Meaning and Purpose in Life in Aging: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT The feeling that life has meaning or purpose is essential for human beings. Absence of meaning can lead to an existential vacuum. Purpose in life, akin to meaning in life, derives from the humanistic psychology theory of Frankl, and they are considered synonymous. Other scholars, however, r...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de Brasília
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-37722023000100408&lng=en&tlng=en |