lacked consideration of contextual effects such as country inequality.
Using cross-sectional data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), we analyzed individual- and country-level competitiveness and its interaction with country inequality in relation to well-being (life satisfaction and purpose of life) in approximately 350,000 adolescents from 60 countries. Competitiveness and well-being were assessed via questionnaires. The Gini index retrieved from the World Bank was used for country inequality. A multilevel model was applied.
Individual-level competitiveness was positively associated with both life satisfaction (β = 0.087, 95%CI = 0.084 to 0.091) and purpose of life (β = 0.214, 95%CI = 0.211 to 0.217), while country-level competitiveness was not. Although adolescents in the least unequal countries were satisfied with life the most and those in the most unequal countries reported the strongest purpose of life, there observed a nonlinear effect modification as a stronger association in middle unequal countries (p for interaction <0.05) compared to both less and more unequal countries.
Individual-level competitiveness was positively associated with life satisfaction and purpose of life. The stronger association between competitiveness and well-being in middle unequal countries suggested that encouraging adolescents to compete within their activities or competition may work to mitigate the impact of country inequality.
•Inconsistent previous findings on competitiveness and individual well-being.•First study demonstrating worldwide importance of competitiveness for adolescent well-being.•Heterogeneous associations as those in middle Gini-index countries showed stronger association.•Damage of inequality on adolescent health would be mitigated by higher level of competitiveness.
Older adults can frequently serve as a reminder of death to younger adults. People can develop a negative attitude towards aging and elderliness because they see old age as an obstacle in reaching ...their goals and what they want to do, which they see as the purpose of their lives. This research was conducted to answer to the question of whether attitudes towards aging and elderliness have a mediating role in the relationship between meaning and purpose of life and death anxiety. Relational screening model was used in the research. The research was conducted with 422 participants between the ages of 18-59. In the analysis of the data, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Regression analysis were performed. In addition, Hayes Macro was used in SPSS program to analyze the mediator variable effect. As a result, it was determined that the attitude towards aging had a significant mediator role in the effect of the meaning and purpose of life on death anxiety. It was found that there was a moderate positive correlation between the attitude towards aging and elderliness and death anxiety, a moderate negative correlation between the attitude towards aging and elderliness and the meaning and purpose of life, and a weak negative correlation between death anxiety and the meaning and purpose of life.
Purpose
To assess objective financial burden (OFB) and subjective financial distress (SFD) amikong working-age cancer survivors and evaluate their association with spiritual well-being and ...health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Methods
This is a multicenter cross-sectional survey of cancer survivors working at diagnosis between 2017 and 2018. OFB was defined as patients with high medical payments for individuals/households, debt due to cancer care costs, or bankruptcy. SFD was measured using a questionnaire. Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), spiritual well-being, and HRQoL were also assessed.
Results
Among 727 participants, 31% reported that they experienced financial toxicity, and 12% and 26% had OFB and SFD, respectively. The No-OFB-SFD, OFB-No-SFD, and OFB-SFD groups were 4.90, 1.82, and 7.81 times more likely to experience uncertainty than the No-OFB-No-SFD group. Furthermore, the No-OFB-SFD, OFB-No-SFD, and OFB-SFD groups were 1.92, 1.35, and 2.53 times more likely to report lost purpose of life, respectively. Overall QoL and health status in the No-OFB-No-SFD, No-OFB-SFD, OFB-No-SFD, and OFB-SFD groups were 63.1, 42.9, 57.0, and 41.2, respectively. Survivors who had SFD regardless of OFB had lower HRQoL and functioning, and higher symptoms than those of the survivors without SFD.
Conclusion
Financial toxicity was associated with FCR, uncertainty, loss of purpose, and loss of hope among working-age cancer survivors, even in a universal care setting. It is associated with FCR, uncertainty, loss of purpose, and loss of hope. It is necessary to inform survivors of the financial implications of cancer care to allow them to prepare financially as needed.
COVID‐19 outbreak and the measures needed to contain its first wave of contagion produced broad changes in citizens' daily lives, routines, and social opportunities, putting their environmental ...mastery and purpose of life at risk. However, these measures produced different impacts across citizens and communities. Building on this, the present study addresses citizens' understanding of the rationale for COVID‐19‐related protective measures and their perception of their own and their community's resilience as protective dimensions to unravel the selective effect of nationwide lockdown orders. An online questionnaire was administered to Italian citizens during Italian nationwide lockdown. Two moderation models were performed using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) path analysis. The results show that the understanding of the rationale for lockdown only associated with citizens' purpose of life and that it represented a risk factor rather than a protective one. Furthermore, the interaction effects were significant only when community resilience was involved. That is, personal resilience did not show the expected moderation effect, while community resilience did. However, the latter varied between being either full or partial depending on the dependent variable. In light of the above, the theoretical and practical implications of these results will be discussed.
This conceptual paper summarizes the current research-based knowledge about the role of leisure in meaning-making. The key themes of leisure-induced meaning-making include: (1) identity (personal and ...collective), (2) creativity (e.g. self-expression through creative leisure), (3) connectedness (socially, spiritually, and culturally; e.g. connections with people, religion, nature, and culture), (4) harmony/balance, (5) stress-coping and healing, (6) growth/transformation (e.g. resilience, empowerment), and (7) experiential and existential aspects of leisure (e.g. "flow" activities). Human's inspiration for an engaged life is seen as an overarching theme to broadly capture these functions. Specifically, a meaningful engagement with one's life seems to be achieved by maintaining: (1) a joyful life, (2) a composed life (e.g. making one's life more focused, collected, and/or in control), (3) a connected life (e.g. socially, spiritually, culturally), (4) a discovered life (e.g. self-identity, self-discovery), and (5) a hopeful and empowered life (e.g. showing a sense of strength). Importantly, research has shown that leisure can promote all of those elements of a meaningful engagement with life, suggesting that there seem to be connections among leisure, meaning-making, and engagement. Accordingly, the paper describes implications of using a meaning-focused leisure practice from an applied perspective.
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the benefits of a Rehabilitation Travel Project (Rehabilitation Travel). Participant and Methods The subject was a female in her 80s who had left ...hemiplegia due to cerebral hemorrhage. She was self-supporting indoors, but needed an accompanying caregiver when walking with a T-cane outdoors. The modified Gait Efficacy Scale (mGES), Modified Fall Efficacy Scale (MFES), Ikigai-9, and Life Space Assessment (LSA) were evaluated at one month before rehabilitation travel (before travel), just before the rehabilitation travel (just before travel) and one month after the rehabilitation travel (after travel). Results MFES and LSA showed little change among the three periods; mGES improved from just before travel to after the travel; and Ikiiga-9 improved at just before and after travel compared to before travel. Conclusion The results suggest that rehabilitation travel can be one means of improving self-efficacy and purpose of life.
Given prior research, which establishes a connection between religiosity and an increased sense of meaning in life, this study draws on qualitative data from interviews with 172 religious individuals ...living in Ireland and the United Kingdom in order to analyze what religious individuals perceive as their purpose in life. Interviews were conducted in person, recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded utilizing a team-based methodology. Researchers identified three main themes from the data related to the idea that the purpose of life is tied to relationships and connection: love and service toward others, family relationships, and connection with God. An analysis of these findings and prior research on the topic suggests that part of religion’s role in increasing a sense of meaning in life is that of encouraging adherents to build and foster meaningful relationships.
Readiness in Retirement Life Astuti, Dewi
SHS Web of Conferences,
2020, Letnik:
76
Journal Article, Conference Proceeding
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
This study investigates whether the ownership of a retirement program is owned only by those who have a purpose in life in old age or also owned by those who focus on working well now and do not have ...a purpose in life in old age. The study population is employees, and entrepreneurs who have worked, with sample criteria have a steady income with a specific educational background. The number of samples is 52 respondents. The result revealed that having the purpose of life in old age, and focusing on the purpose of life at the moment encourage someone to have a pension program. The results of the study stated that the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable appeared weak. The independent variable "has the purpose of old age life" and the independent variable "focus on life goals current" can explain 0.69 % of the dependent variable "has retirement fund program.
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